2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • North Sea workers vote for strike over proposed rota changes

    25 February 2019

    Unite Scotland offshore members employed by Aker Solutions and Petrofac have voted for industrial action on the Elgin-Franklin, Shetland Gas Plant, North Alwyn, and Dunbar offshore platforms, protesting against the proposed rota changes from 2:3 to 3:3.

  • Island of Yell Gets Tidal Power Generator

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island of Yell, an island in the Shetlands, is about to receive the world’s first community-owned tidal energy generator. As The Shetland Times reports, the works on 30kW generator are expected to start within a week, as all the component parts have been delivered. A workboat will help install the Nova-30 device in Bluemull Sound, […]

  • Minister Wheelhouse Marks Completion of Caithness-Moray Subsea Link

    12 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Scottish Government’s Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, marked the official completion of SSEN Transmission’s flagship Caithness-Moray HVDC link with a visit to Blackhillock substation in Moray. The £1bn transmission link, delivered on time and within regulatory allowances, has unlocked the vast renewables potential of the north of Scotland. The […]

  • World’s largest semi-sub rig arrives in Scotland ahead of North Sea gig

    17 January 2019
    Exploration & Production

    After a five-month journey from Singapore via the Canary Islands, Diamond Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite has arrived at Kishorn, Scotland. 

  • Subsea Power Grid Between Scotland and Ireland Could Drive Development in Renewables Sector

    23 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      A research financed by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme has identified that subsea power grid between Scottish and Irish offshore renewable sites is feasible and could drive development in the sector. ISLES says that interconnected transmission network would generate revenues, and create jobs. The statement contains facts to help understand the economic and technical […]

  • ISLES Offshore Electricity Grid Study Commissioned

    21 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to examine how an offshore grid could be established by […]

  • Spotted: Hurtigruten Names Its New Explorer Ship

    8 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten has christened its new explorer ship, MS Spitsbergen, in Svolvær, Lofoten.  Having a speed of 17.1 knots, MS Spitsbergen will be equipped and adapted for sailings in polar waters. With its gross tonnage of 7,344 tonnes, the vessel is 100.54 meters long and 18 meters wide. MV Spitsbergen – which is able to accommodate […]

  • Nova Innovation to use tidal power to produce Scotch whisky

    3 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish marine energy company Nova Innovation has announced a ground-breaking project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay.

  • Scottish Affairs Committee Publishes Report on Crown Estate in Scotland

    20 March 2012
    Authorities & Government

    In a report published yesterday the Scottish Affairs Committee says the Secretary of State for Scotland should announce the Government’s commitment to devolve and decentralise the Crown Estate Commissioner’s (CEC) marine and ancient rights and responsibilities in Scotland. The Crown Estate (CEC) is a statutory corporation that manages various Crown property, rights and interests in […]

  • Scottish Affairs Committee Publishes Report on Crown Estate in Scotland

    20 March 2012
    Authorities & Government

    In a report published yesterday the Scottish Affairs Committee says the Secretary of State for Scotland should announce the Government’s commitment to devolve and decentralise the Crown Estate Commissioner’s (CEC) marine and ancient rights and responsibilities in Scotland. The Crown Estate (CEC) is a statutory corporation that manages various Crown property, rights and interests in […]

  • Works on Shetland HVDC link pressing on, first subsea installation set for summer 2022

    20 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Shetland HVDC subsea link project has reached several milestones in recent months with the completion of UXO surveys and the first phase of boulder relocation as well as onshore drilling work.

  • Unite sets strike dates for North Sea platforms

    26 February 2019

    Scottish workers’ union Unite Scotland has set dates for industrial action on three UK North Sea platforms following last week’s vote by 200 members.

  • USA: Block Island Wind Farm Receives First Major Project Permits

    12 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Deepwater Wind’s proposal to build a five-turbine wind farm in waters off Block Island has received its first permits. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) issued Deepwater Wind Water Quality Certificates, deeming the Block Island Wind Farm and Transmission System in compliance with state water quality regulations and the Clean Water Act. These […]

  • Scotland launches action plan for O&G decommissioning

    22 December 2016

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan aimed to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector. HIE, an organization supporting economic and community development, said on Wednesday that on the UKCS alone, 302 oil and gas installations, 373 subsea installations, 16,000km of pipelines, and more than 5,000 […]

  • SHEPD Preps for Lerwick-Bressay Sub Seabed Link Ops

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is preparing to begin work next week to install a new electricity cable between Lerwick and Bressay which will run through a duct bored below the seabed, in a first for inter-island cables in the UK. Specialist contractor Stockton Drilling will bore and line a 20 centimetre duct that […]

  • USACE: Unity Island Dike Wall Opens

    20 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, opened the stone dike wall between the Niagara River and Unity Island’s North Pond this week, which will allow fresh water from the Niagara River to enter the pond, providing better connectivity for aquatic species. The opening is approximately 50 feet wide, at the water line, and […]

  • Wallasea Island Design Approved

    3 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Members of Essex County Council’s Development and Regulation Committee resolved on July 28th to approve proposals for the final phase of the RSPB’s landscape-scale habitat creation scheme on Wallasea Island. This last phase, subject to the completion of a legal agreement and the imposition of conditions, will involve the creation of an enormous complex of […]

  • Scottish islands call for swift RE support to keep funding

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Ministers and leaders of three Scottish Island Councils have called for a swift conclusion on the next round of auctions that support the renewable energy sector to unlock £1.3 billion of investments offered by the shovel ready projects on the Western Isles and Shetland.

  • NKT Victoria paces ahead with cable laying for Shetland HVDC link

    25 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    NKT Victoria has completed cable laying works for the Shetland HVDC Link as part of the first cable installation campaign which begins at Noss Head, North of Wick. The trenching vessel, Grand Canyon III, has also completed trenching the cable to the required burial depth in the seabed as part of Campaign 1. For sections […]

  • Ministers to Discuss Future Offshore Grid Infrastructure (UK)

    22 November 2011
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Scottish, Irish and Northern Irish ministers will meet later this week to discuss the issues raised in a major study on a future offshore grid infrastructure linking the countries, as well as other areas where the countries have mutual and shared energy, environmental and economic interests. The tripartite meeting will take place this Wednesday, alongside […]

  • Severe Cyclone Hits Western Australia. Operators Evacuate Workers

    30 December 2013

    Offshore operators in Western Australia are bracing themselves for the Tropical Cyclone Christine. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has issued a category three cyclone warning for coastal areas from Wallal to Onslow, including Port Hedland, Karratha and Onslow, and extending inland to Paraburdoo, Tom Price, Newman, Jigalong and Three Rivers.   According to Bloomberg, Woodside, […]

  • Nova Innovation’s floating solar withstands Storm Éowyn’s fury

    30 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Safety, Technology, Vision

    Scotland-based Nova Innovation’s floating solar demonstrator at the Port of Leith has proven its resilience after withstanding Storm Éowyn, described by the Met Office as “probably the strongest to hit the UK in the past 10 years.” According to Nova Innovation, the extreme weather event left over a million people without power, with hurricane-force winds […]

  • Shetland travelling crabs tagged

    27 January 2008

    Shetland crabs are to be tagged to see how far they travel around the island as part of a new research project. The programme – launched by the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway – will check if 2,000 local brown crabs are migrating into foreign fishing waters.

  • Offshore installation of Shetland HVDC link moving ahead

    29 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    NKT will soon start the first of two rock placement campaigns at the Shetland HVDC link on behalf of Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission. The first rock placement campaign is expected to commence on 15 September the earliest, with works planned to be completed by 5 November. Rock placement vessel Heimdal R will be carrying out […]

  • DONG Energy Gets Six New Oil and Gas Blocks in Faroe-Shetland Basin

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    On 25 June the Faroese Trade and Industry Minister awarded six blocks to DONG Energy in the Open Door Licence Round. The awarded blocks are located in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, west of the producing British fields Foinaven and Schiehallion, and DONG Energy has been awarded operatorship and a 100% interest. Together with the recent licence […]