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  • VIDEO: Mariner B floating storage unit reaches Scotland

    30 August 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian energy company Statoil is making progress with its UK North Sea Mariner field development, located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers east of Shetland. The company has informed that the Mariner B Floating Storage Unit reached Scotland during the weekend and bertherd at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy […]

  • Officials to Discuss Rhode Island’s Coastal Projects

    8 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A public meeting on adaptive strategies in the preservation of threatened coastal wetlands is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, 2014 from 6–8 p.m. at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus, Coastal Institute. This public stakeholder meeting is planned to explore this issue, as well as the collaborative efforts of both state and community-based options that may be able […]

  • Faroe Islands to buy power from Minesto’s tidal kites

    12 November 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has signed up its first customer through a collaboration agreement with the main power utility on the Faroe Islands, SEV, for the installation of two DG100 tidal energy devices.

  • Moyle Interconnector Seeks Contractor for Submarine Cable Services

    22 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Moyle Interconnector Limited is looking for a manufacturer led turnkey proposal for the design, manufacture, testing, supply, installation, jointing and commissioning of replacement subsea and land metallic return conductors. There are two options currently under consideration. The first option is to install two discrete replacement metallic return conductors (MRC’s), one for each HVDC monopole that […]

  • CRMC, DEM Continue Wetland Monitoring Program

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), along with the R.I. Department of Environmental Management Division of Water Resources and the R.I. Natural History Survey have created a new position within DEM’s freshwater wetland monitoring and assessment program. The position will advance wetland assessment, monitoring and restoration in Rhode Island. Since 2007, RIDEM has partnered […]

  • Nova Innovation secures £6.4M for mass manufacturing and distribution of tidal energy turbines

    7 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has secured £6.4 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank to fund mass manufacturing and distribution of its innovative tidal energy turbines.

  • VIDEO: Introduction to MERIKA Initiative

    20 October 2014

    MERIKA (Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator) is an initiative by UHI (University of the Highlands and the Islands), located in Scotland and the UK’s outermost region. Funded by the European Union FP7 (REGPOT) programme, the project seeks to establish a marine energy research and innovation hub in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, […]

  • TX Coastal Conservation Association Supports Dagger Island Project

    9 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Coastal Conservation Association Texas and the Building Conservation Trust have committed $250,000 to support efforts by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Ducks Unlimited (DU) to restore Dagger Island and protect important seagrass beds in Redfish Bay, Texas. Commenting the latest news, DU Director of Development Matt Bunn, said: “Partners like CCA and BCT […]

  • Image of the day: OpenHydro tidal turbine

    4 November 2015
    Research & Development

    OpenHydro is currently preparing for the realization of two tidal energy projects in Canada and France before the end of 2015. Irish-based company is working with Emera, through its joint venture Cape Sharp Tidal, to deploy and grid connect two 2 MW tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. Furthermore, OpenHydro, toghether […]

  • VIDEO: Introduction to MERIKA Initiative

    20 October 2014

    MERIKA (Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator) is an initiative by UHI (University of the Highlands and the Islands), located in Scotland and the UK’s outermost region. Funded by the European Union FP7 (REGPOT) programme, the project seeks to establish a marine energy research and innovation hub in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, […]

  • Jan De Nul to install new UK interconnector

    31 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Jan De Nul has secured a contract with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution to deliver a new interconnector project in Scotland. Under the contract signed in November 2022, Jan De Nul will supply and install a new Pentland Firth interconnector this summer that will link mainland Scotland and the Orkney island of Hoy. […]

  • Green jobs go up in Scotland

    6 April 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    The Scottish government has informed that the employment levels in renewable energy and low carbon sectors in 2015 in Scotland increased by more than a third compared to indicative figures for a year earlier.

  • Wave Energy Scotland Recruiting Two Managers

    15 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise has released new job opportunities at Wave Energy Scotland (WES): Programme Manager and Innovation and Research Manager. The deadline for applications is on Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Programme Manager will have a key role in supporting WES establishment and operation. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Programme Manager will lead a team of project managers ensuring the efficient […]

  • Uncertainty to Harm Scottish Offshore Wind & Island Renewables Projects, Ewing Says

    22 July 2015

    A further delay in providing much-needed clarity on support for renewables could “cause damage to Scotland’s offshore wind and islands renewable energy projects” according to Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has postponed announcements on Contracts for Difference until at least the autumn. DECC had previously committed to […]

  • Scottish Organisations Welcome Beatrice News

    23 May 2016

    Scottish Renewables, Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) have responded to news that the Beatrice offshore wind project reached financial close and will now proceed to construction. Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Beatrice is the first commercial offshore wind farm to reach this stage of development in Scottish waters. It’s fantastic […]

  • Aquatera to assess Japan’s tidal test site

    16 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Orkney-based consultancy Aquatera will conduct environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed tidal test site in Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Cat Island Restoration Project Progresses Well (USA)

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the State of Wisconsin, and Brown County announced that they are wrapping up work on the foundation for the Cat Island chain restoration project in Lower Green Bay. “Thanks to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative – and our […]

  • Deepwater Wind Gets Environmental Permit for Block Island OWF

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In a major advancement for the Block Island Wind Farm, Deepwater Wind has received the first major environmental permit approvals needed to begin deployment of this path-breaking project. 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 […]

  • CETO wave energy device completes tank testing

    23 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Carnegie Clean Energy has completed the three-week tank testing campaign of its CETO wave energy device as part of the first phase of the EuropeWave Pre-Procurement Programme.

  • Work on Scottish Subsea Link Moves Forward

    1 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The UK’s most challenging rural broadband project is taking another step forward as engineers start work on the country’s longest publicly funded subsea fibre connection linking the Outer Hebrides with the mainland. Local community representatives joined project partners as the cable was brought ashore from specialist cable ship the Rene Descartes, operated by Orange Marine, […]

  • Global Offshore Supports Pentland Firth Cable Installation

    30 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Global Offshore plans to work with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) on its Pentland Firth East power cable installation project. The Pentland Firth is a strait separating the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. The new 35km, 33kV power cable will connect mainland Scotland to Hoy, the second largest of the […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland names Advisory Board

    16 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has made a series of appointments, including Steve Thomson as the chair of the Advisory Group. The Advisory Group will act as a forum for support and guidance to WES. It will also consider how best to develop the WES programme to achieve the aims and objectives of the organisation. Group […]

  • Scotland: Wave energy to advance aquaculture

    20 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a subsidiary of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), has announced a £720,000 partnership expected to demonstrate wave energy converters as a means of powering offshore aquaculture installations. According to WES, Albatern has teamed up with Marine Harvest, a seafood company, for the project that could power remote island communities in addition […]

  • Sturgeon Island Work Wraps Up

    3 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    In March, the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completed a dredging and beneficial use effort on Sturgeon Island near Stone Harbor, New Jersey. USACE’s contractor Barnegat Bay Dredging Company dredged a section of the Intracoastal Waterway and the sediment was pumped onto the low lying island. Work is part of their Seven Mile Island Innovation […]

  • Dana awards North Sea well contract to Island Drilling

    29 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Dana Petroleum has signed a contract with Island Drilling Company to drill one well on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).