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  • Beatrice Counts to 70

    5 April 2019

    Jack-up vessel Pacific Orca is installing the 70th Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbine on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) said. In total, Beatrice will comprise 84 wind turbines once fully built. The wind turbines are being commissioned shortly after the installation. Swire Blue Ocean’s […]

  • Beatrice All About Number Seven

    30 April 2019

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up Pacific Orca installed 77 out of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines on the Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland as of 29 April, with seven more turbines left to be installed. 73 of the turbines installed in the Outer Moray Firth were commissioned, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), owner and developer of […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Marine Energy Parks MoU

    28 February 2013

    RenewableUK today welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park and South West Marine Energy Park, which extends from Bristol to Cornwall. The MoU forms a working partnership that will result in increased collaboration and the sharing of innovative ideas between England and Scotland. Each of […]

  • USACE: Preserving and Protecting Living Shorelines

    8 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Coastal wetlands along North Carolina provide more than 3000 square miles of aesthetically pleasing vegetation. They provide food and habitat for several species of animals, and are critical as nurseries for a variety of marine species.  These wetlands help filter pollutants from storm water runoff, and protect or reduce inland damage from constant wave action, […]

  • Sustainable Marine, blueOASIS team up to bring marine energy to small island states

    6 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    Sustainable Marine has formed a strategic partnership with Portugal’s blueOASIS to develop a range of ‘SIDS-appropriate’ marine renewable energy solutions that can help unlock the vast ocean energy potential of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

  • UK Energy minister on Scottish independence: “Better together, poorer apart”

    14 April 2014

    If Scotland chooses to go it alone, it will have a huge and lasting impact on all of us, the Minister said.

  • Norway: Atlantic Offshore Sells Its Oldest PSV

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Offshore’s oldest PSV is now sold and delivered to new owners. The vessel will leave the offshore supply market and enter the windmill support market. It was sold slightly above book value.  Atlantic Offshore, previously known as Sartor Offshore AS was established in 2008. The company  acquired Sartor Shippings operation in Norway and Ocean Mainports operation in Aberdeen and Ireland. […]

  • USACE’s Open House on Upper Pool 4 in Red Wing

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house today in Red Wing, Minnesota, to discuss a study to improve habitat in and around Upper Pool 4 of the Mississippi River.  The open house will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. with a short presentation at 5:30 p.m., at […]

  • Scotland’s Newest Dock Launched at Westway

    22 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Government Minister for Transport and Islands, Derek Mackay MSP, has announced the launch of a brand new dock facility at Westway in Renfrew.  The new £1.3m development was one of the first locations in the country to receive funding from the Scotland’s National Renewable Infrastructure Fund (N-RIF), managed by Scottish Enterprise. Mr Mackay said: “I have […]

  • EMEC Metocean Data for Scottish Open Innovation Competition

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has provided a series of metocean data sets to be used in a new Scottish open innovation competition aiming to stimulate creative thinking and data science to design new data products for the benefit of the marine environment, communities and economy. Organised by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and […]

  • Crawford Gillies Re-Appointed as Chair of Scottish Enterprise

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney, today announced the re-appointment of Crawford Gillies as Chair of Scottish Enterprise. Scottish Enterprise is the Scottish Government’s main agency for economic development in North East, Central and Lowland Scotland. The Scottish Government provides Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise with a clear […]

  • Scottish Wave, Tidal Research Project Gets GBP 1 Mln

    16 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Funding of more than £1 million has been awarded to a Scottish-based project that will help to determine the limits to tidal and wave energy extraction before potential environmental and ecological impacts occur. The three year EcoWatt2050 project, is coordinated by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) and funded by the […]

  • UK Wave and Tidal Energy Parks Form Working Partnership

    28 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    RenewableUK welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park and South West Marine Energy Park, which extends from Bristol to Cornwall. The MoU forms a working partnership that will result in increased collaboration and the sharing of innovative ideas between England and Scotland. Each of these […]

  • Some South-West Coastline Residents Warmed up for Wind Farm Expansion Says Study (UK)

    27 December 2010

    IN THE Solway Firth, a planned extension to Scotland’s first offshore wind farm is facing opposition from local residents amid fears the coastline could be littered by hundreds of turbines. The proposals for Robin Rigg, put forward by E.ON UK, would increase the size of the existing 60-turbine farm by a further 100 turbines. When […]

  • Statoil hands out Mariner catering contract

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Statoil (U.K) Limited has awarded contracts for the catering and facilities services for its UK offshore and onshore operations to ESS Offshore and 14forty, both part of Compass Group UK & Ireland. According to Statoil, the offshore catering and facilities contract was awarded to Aberdeen-based ESS Offshore and includes the provision of offshore catering services […]

  • WATCH: Mariner FSU Parks at Nigg Energy Park

    30 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Mariner B vessel was this weekend safely berthed at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800 nautical miles journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Mariner B, the floating storage unit (FSU) for the Statoil-operated Mariner field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), left South Korea […]

  • UK: Macduff Ship Design Wins Contract to Produce New Design of General Purpose Workboat

    22 April 2011

      Macduff Ship Design has been contracted to produce a new design of a General Purpose Workboat for Inverlussa Marine Service based at Loch Spelvie on the Island of Mull. To be built by Macduff Shipyards the 26.75m vessel will be designed for Coastal cargo, Civil engineering and Renewable energy support and General towing work […]

  • Orkney Islands to Test Marine Energy Interest

    22 September 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Orkney Islands Council is to test interest in the development of a marine energy project involving the Churchill Barriers. A notice inviting expressions of interest from tidal energy developers will be published on the Public Contracts Scotland website later this month. The Council will also be holding discussions with local businesses involved in the renewables […]

  • Beatrice Counts to 70

    5 April 2019

    Jack-up vessel Pacific Orca is installing the 70th Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbine on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) said. In total, Beatrice will comprise 84 wind turbines once fully built. The wind turbines are being commissioned shortly after the installation. Swire Blue Ocean’s […]

  • ESB seeks consultancy services for offshore wind electrical infrastructure

    15 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has issued a tender for electrical consultancy services for the export transmission systems and cable array systems for future offshore wind projects. The services will be delivered for various projects which are at different stages of development, for future generation auctions in Ireland and UK, and for acquisition opportunities within […]

  • WES awards wave power ‘horizon scanning’ contracts

    23 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired a multinational professional services firm Arup, and engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash, to find the best opportunities for wave energy innovation and cost reduction.

  • Victims of helicopter crash named

    3 April 2009

    Victims of the North Sea Super Puma helicopter crash in which 16 people died have been named by police. Eight came from north east Scotland, with the others from Angus, Dundee, Dumfries, Cumbernauld, Liverpool, Norwich, the West Midlands, and Latvia. The 15 people named by Grampian Police were aged between 24 and 63. One person […]

  • DesignPro Wraps Up Orkney Islands Trials

    28 January 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    Irish company DesignPro Renewables has completed the deployment and testing of its 60kW (DPR60) turbine at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, Scotland in conjunction with Leask Marine. The completely operational turbine and deployment system underwent a comprehensive series of tow testing to prove out all operating systems. Based in Limerick Ireland, DesignPro Renewables is developing […]

  • Pelamis Wave Power​ Gets Green Light for Western Isles’ First Wave Farm (UK)

    12 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Pelamis Wave Power, the world’s most advanced wave energy company, has secured an agreement for lease from The Crown Estate to develop a wave farm, large enough to power some 7,000 homes on average – more than meeting the average electricity requirements of Stornoway. The 10MW lease is for a site located off the […]

  • DP Energy gets on Marine Industry Awards shortlist

    29 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Cork-based renewable energy development company, DP Energy, has been shortlisted for the annual Marine Industry Awards in the Offshore Ireland category.