2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Beaver Island Dredging on Display

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District’s representatives met with partners from Iowa Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region yesterday for a site visit of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project (HREP) at Beaver Island in Clinton County, Iowa. The site visit […]

  • MERIKA seeks marine energy research associate

    24 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator (MERIKA) is recruiting a research associate to support its wave energy resource characterization and modelling activities in Outer Hebrides, off Scotland. The vacancy is based at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Lews Castle College, in Stornoway and the post is initially funded until March 31, 2017. […]

  • Researchers Compile First Ever High-Resolution Map of Seabed Around Rockall (UK)

    26 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Two hundred years on from the first recorded landing, researchers have compiled the first ever high-resolution map of the underwater seabed and reefs around Rockall. On September 8, 1811, a Royal Navy officer with a small crew landed on the isolated North Atlantic islet and scaled the 19 metre high summit. From this initial […]

  • Vortex Marine Wins Smith Island Maintenance Dredging

    29 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Vortex Marine Construction was recently awarded a maintenance dredging contract for the Federal navigation channel on Smith Island in Somerset County, Maryland, reports the FedBizOpps. The $3.2 million project includes dredging of the Twitch Cove and Big Thorofare channels to their authorized depth of 7 feet (MLLW), plus two feet of allowable overdepth, and a width […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Leases Three Sites for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects

    30 April 2012

    The Crown Estate has announced three further agreements for lease for wave and tidal energy projects. The sites result from the third application window in the leasing process for projects in connection with the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize (in Scottish waters) and demonstration projects (all around the UK), which opened in October 2011. Voith Hydro […]

  • Ørsted seeking new location for Skipjack interconnection hub

    13 July 2020
    Infrastructure

    Offshore wind developer Ørsted has decided against constructing the interconnection facility for the Skipjack wind farm at Fenwick Island State Park in Sussex County, Delaware, US. In July 2019, Ørsted entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to construct the interconnection facility on a […]

  • Statoil Awarded 7 Exploration Licences Offshore UK

    26 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has been awarded shares in 7 exploration licences on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). The company is operator for 2 of these, and expects this number to increase when the blocks pending environmental assessment are awarded. The licences which were awarded by the UK authorities are part of the UK 27th Offshore Oil […]

  • Statoil Awarded 7 Exploration Licences Offshore UK

    28 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has been awarded shares in 7 exploration licences on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). The company is operator for 2 of these, and expects this number to increase when the blocks pending environmental assessment are awarded. The licences which were awarded by the UK authorities are part of the UK 27th Offshore Oil […]

  • Crown Estate puts Scotland’s offshore data online

    28 August 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The manager of the seabed in Scotland, Crown Estate Scotland, has made offshore spatial data relating to the organization’s offshore assets freely available for the first time.

  • UK: ABPmer to Present Its Paper at All-Energy

    13 March 2013

    ABPmer will be presenting a paper at All-Energy, titled “Enhancing the Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources”. The government sponsored UK Marine Renewables Atlas, first published in 2004 and updated in 2007, remains the most recognised and widely used source of resource information for the marine renewable community in the UK, averaging 125 separate […]

  • U.S. Army Corps Extends Comment Period on Deepwater Wind’s Offshore Project

    15 November 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period until Dec. 31, 2012 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. The original 45-day comment period was scheduled to […]

  • UK: CMAL Takes Delivery of New Passenger Ferry

    11 May 2011

    Following recent sea trials in Gdansk, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) will today (Wednesday 11 May) take delivery of the MV FINLAGGAN, the brand new vessel which will serve the Kennacraig to Islay route. CMAL will receive the vessel in Gdansk, Poland and will immediately hand over the vessel to operator CalMac Ferries Limited (CFL) […]

  • Industry welcomes report on almost $10B potential of Scotland’s wave and tidal energy

    12 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    Industry players have welcomed a new report that highlights the potential of Scotland’s wave and tidal energy sector to generate up to £8 billion (almost $10 billion) for the economy by 2050, supporting more than 15,000 direct jobs and driving investment in coastal communities. Commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) subsidiary Wave Energy Scotland […]

  • Orkney transmission link could bring in £807M to local economy

    26 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    A new electricity transmission link between Orkney and the Scottish mainland could be worth £807 million to Orkney economy if the wave and tidal energy industry makes use of the cable too, according to a study into the potential value of the cable.

  • BOEM, Rhode Island to Evaluate Sand Resources for Coastal Resilience and Restoration Planning

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As a part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of Rhode Island signed a two-year cooperative agreement totaling $200,000 to evaluate sand resources for coastal resilience and restoration planning. Under this agreement, the […]

  • Stornoway Development Plan Includes Dredging

    10 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Stornoway Port Authority has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Newton Basin development project. The scheme will consist of a significant amount of dredging works, aimed to create a navigation channel, pontoons for berthing and storage for up to 70 vessels, along with rock armoring protection to the pontoons and areas that […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland recruiting for two managerial positions

    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, and will be tasked with leading a team of project managers ensuring the efficient development and delivery […]

  • Albatern bags GBP 400.000 from Scottish Government

    3 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Albatern has received investment in the amount of GBP 400.000 from Scottish Government, through the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF). The funding will enable the company to complete verification of existing units, and to commercialize and scale up their array based on WEC – WaveNET technology. The company wants to build a market in Scotland […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Spuds Anne Marie Exploration Well Offshore Faroe Islands

    26 July 2010

    Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling operations have commenced on the Anne Marie prospect (Faroe Petroleum 12.5%), located offshore, the Faroe Islands. The commitment well (6004/8a‐1) is located in 1,106m of […]

  • Researchers use drones to pinpoint tidal energy sweetspots

    2 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers in the north of Scotland and Wales are trialling a new method of measuring tidal currents with the help of drones in a project that could revolutionise the marine renewables industry.

  • Stena Line’s Two Ferries to Undergo Refit Programme at Remontowa Shipyard in Poland

    20 September 2011

    Stena Line announced the refurbishment of two giant ships that the company will be introducing on the Irish Sea later this year. The identical ‘sister’ ships ‘Stena Superfast VII’ and ‘Superfast VIII’ will be the biggest ferries ever to sail between Northern Ireland and Scotland and will undergo a refit programme at the Remontowa shipyard […]

  • Stena Line Announces Super Ships to Shape Future of Northern Ireland Ferry Travel

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Stena Line announced the refurbishment of two giant ships that the company will be introducing on the Irish Sea later this year. The identical ‘sister’ ships ‘Stena Superfast VII’ and ‘Superfast VIII’ will be the biggest ferries ever to sail between Northern Ireland and Scotland and will undergo a refit programme at the Remontowa […]

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Deepwater Wind Comment Period Extended

    15 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period until Dec. 31, 2012 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. The original 45-day comment period was scheduled to […]

  • Terra et Aqua: From Volcanoes to Oil Spills, The Added Environmental Value of Dredging (The Netherlands)

    10 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The environmental disasters this spring seem to know no end. Most recently, the United States is facing the largest oceanic catastrophe ever, as BP’s Deepwater Horizon continues to discharge thousands of gallons of oil into pristine waters of the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to suffocate marine life and contaminate coastal wetlands. Earlier in April the […]

  • VIDEO: Sediment Study at North Blakeley Island

    29 January 2020
    Business & Finance

     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) teamed up with USACE Mobile District’s Regional Sediment Management Team, kicking off a sediment study on January 13, 2020, at North Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama.  The study will determine if sediment currently stored on North Blakeley Island could be used to […]