2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • Four Enterprise Areas for Scotland

    22 January 2012

    Four enterprise areas are to be created in Scotland with an emphasis on some of our most dynamic industries with the greatest potential to create new employment opportunities, stimulate private investment and boost economic growth. Finance Secretary John Swinney announced the 14 sites on a visit to GlaxoSmithKline in Irvine, which will form part of […]

  • WES to issue new wave energy call

    23 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has revealed plans to issue a third competitive call for the development of wave energy technology this summer.

  • WES to hold inaugural conference

    28 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) will hold its inaugural annual conference beginning of December in Edinburgh, UK.

  • MCA And Six Partner Organizations Launch INIS Hydro Survey Project (Ireland)

    4 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and six partner organisations launch the Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland Hydrographic Survey… [mappress] Source: Fish Update , July 4, 2011;

  • Orkney project receives funding from Scottish Government

    27 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    An Orkney-based project to develop an innovative use of renewable energy generated on land and at sea has secured funding support from the Scottish Government. The Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Local Energy Challenge Fund has awarded just under  GBP 30,000 to the Orkney Surf and Turf initiative. The project brings together four partners: […]

  • Pelamis Fails to Secure Buyer

    23 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Scottish government is set to take over the Pelamis wave energy company’s assets after no final offer was made for the business. Although Highlights and island Enterprise was selected as the preferred bidder by KMPG administrators, the remaining 16 workers will lose their jobs. Blair Nimmo, joint administrator and head of restructuring at KPMG in […]

  • SSEN places order with Hellenic Cables

    1 April 2020
    Infrastructure

    Cenergy Holdings subsidiary Hellenic Cables has won a contract from Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) for the supply of medium voltage subsea cables. The cables will replace older submarine cables connecting Scotland’s island communities. SSEN owns and operates the 11kV and 33kV subsea distribution network across the north of Scotland, with a combined cable […]

  • TGS to Conduct Major 2D Seismic Reprocessing Offshore Faroe Islands

    29 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      TGS announces that it will conduct extensive reprocessing of over 13,550 km of 2D multi-client seismic data located in waters off the Faroe Islands. This project, designated Offshore Faroe Reprocessing 2011, will extend to the UK/Faroe border. The data for the reprocessing has been made available by Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate (Jardfeingi). TGS […]

  • Atlantis to hold tidal turbine naming ceremony

    15 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Atlantis Resources will hold a turbine naming ceremony next week to acknowledge ‘the enormous’ contribution Calum Davidson has made to the marine power industry in Scotland.

  • EMEC’s 10th Anniversary Celebrated at All-Energy, UK

    28 May 2013

      The renewable energy industry gathered on Wednesday, 22 May, to celebrate the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) 10th anniversary at the annual All-Energy Exhibition and Conference in Aberdeen. Over 250 people attended a reception held on the HI-energy and Orkney pavilions at the show, which featured a wide range of Orkney produce. The celebrations […]

  • Port of Ardersier Gets Full Consent to Become Offshore Wind Super-Hub

    20 August 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Ardersier today secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind.  In what the port’s Chief Executive Officer Captain Steve Gobbi described as a ‘major milestone’, the 400 acre facility has been given […]

  • Port of Ardersier Gets Full Consent to Become Offshore Wind Super-Hub

    20 August 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Ardersier today secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind.  In what the port’s Chief Executive Officer Captain Steve Gobbi described as a ‘major milestone’, the 400 acre facility has been given […]

  • Video: WES clarifies control systems innovation call

    19 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has released a video recording of the recently held webinar dedicated to the control systems innovation call.

  • USA: Ecology Seeks Public Comments on Long Beach Wetland Plan

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on a proposal to certify the establishment and operation of a privately owned, 76-acre wetland mitigation bank north of the city of Long Beach in Pacific County. The public comment period for the proposed Long Beach Wetland Mitigation Bank is Friday, Nov. 16, through Monday […]

  • Deepwater Wind Modifies Proposal for Block Island Offshore Wind Farm

    27 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC and Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission System, LLC are modifying their proposal in seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. The Corps issued a public […]

  • EMEC’s 10th Anniversary Celebrated at All-Energy, UK

    28 May 2013

      The renewable energy industry gathered on Wednesday, 22 May, to celebrate the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) 10th anniversary at the annual All-Energy Exhibition and Conference in Aberdeen. Over 250 people attended a reception held on the HI-energy and Orkney pavilions at the show, which featured a wide range of Orkney produce. The celebrations […]

  • Finance Secretary Welcomes Scottish-Japanese Partnership for Oil, Gas and Renewables

    16 April 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Finance Secretary John Swinney today welcomed the announcement of a Scottish-Japanese partnership to invest in oil and gas and renewables opportunities in Scotland and internationally. Mr Swinney met with senior executives of Japan’s Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo as details were announced of its strategic partnership with Scotland’s Global Energy Group. Global Energy last year […]

  • Scottish FM to UK Govt: Provide Confidence to Offshore Wind Industry

    21 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for a new approach to the UK’s relationship with Scotland on energy issues, with key decisions on energy policy made following a process of consultation and agreement with the Scottish Government. The First Minister’s call came as industry experts met for the latest meeting of the Scottish Energy […]

  • Scottish Government Boosts Decom Fund

    10 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Scottish Government has made available an additional £5 million to the supply chain in Scotland to help maximise the economic benefit to Scotland of decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure. Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse, announced that the Decommissioning Challenge Fund (DCF) will reopen for a third round of funding during […]

  • Nauticity, Fundy Tidal to Develop Petit Passage Tidal Project

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Nautricity Ltd. and Fundy Tidal Inc. have signed an MOU to develop a 500kW tidal project in Nova Scotia, Canada’s Petit Passage. Nautricity is completing system testing of its CoRMaT and Hydro-buoy technologies at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The project at Petit Passage provides flows similar to those […]

  • Dredge Goetz Removing Sediment from Mississippi River

    7 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, dredging crew is working hard to remove sediment from the Mississippi River channel near Wabasha, Minnesota. The Corps uses dredge Goetz to remove the material, placing it on Crats Island, one of the district’s dredge material placement sites across from the Wabasha Marina. According to USACE, […]

  • Blue Island Projects to Alleviate Flooding Problems

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Governor Pat Quinn has announced investments for stormwater control projects in Blue Island from his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. The announcement is part of Governor Quinn’s agenda to protect the environment by modernizing Illinois’ water infrastructure, create jobs and drive Illinois’ economy forward. “It’s important that all of Illinois’ communities are protected from […]

  • WES Call Awards Funding for Wave Power Development

    5 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Firms from the subsea and offshore engineering sectors were among the winners in a Europe-wide call to find new technologies to quickly and easily connect wave energy devices at sea. The call from Wave Energy Scotland will award contracts to firms keen to bolster their involvement in the renewables sector. Aberdeen-based offshore engineers Apollo, subsea […]

  • EMEC explores hydrogen by-products use

    30 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has started collaborating with Zero Waste Scotland on a project to identify local applications for oxygen, a by-product of the green hydrogen production process.

  • Hurricane asks for Lancaster field production system nod

    10 March 2017
    Project & Tenders

    UK-based oil company Hurricane Energy has submitted an environmental statement for the Lancaster field early production system (EPS), located west of Shetland, to the UK authorities.  The Hurricane-operated Lancaster field is located approximately 100 km west and 105 km north of the closest Shetland and Orkney Islands, respectively, and 170 km north of the Scottish mainland. […]