2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Minister Fergus Ewing Launches Energy North (Scotland)

    5 June 2011
    Authorities & Government

    New energy, enterprise and tourism minister and Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing officially launched ENERGY NORTH, the region’s leading organisation for energy and engineering business, in Invergordon on Friday (June 3) as one of his first public events in the new Scottish Government. The event was held at the Kincraig Castle Hotel and was […]

  • UK: Scottish Enterprise Launches Second WATERS Funding for Wave and Tidal Development

    13 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • GBP 6 Million Available for Wave and Tidal Projects Through WATERS (Scotland)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • Top news, August 20 – 26, 2018

    26 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 20 – 26, 2018.

  • WES Contemplates Quick Connection System R&D Project

    15 May 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) said it is exploring options for the design and development of a system which will allow rapid connection/disconnection of a wave energy device from its moorings and/or electrical system. The connection system and method would aim to reduce the time and cost of installation and marine operations relating to a wave […]

  • HIE Names New Head of Wave Energy Scotland

    6 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Tim Hurst as Managing Director of Wave Energy Scotland (WES). WES aims to support and accelerate the development of wave energy technology through a series of competitive technology calls. Wave Energy Scotland is a subsidiary of HIE and it was set up in December 2014 at the request […]

  • More Facts on Marker Wadden Project

    16 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    In just couple of months, Royal Boskalis Westminster will start the first phase of one of the largest nature restoration projects in western Europe: Marker Wadden. This EUR 33 million project includes the construction of a nature island in lake Markermeer, the Netherlands. This first island will serve as a test case for the development of […]

  • Aquatera gets recognition at SCDI Business Excellence Awards

    21 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Orkney-based marine consultancy Aquatera has won an award at the annual SCDI Highlands and Islands Business Excellence Awards for its worldwide marine renewables activities.

  • Scotland Turns to Sea in Their Pursuit of Renewable Targets

    29 July 2011

    From his office in a converted Victorian schoolhouse, Neil Kermode can see little more than centuries-old stone buildings and narrow streets better suited to horse carts than Land Rovers. Yet Kermode, head of the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, will tell you he can also see the future. Orkney, a collection of […]

  • Scotland Shares Marine Energy Knowledge with South Africa

    6 May 2013

    A group of 10 energy specialists from South Africa visited Scotland this week to develop their knowledge in the field of Marine Energy. As well as meeting the Scottish Government experts, the group met with companies including Pelamis, Aquamarine Power and Nautricity. They also travelled to Orkney, where they visited the European Marine Energy Centre […]

  • Restoration Project in Jamaica Bay Moves Ahead (USA)

    5 March 2012

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is leading an ambitious effort to restore the Yellow Bar Hassock Marsh Islands, in Jamaica Bay, N.Y. The project addresses the vanishing marsh islands by beneficially using clean sand from the New York-New Jersey Harbor deepening project to restore marsh habitat in the Bay. Approximately […]

  • Scottish Enterprise Looks for Offshore Windfarm Consultancy Contractors

    23 September 2011

      Scottish Enterprise (SE) wishes to procure a framework of a maximum of 8 suitably qualified and experienced offshore wind contractors to provide Expert Support consultancy input and advice to a range of company types, sizes and from differing principle sectors, who are looking to diversify into the offshore wind sector. This support will vary […]

  • HIE Names New Head of Wave Energy Scotland

    6 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Tim Hurst as Managing Director of Wave Energy Scotland (WES). WES aims to support and accelerate the development of wave energy technology through a series of competitive technology calls. Wave Energy Scotland is a subsidiary of HIE and it was set up in December 2014 at the request […]

  • WES buys Aquamarine Power IP

    21 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has bought the intellectual property of the failed wave energy developer Aquamarine Power.

  • Scottish wave body seeks external experts

    7 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking to appoint three external assessors to provide technical expertise during the evaluation of applications for the next stage of the organization’s NWEC program.

  • CDFW Releases Ballona Wetlands Restoration DEIR

    26 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) yesterday released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project. CDFW, the lead agency for the DEIR, in partnership with the State Coastal Conservancy and The Bay Foundation, has spent years working with the public and envisioning a plan for the revitalization of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve […]

  • UK: Orkney Islands Council Urges Talks About Connection Upgrade Delay

    25 December 2012
    Storage

    Following the announcement that the cable upgrade from Orkney to Caithness will be delayed until 2018, Orkney Islands Council has called for urgent talks with ministers. Besides the problems in securing planning consents and land acquisition, SSE said they are also facing problems in the global supply chain for subsea cables, reports Herald Scotland. Councillor […]

  • USA: Governor Highlights Louisiana Barrier Island Project Progress

    12 July 2013

    Governor Jindal met with local officials and flew over barrier island projects to observe the state’s progress to protect Louisiana’s coast and highlight continued coastal land loss in Louisiana. The Governor highlighted three specific projects on Pelican Island, Shell Island and Scofield Island on the lower rim of Barataria Bay. On Shell Island, the state […]

  • BT Awards Marine Engineering Contract to Global Marine

    15 January 2014
    Project & Tenders

    BT has awarded Global Marine Systems the marine engineering contract for the Scottish Highlands and Islands subsea cable project. The contract includes subsea cable route design, marine survey, cable supply and subsequent cable installation solution for an ambitious subsea fibre optic network that will deliver fast fibre broadband to the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Global […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland Seeking Advisers

    31 March 2015

    Wave Energy Scotland is seeking expressions of interest from appropriately qualified and experienced industry representatives to join its independent Advisory Group. The Advisory Group will play a critical role in supporting Wave Energy Scotland meet its objectives, and to support wider Scottish efforts to develop the wave energy sector into one which plays an important […]

  • Carnegie preps new CETO design for June wave tank tests

    29 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Carnegie Clean Energy has made significant progress on EuropeWave project as its starts building the equipment for wave tank testing of the new design for its CETO wave energy device.

  • Efforts Continue to Restore Chesapeake Bay Islands

    23 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen yesterday applauded a new agreement between the Army Corps’ Baltimore District and the Maryland Port Administration that allows for the start of final design work in the restoration of James and Barren islands–a restoration effort similar to transformative Poplar Island project. Primarily using material dredged from Baltimore […]

  • WES funds further innovation landscaping studies

    14 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking to invest in two short projects that are expected to help shape the organization’s future research and development programs.

  • Idaho Fish and Game VIDEO: Restoring the Clark Fork Delta

    15 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Extensive bank erosion has occurred to islands and shorelines in the Clark Fork River, located at the confluence of the Clark Fork River and Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho, resulting in losses of soil, native riparian and wetland vegetation, as well as the quantity and quality of fish and wildlife habitat. It is estimated […]

  • Top news, March 7 – 13, 2016

    13 March 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 7 – 13, 2016. Tidal turbine produces first power off Shetland The Shetland Tidal Array, a joint enterprise between Scottish Nova Innovation and Belgian ELSA, has successfully produced and exported the power from the first Nova M100 tidal turbine […]