2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • 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 Government Buys Out Two Northern Isles Ferries

    1 April 2019

    The purchase price of the two ferries was not revealed.

  • 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 […]

  • UK study maps out complex tidal flows around ‘world’s most powerful tidal turbine’

    1 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Vision

    A team of scientists from the Marine Biological Association, the University of Plymouth, and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Shetland have analyzed how Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine interacts with Orkney’s powerful currents, providing insights into the optimal placement of tidal stream turbines, and highlighting the need of site-specific assessments. According to […]

  • 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 […]

  • Orkney set for new marine renewables research campus

    9 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have agreed funding for the establishment of a multi-million pound marine renewables research and innovation campus in Orkney, Scotland.

  • Ithaca Hosts Cayuga Inlet Dredge Material Presentation (USA)

    1 December 2011

    A program on results of research showing how Cayuga Inlet wetlands might be restored was presented yesterday by the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council. “Cayuga Inlet Dredge Material: Opportunities for Restoring Ecosystem Functions and Services” took place at 7 to 9 p.m. yesterday in the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 […]

  • CETO Wave Energy Ireland receives ‘milestone’ EuropeWave payment

    20 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Carnegie Clean Energy’s subsidiary, CETO Wave Energy Ireland (CWEI), has secured a milestone payment of €203,437 under the EuropeWave Phase 3 contract.  According to Carnegie, the funding recognizes the completion of design reports for the company’s CETO wave energy converter (WEC), marking an important step toward its 2025 deployment at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform […]

  • Australia: Apache, Woodside, Chevron, Santos Shut Production Ahead of Cyclone Lua

    16 March 2012

    Oil field operators in Western Australia have started shutting down production, and they have been evacuating non-essential workers ahead of the Severe Tropical Cyclone Lua. Chevron told Reuters yesterday that it was clearing the area at Barrow Island on which the company is constructing the Gorgon LNG project. Apache and Woodside had, on Wednesday, shut […]

  • Coastal Restoration Agreement Inked

    11 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is helping to restore one of Louisiana’s key barrier islands. An agreement signed between the state and BOEM will allow the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to use Federal offshore sand to restore the beach, dunes and marsh habitats at Caillou Lake Headlands, also known as […]

  • Great Tidal Power Potential in Orkney (UK)

    15 March 2011

    The 20,000 people on the rugged islands of Orkney in Scotland’s extreme north are vastly outnumbered by sheep. But out to sea, beyond the… (hydroworld) [mappress] Source: hydroworld, March 15, 2011

  • Bids Opened for Whiskey Island Scheme

    4 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority opened bids two days ago for the construction of the NRDA Caillou Lake Headlands restoration project. The apparent low bidder as read is Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC with a bid of $103,176,805. The project includes restoring the barrier shoreline along the entire length of Whiskey Island through beach and dune […]

  • Island Drilling firms up North Sea deal with Cairn

    6 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Island Drilling Company has signed a contract with Capricorn Norge, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy, for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • UK, Scotland to secure grid access for marine technologies

    19 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Goverments of Scotland and UK have reached an agreement for funding proposal that would enable grid access for marine technologies on Orkney Island, it is stated in the Scottish Government’s press release. At the Scottish Island Renewables Delivery Forum, the UK and Scottish Governments reaffirmed their continued support and joint effort towards delivering the huge […]

  • Renewables could drive Scottish islands’ economic growth

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Scotland’s island economies could benefit from up to £725 million over the next 25 years from renewable energy projects, according to the most recent report. The report ‘Economic Opportunities of Renewable Energy for Scottish Island Communities‘, commissioned by the Scottish government and published by Baringa, provides analysis of the scale of the economic opportunities available […]

  • Scotland Could Benefit from Decommissioning, New Study Shows

    5 February 2018
    Research & Development

    A new study into decommissioning opportunities in the oil and gas sector has been published on Monday. Energy ports and supply chain companies across Scotland are expected to benefit from the study, Highlands and Island Enterprise (HIE) said. The study focuses primarily on oil and gas floating assets including FPSO platforms, MODUs and semi-submersible platforms, which could […]

  • Columbia ports agree on dredging mitigation plan

    1 August 2008

    VANCOUVER, Wash. — Lower Columbia River ports plan to create 128 acres of wetlands on Cottonwood Island to compensate for ecological damage caused by dredging. The plan was announced Wednesday by six ports in Washington and Oregon and the Corps of Engineers. The wetlands will mitigate damage from the dredging under way to deepen the […]

  • ‘Terrible maritime chapter’ closes as Fugro locates 80-year-old WW2 shipwreck

    1 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Safety, Vessels

    Fugro has taken part in a mission to locate the wreck of a World War II ship 81 years after sinking, reported as one of the worst international maritime disasters in history. Fugro started the search for the Montevideo Maru transport ship on 6 April onboard the hydrographic survey vessel Fugro Equator. Deploying an autonomous […]

  • Orkney builds up ‘green hydrogen’ delivery system

    3 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Orkney Islands have further increased the transportation capabilities for locally produced ‘green hydrogen’ with the delivery of two hydrogen tube trailers from Calvera.

  • In focus: Industry working to realise hydrogen and CCS markets potential via cross-sector collaboration

    18 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    The interest in hydrogen and CCS value chains has been picking up, evident through various projects and collaborations revealed this week.