2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Scotland calls for low carbon rural energy innovations

    23 March 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish government has made available £10 million to assist innovative local energy projects in rural parts of Scotland.

  • UK: Nova Holds Sales Pitch for Tidal Energy on Easdale Island

    10 April 2012

    A sales pitch by Nova Innovation on local tidal energy generation was held on April 7 at the Eilean Eisdeal, the community trust on Easdale Island, Forargyll informs. Last year Nova Innovation engaged in consultations with Eilean Eisdeal and neighbouring slate islands of Luing and Seil, on advantages and disadvantages of potential tidal turbine installation […]

  • CalMac, Serco in the Final Run for Scottish Ferry Deal

    8 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) and UK’s Serco Caledonian Ferries have submitted final bids for a GBP 1 billion (USD 1.4 billion) Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) contract. The CHFS contract, which covers 26-routes, is for providing ferry services during a period of eight years in the west coast ferry network. The deal was put out to tender […]

  • Drifting Cargo Ship off UK Put under Tow

    24 November 2015

    The Barbados registered cargo vessel called Skog, which was drifting off Orkney as of this morning due to engine problems is now under tow, the UK Coast Guard said. After the vessel reported that it was drifting without engine power and taking in water this morning, Shetland Coastguard sent the Coastguard rescue helicopter to the […]

  • Orbital Marine Power unveils plans for 30MW tidal energy project off Orkney

    22 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Scottish company Orbital Marine Power has secured an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth.

  • Funding Delivered for Port of Baltimore

    23 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Transportation Secretary James T. Smith, Jr., last Friday praised U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, for her hard work to deliver funding for key Maryland transportation projects as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 that passed Congress last weekend and signed by President Barack Obama. […]

  • Scottish Renewable Power Output at Record Levels in Q1

    27 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    New figures published yesterday show Scotland’s renewable electricity output was at record levels in the first three months of 2014. The figures, which were released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, show that Scotland generated a record 6,678 GWh of renewable electricity in the 1st quarter of 2014 – an increase of over 50 […]

  • UK: Contract Assigned for BT’s Biggest Subsea Engineering Project

    24 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    BT Group, UK-based communications services company, has awarded three firms a £26.9 million (circa USD 44.1 million) contract for an ambitious subsea cabling project which will help deliver fast, fibre broadband to the Highlands and Islands. The selected companies are: Chelmsford-based Global Marine Systems that will conduct detailed marine route surveys and supply the cables; […]

  • OpenHydro lays Orkney tidal array plans

    15 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    OpenHydro, a DCNS company, plans to deploy an array of two tidal turbines at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

  • UK: Second Island of the Navy’s Next-Generation Aircraft Carrier Completed

    13 May 2013

    Workers at BAE’s Scotstoun yard on the north bank of the Clyde have completed the iconic structure, the second island of the Navy’s next-generation aircraft carrier; it’s now being prepared for its journey from Glasgow’s great artery to the rest of the ship, which stands more than two-thirds complete at Rosyth. From this 753-tonne structure, […]

  • Scotland Injects £1.4M in Wave Energy Projects

    20 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and manufacturing concepts to be used in the construction of wave energy devices. ARUP will evaluate new ways of using concrete, CorPower Ocean will lead a team to […]

  • Protecting and Restoring the Southwest Louisiana

    16 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded over $1.6 million to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for a project that would create 392 acres of marsh land in southwest Louisiana. This project will help restore marsh land in shallow areas by using dredged material from the Calcasieu Ship Channel. “This project is […]

  • WES Seeks Two Project Managers

    29 June 2015

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is recruiting two project managers for Wave Energy Scotland (WES). The deadline for applications is July 15 and interviews will be held on July 24. Reporting to a programme manager, project managers will have a key role in running the innovation programme. They will manage the projects accepted onto the […]

  • Indonesia to Learn from Scottish Renewables Industry

    22 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital

    Renewable energy experts from Indonesia are looking at what lessons they can learn from the industry in Scotland, as part of an event being run by Robert Gordon University (RGU) this week. The Centre for Understanding Sustainable Practice (CUSP) at RGU, led by Dr Alan Owen, will welcome representatives from the Ministry of Energy and […]

  • Coastal Connections in Belle Chasse

    11 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Staff members from Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will host their ‘Coastal Connections’ meeting in Belle Chasse today to discuss the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project. “Come connect with staff members from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to learn about what we are doing to tackle this coastal crisis by dredging sediment and […]

  • Importance of Coastal Wetlands Highlighted

    31 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Changes in rainfall and temperature are predicted to transform wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world within the century, a new study from the USGS and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley concludes. Such changes are expected to affect the plant communities found in coastal wetlands. For example, some salt marshes […]

  • Global Offshore delivers Pentland Firth East project for SSEN

    10 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance

    Global Offshore, in partnership with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), recently completed subsea power cable replacement campaign connecting Orkney to mainland Scotland – Pentland Firth East project. SSEN identified the Pentland Firth East cable for replacement after routine inspections found it was coming to the end of its operational life. The £30-million cable replacement […]

  • Simec Atlantis tidal kit starts producing power in Japan

    15 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    The AR500 tidal energy generation system, designed and built by Simec Atlantis Energy, has started generating clean electricity in Japan following its installation off Goto Island chain late in January.

  • IADC Young Authors Award Presented at WEDA XXXI/TAMU 42 (USA)

    27 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    An IADC Best Paper Award for a Young Author under the age of 35 was presented to Brianne Cohen at the WEDA XXXI / TAMU 42 Annual Dredging Conference & Exhibition held at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, June 5-8 2011. For several years, the State of Louisiana’s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration […]

  • Congressman Courtney Applauds Final DMMP for Long Island Sound

    13 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Congressman Joe Courtney yesterday made the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completed a final Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Long Island Sound. “I am pleased that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers was able to build on cost-effective and environmentally sound options […]

  • PHOTO: Keeping Rock Island District’s Navigation Channel Open

    7 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Almost 1.4 million cubic yards, or 70,000 semitrailer loads – that’s the amount of material the Dredge Goetz has removed from the navigation channel in the Rock Island District over the last five years. This figure represents only a fraction of the total amount that has been dredged by the Goetz throughout the St. Paul, […]

  • Rhode Island: CRMC Ceeks Pre-Proposals for Restoration Projects

    11 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is currently seeking pre-proposals for habitat restoration project funding through its R.I. Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund. The Rhode Island General Assembly established the Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program to facilitate design, planning, construction, and monitoring of coastal and estuarine restoration projects […]

  • Scottish Renewable Power Output at Record Levels in Q1

    27 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    New figures published yesterday show Scotland’s renewable electricity output was at record levels in the first three months of 2014. The figures, which were released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, show that Scotland generated a record 6,678 GWh of renewable electricity in the 1st quarter of 2014 – an increase of over 50 […]

  • USA: GLDD Bags USD 45 Million Scofield Island Reclamation Project

    27 March 2012

      Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition and remediation services, announced the award of a $46.5 million contract to restore and reinforce the existing shoreline of Scofield Island, located along the barrier shoreline in Plaquemines Parish, […]

  • Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in Galveston Bay

    14 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Port of Houston has used dredging to restore marshes and other beneficial use sites in the Galveston Bay area. As a component of the 1998 congressionally authorized project to deepen and widen of the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels (HGNC), the silt, sand, shell and clay dredged during the expansion and subsequent channel maintenance has been, and […]