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  • Top News of the Week, 16 – 23 July 2017

    23 July 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 16 to 23 July 2017.

  • Wave Energy Scotland hires external experts

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

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has engaged the services of external assessors to provide technical expertise for the evaluation of applications proceeding to the next stage of wave power innovation program.

  • Scottish Renewables Comments on Ofgem’s Grid Announcement

    27 January 2012

    Catherine Birkbeck, Grid and Markets Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “These new proposals by Ofgem means Scotland’s electricity generated from renewable sources such as onshore wind will reach more homes and businesses across the country than ever before.  “It is especially important for the north east of Scotland and the islands where we have […]

  • Officials to Create 11.3 Acres of Wetlands (USA)

    5 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The owners of Falls Creek Farm, a horse boarding and training facility and farm located in Sterling, Conn., have agreed to restore and create 11.3 acres of wetlands to settle claims by the United States that wetlands were illegally filled and altered during construction of a private golf course and other modifications to their property. […]

  • Achieving Renewable Energy Goals Will Be Challenging, Says Audit Scotland

    12 September 2013

    The Scottish Government has a clear strategy for renewable energy that links with other policy areas, and it has made steady progress so far. Achieving its overall goals will be challenging and depends on private sector investment. An Audit Scotland report published today, Renewable energy, looks at public sector action and investment in developing renewable […]

  • Scotland Keeps Its Wave Energy Intellectual Property Home

    20 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has reached an agreement with administrators KPMG to acquire intellectual property and a range of physical assets previously owned by Pelamis, which went into administration in November 2014. HIE has obtained the assets on behalf of Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a new body which is being established to […]

  • Western Isles Labour Candidate: WES Should Be Based in Lewis

    4 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Western Isles Labour candidate Alasdair Morrison has called for Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to be located in Lewis so that it does not become “another distant quango living off peripheral resources”. Mr Morrison said: “It is now clear to everyone that, in order to give credibility to its otherwise incredible energy policy, the Scottish Government encouraged […]

  • USACE Working on Smith Island Dredging Project

    22 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in collaboration with Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Somerset County, has just released an environmental assessment (EA) for a navigation improvement project at Rhodes Point for a 15-day public comment. USACE proposes to realign a portion of the federal navigation channel in Sheep Pen Gut through hydraulic dredging; construct […]

  • RI CRMC Habitat Restoration Project Fund 2014-2015

    15 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RI CRMC)) is currently seeking pre-proposals for habitat restoration project funding through its R.I. Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund. Proposed projects should seek to restore or enhance ecological conditions that have been degraded by human impacts in coastal or estuarine habitats such as coastal […]

  • USA: BOEM to Use OCS Sand for Coastal Restoration

    21 August 2012

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it executed an agreement to use more than 10 million cubic yards of sand from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for coastal restoration projects in Cameron and Lafourche parishes. BOEM signed two separate negotiated noncompetitive leases with the state of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration […]

  • Lerwick Wraps Up Record-Breaking Cruise Season

    5 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    UK’s Lerwick Harbour has logged its best cruise season yet, with the Shetland port setting four new records in 2016 as the cruise season comes to an end. Scheduled to close on October 6, the cruise season’s final visitor this year will be the Cruise & Maritime Voyages-operated Marco Polo, which is en route from Dublin to […]

  • UK: Highland Ports Prepare to Attract GBP 100 Million Investments with HIE’s Support

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has signed joint working agreements with four of the region’s leading ports to support the development of the offshore wind sector. The partnership aims to help the Ports attract a potential £100m of investment to the Highlands. The First Minister Alex Salmond, announced the Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in his […]

  • Highlands and Islands, Scottish Enterprise Introduce New Decom Action Plan

    23 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan. The plan aims to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector to take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) between now and 2025. In […]

  • Fox Island Scheme Completed

    11 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in cooperation with its partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Fox Island Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on November 13 at 1 p.m. This $5.2 million restoration scheme is part of the Upper Mississippi River […]

  • Restoration Project at Little Beaver Island Completed (USA)

    5 December 2011

    A nesting platform for ospreys is part of a $2.1 million wetland restoration project recently completed at Little Beaver Island on Grand… By Janice L. Habuda (buffalonews) [mappress] Source: buffalonews, December 5, 2011; Image: nypa.gov

  • EU awards €9M for wave and tidal research in UK and Ireland

    24 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Queen’s University Belfast has secured over €9.3 million from the EU’s Interreg VA Programme to create a ‘virtual center of competence’ that will support cross-border research into wave and tidal energy in UK and Ireland.

  • New Pelamis machine takes a dip

    21 May 2010

    A new offshore generating system is starting a test programme at the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkney Islands after being launched by E.On UK. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond launched the device, named Vagr Atferd P2 – Norse for wave power – at the Port of Leith in Edinburgh.

  • WDFW to Use Drone for Data Collection

    26 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Scientists with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will fly a drone over a section of the Lower Columbia River and adjacent areas during the week of Oct. 30–Nov. 2 to collect information supporting river restoration work. WDFW scientist Jane Atha said that a drone will collect imagery of a wetland project at […]

  • Dauphin Island Hosts Alabama Barrier Island Meeting

    11 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Town of Dauphin Island said that a public meeting about the Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment (ABIRA) will be held today at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Shelby Auditorium. This project is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the State of Alabama funded by the […]

  • MCT to Take Part in Public Information Day in Kirkwall, UK

    27 November 2012

    Siemens’ Marine Current Turbines (MCT) will be at Kirkwall Town Hall on Thursday (29th November, 3.00pm to 8.00pm) to share its outline plans for its Brough Ness tidal project. MCT is one of a number of tidal and wave energy developers who will be exhibiting at the event.   The event,  an opportunity for Orcadians […]

  • Bord Gáis Energy Commits €2million to OpenHydro Plans for Ireland’s First Tidal Energy Farm

    14 January 2011

    OpenHydro, the Irish tidal renewable energy company and Bord Gáis Energy have concluded an agreement for Bord Gáis Energy to become a shareholder in OpenHydro. In addition to the investment, OpenHydro and Bord Gáis Energy have formed a joint venture focused on the development of a utility scale tidal farm off the coast of Ireland. […]

  • Pat Bourne Visits Aquamarine Power

    25 March 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Aquamarine Power played host last week to Pat Bourne, the Consul General of Ireland to Scotland. Bourne visited Edinburgh HQ where he talked with CEO Martin McAdam. Top of the agenda was the progress on the Oyster 800 wave machine, future cooperation between Ireland and Scotland, and a discussion on the potential to build future wave […]

  • Scotland Keeps Its Wave Energy Intellectual Property Home

    20 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has reached an agreement with administrators KPMG to acquire intellectual property and a range of physical assets previously owned by Pelamis, which went into administration in November 2014. HIE has obtained the assets on behalf of Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a new body which is being established to […]

  • USACE Continues Mississippi River Habitat Project

    22 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues working on Mississippi River habitat construction near the Harpers Slough backwater area in Allamakee County, Iowa, and Lynxville, Wisconsin. The nearly $12 million Harper’s Slough restoration project will protect eroded islands and construct new islands where they were once located. The project is scheduled to […]

  • Euro Ferry Industry on a 4-Year Hot Streak

    21 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The number of cars carried by ferries increased by 1.7% from 8.6 million in 2015 to nearly 8.8 million in 2016, marking the fourth successive year of growth, according to Discover Ferries, the industry body for ferry operators. Representing 11 ferry operators in the UK and Ireland, Discover Ferries reports that growth for car travel by sea is […]