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  • MCT’s SeaGen Produces More than 3GWh of Electricity (UK)

    31 January 2012

    Bristol based Marine Current Turbines (MCT) announced that its 1.2MW SeaGen device has produced more than 3GWh of electricity since its deployment in 2008. SeaGen is located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough and it is the first of its kind to reach this level. The company has been progressing on many fronts. During 2011, two […]

  • Secretary of State Speaks at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference 2012

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference 2012 is a leading international forum for emerging renewable energy and other low carbon markets. At this year’s conference Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, held a speech about delivering the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), Electricity Market Reform (EMR) and the Green Deal. […]

  • UK: RYA Advises Clubs and Training Centres to Undertake Dredging Works Before April 2012

    4 November 2011

    The RYA is advising clubs and training centres to undertake any required maintenance/navigational dredging activity before 1 April 2012. This is because as of 1 April 2012 all maintenance and navigational dredging activity will require consent through a marine licence and may attract a fee that could be disproportionate to the level of activity being […]

  • Highlights of 2015: Editors’ Picks

    29 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    2015 has been a momentous year for the offshore wind industry, and creating a list of highlights is not an easy task. However, after much deliberation, our editors have compiled a subjective overview of significant changes in the offshore wind landscape in 2015. DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy today decided to construct the […]

  • Major Global Energy Event to Be Held in Orkney, UK

    26 September 2013

    A major international ocean energy conference is set to take place in Orkney next month, with wave and tidal test experts from around the world travelling to the islands to see first hand the pioneering work carried out by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The two-day Global Ocean Energy symposium will also give test […]

  • Old Saybrook Project on Display

    8 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Lynde Point Land Trust, Inc., is seeking a permit from the USACE New England District to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with stabilizing long-term shoreline erosion and protecting Lynde Point Marsh in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. This work is proposed in Long Island Sound and Crab Creek east and northeast of 6 […]

  • Major Global Energy Event to Be Held in Orkney, UK

    26 September 2013

    A major international ocean energy conference is set to take place in Orkney next month, with wave and tidal test experts from around the world travelling to the islands to see first hand the pioneering work carried out by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The two-day Global Ocean Energy symposium will also give test […]

  • PHOTO Update: Wasa Dredging Kicks Off Nigg Bay Work

    26 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Wasa Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction company, recently started a dredging project in Nigg Bay, Scotland. According to their official announcement, the scope of the work will include: blasting 270.000m³ of rock material dredging 400.000m³ of moraine. For this capital development project, Wasa Dredging mobilized two combined backhoe dredger/drilling platforms ‘Hector’ […]

  • Western Isles Reinforcing Power Network

    8 June 2015
    Storage

    Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) is establishing a Western Isles renewable energy steering group. The group, which will include representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland, will explore opportunities for making best use of the existing electricity network and for connecting additional renewables on the islands ahead of network reinforcement. It […]

  • UK: European Marine Science Park Offers Commercial Opportunities

    25 May 2012

    Construction of the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) has begun at Dunstaffnage near Oban, which will offer commercial space for businesses at one of the world’s leading sites for marine research and development. The 20,000 square feet building will be available by the end of 2012, with further developments planned over the coming decade. The […]

  • WES launches GBP 7 mln power take-off systems R&D call

    19 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has launched its first GBP 7 mln international technology innovation competition. WES has issued a competitive project call for innovative power take-off (PTO) systems. Applications are invited from innovative technology developers who require investment to advance their technology through rigorous testing and, in time, towards commercialization. Successful applicants will be eligible […]

  • UK: All-Energy Opens in Seven Weeks

    9 April 2012

    All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, opens in Aberdeen in under seven weeks (Wednesday-Thursday 23-24 May 2012) and it is set to be a true milestone event with world-class speakers in the conference, helpful sector trails around the show and important new zoned feature areas, country specialists from 14 nations on hand […]

  • UK: Marine Science Park Creates Business Growth Opportunities

    25 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Construction of the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) has begun at Dunstaffnage near Oban, which will offer commercial space for businesses at one of the world’s leading sites for marine research and development. The 20,000 square feet building will be available by the end of 2012, with further developments planned over the coming decade. The […]

  • USA: Sand Pumping Commences at Jamaica Bay

    3 February 2012

    Yesterday at 3:50 pm the Dredge Vessel “ Dodge Island” arrived in Jamaica Bay with a hold full of clean sand, that had been obtained from the open ocean Ambrose channel approach area off the coast of Rockaway, and hooked up to the Pumping Barge that is currently located in Jamaica Bay just off of […]

  • OpenHydro endures Fall of Warness tidal run

    25 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has last week paid a visit to its tidal testing site at Fall of Warness – the location of the first grid-connected tidal energy turbine in Scotland.

  • Nautricity, Fundy Tidal to Develop Tidal Energy Project in Nova Scotia, Canada

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    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 […]

  • Wave and Tidal Cooperation to Boost Marine Energy Development

    22 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Increased connectivity and collaboration between the world’s wave and tidal power test sites is vital to ensure resources are used strategically and to help boost the development of international markets. That was the key message from delegates attending a major international marine energy conference held in Orkney last week. Plans to create an international research […]

  • Wind Towers Acquire Skykon’s Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturing and Assembly Plant at Machrihanish (UK)

    20 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    Wind Towers Ltd, the joint venture between SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) and Marsh Wind Technology Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Marsh Global Holdings Ltd, has completed the purchase of the Skykon wind turbine tower manufacturing and assembly plant at Machrihanish, Campbeltown, from its Administrators. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has agreed to provide […]

  • Evergreen Improves Ireland and UK Services

    29 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Taiwanese-based Evergreen Line has revealed enhancements to its services to/from Dublin (Ireland) and Liverpool (Northwest England). From its hub in Rotterdam the line will offer a twice-weekly service to Dublin and dedicated slots on a weekly basis to Liverpool.   The move is designed to more effectively integrate the line’s services to/from the North of England and Ireland […]

  • Scotrenewables’ SR2000 heads to Scotland

    3 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 floating tidal turbine has started its journey to Scotland from the Belfast Lough.

  • Nexans to link Orkney Islands to UK mainland in 2027

    16 September 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Following the capacity reservation agreement signed in November 2023, French subsea power cables manufacturer Nexans has officially been awarded a contract by SSEN Transmission to connect the Orkney Islands and the UK mainland. The Orkney Transmission Link will exchange up to 220 MW of renewable energy between the islands through one high voltage alternating current (HVAC) […]

  • Western Isles Reinforcing Power Network

    8 June 2015
    Storage

    Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) is establishing a Western Isles renewable energy steering group. The group, which will include representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland, will explore opportunities for making best use of the existing electricity network and for connecting additional renewables on the islands ahead of network reinforcement. It […]

  • The Keithsburg Meeting Set for Next Week

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is hosting a public meeting and open house July 16 to discuss plans for ecosystem restoration at the Keithsburg Division of Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge. According to the Corps, the […]

  • Eimskip Shuffles Lines

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    ​Icelandic shipping and logistics provider Eimskip has decided to combine its Green and Red Lines in the company’s sailing schedule as of mid-February. The Green Line has served between Iceland and North America with a port call in Sortland and in Norway. Containers with origin in Europe and Scandinavia have been transshipped to the Green Line […]

  • Statoil to Sell Interest in Norwegian and UK Assets

    19 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil ASA has signed an agreement to divest minority interests in the Gullfaks and Gudrun fields offshore Norway and exit the non-core, non-operated Schiehallion and Rosebank fields, West of Shetlands. In addition to the cash consideration of USD 2.65 billion, the transaction with Austrian oil and gas company OMV includes a contingent payment and involves […]