2328 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • 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 […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland looking for 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 WES programme, and will have responsibility for contact […]

  • Isle of Lewis to Host EIMR Conference

    21 April 2014

    The Isle of Lewis is set to cash in around GBP 350,000 from a renewable energy conference. The Scottish island will host an Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference on Wednesday 30th April and Thursday 1st May. Organised by the University of the Highlands and Islands, and backed by VisitScotland Conference Bid Fund, the […]

  • USACE Launches Seven Mile Island Living Laboratory

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has announced the launch of the Seven Mile Island Living Laboratory. According to USACE, this is an initiative designed to advance and improve dredging and marsh restoration techniques in coastal New Jersey through innovative research, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and practical application. USACE has partnered with the State of […]

  • Marine Biologists Investigate Sharks’ Movements in Scottish Waters

    13 July 2012
    Environment, Research & Development

    Marine biologists from the University of Exeter and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) will attach satellite tracking tags to 20 basking sharks in the seas around the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.  The area where the study is being undertaken overlaps with an offshore wind farm proposal west of Tiree, known as the Argyll Array. […]

  • WASSP Reaches New Milestone (New Zealand)

    10 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

      Multibeam sonar manufacturer WASSP Ltd – part of the ENL Group – has reached a milestone by shipping its 500th multibeam sonar system. The sale of the WASSP 120 degree 3D multibeam system confirms the company’s position as the number one multibeam sonar system in the world for the commercial fishing sector. WASSP multibeam […]

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Second Giant Piece Rolled Out

    13 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Another giant piece of the jigsaw that is the Navy’s future carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is finished with her aft island rolled out of the construction shed. The second of two islands on the 65,000-tonne leviathan, the aft one will control flight deck operations by her F35 jets, Merlin helicopters and other aircraft. From this […]

  • 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 […]

  • EMEC collects funding for green hydrogen logistics

    18 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been awarded over €500,000 to secure two hydrogen tube trailers that will contribute towards the improved hydrogen supply in Orkney.

  • MERIKA to Boost International Collaboration

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The recent International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Halifax, Canada provided members of the EU-funded MERIKA project with the opportunity to form new partnerships with researchers and institutions on the other side of the Atlantic. MERIKA, run by the University of the Highlands and the Islands (UHI) in the north of Scotland, aims to […]

  • MERIKA Finds New Partners Overseas

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The recent International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Halifax, Canada provided members of the EU-funded MERIKA project with the opportunity to form new partnerships with researchers and institutions on the other side of the Atlantic. MERIKA, run by the University of the Highlands and the Islands (UHI) in the north of Scotland, aims to […]

  • DEC Issues Draft General Permit for Bulkhead Removal (USA)

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

      Permitting for bulkhead replacement and repair on portions of Long Island’s south shore will be streamlined under a draft permit released yesterday, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced. “In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, DEC issued an emergency permit for bulkhead repair to expedite storm recovery efforts,” DEC […]

  • HIE Names New Energy Director

    1 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed a new director of energy and low carbon. Audrey MacIver of Alness in Easter Ross starts in the post on Thursday, June 01. She succeeds Calum Davidson who retired in November after 31 years with HIE. Audrey takes over lead responsibility for HIE’s contribution to the growth in […]

  • BG Freight Line to Connect Cork and Liverpool

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Rotterdam-based short sea shipping firm BG Freight Line, a part of Peel Ports Group, will launch a new weekly container service to directly connect Cork and Liverpool staring from March 27. The weekly schedule of the new service will be Liverpool (Saturday), Cork (Monday), Liverpool (Wednesday). At the end of the each week, the vessel will continue […]

  • Pelamis in Debt GBP 16 Mln after Going into Administration

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Pelamis Wave Power, which went into administration in November 2014, had owed almost GBP 16 million before most of its assets were taken over by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).  The largest amount that Pelamis owed was £12.86 million to Scottish Enterprise. An additional £3.5m were owed to unsecured creditors: Edinburgh Council, the University of Dundee, the University of Edinburgh, […]

  • Bechtel Expert at Ocean Summit

    10 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Bechtel’s senior ports specialist, Marco Pluijm, announced today that analyzing natural barrier islands could help to make coastal infrastructure more sustainable and resilient. The new approach marks a huge step-change in the way marine infrastructure is currently designed, which is usually based on studying trends and processes that are hard to predict. Presenting at the […]

  • USACE Seeks Comments on Pigs Eye Lake Project

    13 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, yesterday released a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a project to restore backwater habitat on Pigs Eye Lake, near St. Paul. The proposed project, planned in collaboration with Ramsey County, will enhance and restore backwater habitat by creating island and wetland features on Pigs Eye Lake using material […]

  • Wave Energy: WES Announces Contract Awards for PTO Systems

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has announced the list of successful contract awards following its first international, competitive open call. The first call focused on innovative Power Take-Off systems for wave energy devices. Over £7m has been awarded to 16 technology developers and consortia, from countries including UK, USA, Italy and Sweden, all looking for investment […]

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes The Crown Estate Wave and Tidal Announcement

    8 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Renewables has welcomed an announcement by the Crown Estate that two new wave and tidal demonstration zones, and two new project sites, are set to be leased in Scottish waters. This announcement means that local organisations will be able to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to wave and tidal developers for the […]

  • Scottish Renewables Hails Crown Estate’s Renewables Announcement

    8 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Scottish Renewables has welcomed an announcement by the Crown Estate that two new wave and tidal demonstration zones, and two new project sites, are set to be leased in Scottish waters.  This announcement means that local organisations will be able to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to wave and tidal developers for the […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland brings in engineering assistance

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

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired ITPEnergised to act as an independent advisor for the engineering design activities for each of the four WES’ novel wave energy converter (NWEC) stage 2 projects.

  • WES sets up webinar for novel WEC call clarifications

    12 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is holding an information webinar next week to provide details on its latest project call for novel wave energy converters. The aim of the webinar is to enable potential applicants clarifications of any points on the programme stages. The webinar will be held on June 18, 2015, at 09:30 (GMT). The funding call, […]

  • Scotland Already Leads in Cutting Down Offshore Wind Costs

    13 June 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Scotland is leading the way in driving down the costs of offshore wind, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has told major industry conference. Scotland has a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind capacity and planned offshore wind projects in the country have the potential to produce up to 10GW of electricity by 2020. Speaking at the Global […]

  • $24.8M Boost for Coastal Wetlands Restoration in Louisiana

    1 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    As part of their efforts to support resilient coastal communities, NOAA Fisheries Service is announcing the award of $24.8 million for three cooperative agreements. This funding will help restore habitat along Louisiana’s coast under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Program. Restoring wetlands and barrier islands increases protection for Louisiana’s people and […]

  • Fugro to survey Hesselø offshore wind farm

    25 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Fugro Netherlands Marine B.V. has won the contract to carry out a geophysical survey at the proposed Hesselø wind site offshore Denmark. Located in Kattegatt, Hesselø is the second of the three offshore wind farms proposed in Denmark’s Energy Agreement 2018, the first being the Thor project. Both Hesselø and Thor will be commissioned in 2027. Denmark plans […]