2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dong Energy Seizes Six Blocks in Faroe Islands

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Enters into Iceland’s Offshore Sector

    4 December 2012

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, has announced provisional exploration licence awards in the Dreki area on the Icelandic Continental Shelf in the Icelandic 2nd Licensing Round. The licences are extensive, encompassing seven licence blocks located […]

  • Additional Support for CRMC’s Rhode Island Beach SAMP

    17 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today joined with Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to announce $193,090 in federal funding to make the state’s coastline more resilient to future storms and rising sea levels. The funds were made available through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Coastal Zone Management […]

  • Faroe Provisionally Awarded New Licences in Dreki Area Off Iceland

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces provisional exploration licence awards in the Dreki area on the Icelandic Continental Shelf in the Icelandic 2nd Licensing Round. The licences are extensive, encompassing seven licence blocks located to […]

  • Clark Island Restoration Project Underway

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Work has begun on a large restoration project to develop the habitat at the Clark Island wetland owned by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC). The property includes a coastal wetland on the Hay Bay shoreline, which will be strategically excavated to create open-water habitat for fish in eight pools with a series of connecting channels. The […]

  • Environment Improved at Ifield Mill Pond

    15 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Salix, together with Crawley Borough Council and Jacksons Civil Engineering, is about to complete the Ifield Mill Pond & Water Gardens project, the area’s most important wetland and a designated Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI). The 12-month program of improvements began in April 2014 and includes:   the construction of a new dam and spillway near […]

  • UK: L&N Scotland Lands VetcoGray Subsea Control Products Contract

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      L&N (Scotland) has been awarded two contracts worth in excess of £1.2 million by GE VetcoGray. The Aberdeen-based engineering and fabrication company will manufacture and supply 110 subsea control products to be deployed on various North Sea subsea projects. The award reinforces L&N’s decision to focus on the subsea sector while maintaining its traditional […]

  • Islands Summit held in Kirkwall

    29 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scotland’s three Island Councils have met with UK Government Minister Andrew Dunlop at the second annual Islands Summit held in Orkney.

  • Top news, September 21– 27, 2015

    27 September 2015

    Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from September 21 – September 27, 2015. Tocardo installs 5 tidal turbines Tocardo Tidal Turbines, a Dutch-based tidal turbines producer, has completed the installation of tidal turbine array in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the Netherlands. The array has the […]

  • Ofgem Turns Down Shetland Subsea Link Proposal

    24 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Ofgem has decided to reject a proposal by National Grid Shetland Link and Aggreko to build a subsea electricity distribution link from Shetland to mainland Great Britain. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN), the system operator for Shetland, recommended the proposal in May following a competitive process and in July Ofgem launched a consultation on […]

  • Creating Horseshoe Bend Island

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    In its latest issue of Terra et Aqua, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has introduced an article about the Horseshoe Bend project in Louisiana. According to the paper, the capacity for the placement of shoal material dredged from Horseshoe Bend at eight wetland development sites located along the river’s bank lines adjacent to the channel was nearly exhausted in […]

  • New Study Shows Renewables Potential in Scotland

    4 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A new study commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland, and carried out by Everoze has provided a potential way forward for a more localized approach to offshore renewable energy deployment in coastal and island communities across Scotland. The study looked at six scenarios linked to a number of renewable technologies such as floating wind, wave, and tidal energy, and […]