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  • NOAA: Developing Natural Infrastructure Projects for Louisiana

    23 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    About 40 percent of the coastal wetlands in the contiguous United States are in Louisiana, but hundreds of thousands of acres of vital habitat have been washed away by natural and man-made disasters, the NOAA Fisheries Service said in their latest announcement. Storms, erosion, and increased sea levels, combined with construction of hard levees, digging […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • WES: Call for novel wave energy converters

    11 June 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has issued a second competitive project call for the development of novel wave energy converters. According to WES, applicants will need to have already identified a concept and carried our preliminary feasibility work. WES will only seek to support truly novel devices which have not been developed and characterised before. However, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Insurers to Play Important Role in Sustaining Growth of Renewables Sector in UK, Ireland

    18 April 2013

    Green energy is set for big growth across the United Kingdom and Ireland, prompting Lloyd’s to hold its All Island Renewable Energy Conference today at the iconic Titanic Belfast complex in Northern Ireland. Speakers representing stakeholders from across the sector will explore the important finance, investment and risk management issues confronting the renewable energy business. […]

  • 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.

  • Orkney companies bring marine renewables expertise to London

    22 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Nine Orkney-based marine energy businesses are set to take part in a major industry event organized by RenewableUK, the Wave and Tidal 2017.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Politician calls for WES to be based on Western Isles

    4 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A call has been made for Wave Energy Scotland to be located on Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland by Western Isles Labour candidate Alasdair Morrison. The politician argues that this should be done in order to prevent Lewis from becoming ‘another distant quango living off peripheral resources.’ Morrison notes that the wave and tidal companies that […]

  • North Sea Week

    18 May 2005

    This year’s North Sea Week, Germany’s only offshore-regatta at the island of Helgoland, attracted 140 competing yachts. Many others came to watch the traditional sailing event on Pentecost. A fleet of 31 yachts was waved good-bye for the long-distance race to Edinburgh. First participants are expected in Scotland on Thursday.

  • 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 […]

  • RS Aqua to Supply Wave Buoys for MERIKA Project

    30 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The University of Highlands and Islands has awarded RS Aqua Ltd a contract for the supply and delivery of Wave Measurement Buoys for MERIKA project. Under the agreement, the supplier is required to provide 2 years after sale support and maintenance services for the supplied hardware and software components. Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator (MERIKA), run by the […]

  • Lower Brule Plans Available for Public Review

    22 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    A draft feasibility report with environmental assessment to address shoreline erosion and restore degraded wetland and riparian habitats along Lake Sharpe near the town of Lower Brule, SD is currently available for public review. The draft report and EA evaluates the impacts of constructing a one-mile long stone breakwater along the shoreline to reduce erosion which is imminently […]

  • 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. […]

  • USA: Public Comment Period on Deepwater Wind Proposal Extended

    24 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has extended the public comment period until Feb. 10, 2013 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. In response to additional requests […]

  • Terminal Groin to Get Another Look

    3 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Pressed by environmental groups, the federal agency that oversaw a study of the proposed terminal groin on Figure Eight Island has decided to take another look at the structure after property owners submitted a new design and location that aren’t included in the original study. The Army Corps of Engineers will update its 2012 draft […]

  • 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 […]