2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Sale of 504 MW interconnector between Ireland and Great Britain valued at over €1 billion

    17 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients, has agreed to sell the 504 MW Greenlink subsea electricity interconnector linking Great Britain and Ireland to Baltic Cable AB and Equitix, valuing the project at an enterprise value of over €1 billion. Partners Group acquired a controlling stake in Greenlink in 2019 before taking full ownership […]

  • 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).

  • Scots Consume More than 40 Pct of Electricity from Renewables

    19 December 2013

    New figures published today show Scotland’s renewable electricity output was at record levels. The figures, which were released this morning by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, show that renewables met a record-breaking 40.3 per cent of gross electricity consumption in 2012, confirming that Scotland is on track to meet its interim target of […]

  • HIE, Scottish Enterprise Launch R&D Funding Call for Offshore Wind Innovation Projects

    22 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise have launched a research and development funding call to support project ideas with the potential to reduce the cost of producing energy from offshore wind. R&D funding is available to support the development of the offshore wind industry in Scotland, which it’s estimated has a direct market […]

  • Orbital Wins SHIREs Rural Blue Award

    26 November 2019

    Orbital Marine Power has scooped the Rural Blue Award for Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year at the inaugural Scottish Highlands and Islands Rural Economy (SHIREs) Awards. The SHIREs awards, which took place on November 21, celebrate the very best of Scotland’s vibrant modern rural economy. Orbital Marine Power was founded in the Highlands and […]

  • Scottish Minister for Energy Welcomes Ofgem’s Review of Transmission Charging

    7 May 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Minister for Energy Fergus Ewing responded to Ofgem’s review of transmission charging. He said: “We have Europe’s best renewable energy resources, yet the unfair system of locational charging continues to result in Scotland facing the highest charges in the UK, while subsidies are paid to generators elsewhere.  “We welcome Ofgem’s recognition that the current system […]

  • Scottish Government Buys Out Two Northern Isles Ferries

    1 April 2019

    The purchase price of the two ferries was not revealed.

  • Scots Consume More than 40 Pct of Electricity from Renewables

    19 December 2013

    New figures published today show Scotland’s renewable electricity output was at record levels. The figures, which were released this morning by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, show that renewables met a record-breaking 40.3 per cent of gross electricity consumption in 2012, confirming that Scotland is on track to meet its interim target of […]

  • Wave Energy, Aquaculture Industries Partner Up

    20 October 2015

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a subsidiary of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), has announced a £720,000 partnership, which will demonstrate wave energy converters as a means of powering offshore aquaculture installations and potentially, remote island communities. Wave energy technology developer, Albatern, is behind the commercial demonstration and has teamed up with one of the world’s […]

  • BP Extends LWI Contract with Island Offshore

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore, a leading name in global Light Well Intervention (“LWI”) activities, has been awarded a major contract extension with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The two-year contract extension, covering 2014 and 2015, has been awarded to Island Offshore and the North Sea RLWI Alliance, which operates three monohull vessels specially designed for well intervention […]

  • Cat Island Project Receives Chief’s Award

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The USACE Detroit District and its employees were recognized by the 2014 Chief of Engineers Awards of Excellence Program, with the Environmental Merit Award, for the Cat Island Dredged Material Disposal Facility (DMDF) project. “It has been a privilege to be part of a team that has provided a quality product in a timely manner […]