2324 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • DECC: Scottish independence would raise energy bills

    9 April 2014

    Launching the UK Government’s Energy Paper analysing the potential impact of independence on Scotland’s energy, Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, made the positive case for the UK’s single energy market, showing how independence would increase people’s energy bills. Speaking to a conference of energy industry stakeholders in Edinburgh, Edward […]

  • 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 […]

  • Norway: Atlantic Offshore Sells ‘Ocean Scout’ Vessel

    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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland funds control systems trio

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

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has selected three of the most promising control systems concepts from its technology program to share a little over £630,000 to further develop their ideas.

  • 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 […]

  • Hesselø project in need of environmental consultancy services

    11 September 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project. In June 2020, the Danish Parliament decided to commence the development of the Hesselø offshore wind farm. This is the second of the three offshore wind farms proposed in the Energy Agreement 2018, the first […]

  • Dr. Cornwell Receives UMCES President’s Award (USA)

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dr. Jeffrey Cornwell, a professor at the Horn Point Laboratory and an expert in sediments, water quality, and wetlands, has been honored by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science with the President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science. Dr. Cornwell was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of nutrient cycling […]

  • Spotlight on Tule Red Restoration Project

    14 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    A celebration ceremony for the completion of the Tule Red Restoration Project – one of the most significant tidal wetland rehabilitation efforts in California’s recent history – took place recently at the edge of the Suisun Marsh in Solano County’s Grizzly Bay region. The Suisun Marsh is the largest brackish water marsh on the west […]

  • Subsea Power Hub takes innovation prize home

    16 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has won an award for its Subsea Power Hub at the Scottish Environment Business Awards.

  • Offshore Wind Expert Support Team Helping Scottish Businesses Tap Into GBP 60bn Market

    5 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development

    Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands & Island Enterprise (HIE) and BVG Associates (BVGA) are continuing their collaboration within the Offshore Wind Expert Support framework, and are launching a new phase of this programme designed to support Scottish companies in making the most of renewable energy opportunities, valued at GBP 60 billion. The Offshore Wind Expert Support framework was developed by SE and […]

  • Offshore Wind Expert Support Team Helping Scottish Businesses Tap Into GBP 60bn Market

    5 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development

    Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands & Island Enterprise (HIE) and BVG Associates (BVGA) are continuing their collaboration within the Offshore Wind Expert Support framework, and are launching a new phase of this programme designed to support Scottish companies in making the most of renewable energy opportunities, valued at GBP 60 billion. The Offshore Wind Expert Support framework was developed by SE and […]

  • USA: Comments Invited on Lee County Beach Renourishment Plan

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, is considering an application by the Captiva Erosion Prevention District for a Department of the Army permit to address erosion through beach renourishment along 6.5 miles of shoreline between Redfish Pass in Captiva and Bowman’s Beach in Sanibel, Lee County, Florida. The Corps issued a Public Notice […]

  • Coastal Association Seeks Permit to Place Dredged Sand on Plum Island (USA)

    8 August 2012

    The Coastal Property Owners Association is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with placing dredged sand to support a coastal dune on Plum Island in Newbury, Mass. The Coastal Property Owners Association is proposing to perform work […]

  • Greens: Newman Locks in Decades More Sand Mining (Australia)

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Newman Government’s new eco-tourism package for Stradbroke Island will be completely undermined by its extension of sand mining on the island last night, say the Australian Greens. “Last night in Queensland Parliament, Campbell Newman locked in decades more sand mining on Straddie, sidelining Aboriginal and environmental opposition, for the mining company that paid for […]

  • Captain ‘failed to ensure safety’

    27 April 2009

    The master of a ship failed to ensure the safety of three crewmen who died from a lack of oxygen in a compartment, Sheffield Crown Court has been told. Finlay MacFadyen, Robert O’Brien and Robert Ebertowski were working in an enclosed space on the Viking Islay ship off the Yorkshire coast in 2007. The men, […]

  • Market Breakthrough for NAVTOR in Norwegian Offshore Shipping Segment

    28 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    NAVTOR, an established leader in delivering innovative and user-friendly e-navigation solutions, has announced that it has made a significant market breakthrough in the Norwegian offshore shipping segment. A flurry of new client signings means that shipowners controlling 72% of the entire national fleet are now rolling the firm’s ENC service out across their vessels. This […]

  • Washington Receives Federal Grant Funding to Restore Wetlands

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Washington Department of Ecology was awarded $2.2 million in grant funding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support three critical coastal wetland projects in Washington state. Washington was one of 12 states and Puerto Rico to receive funding under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants Program. “The projects selected for the grant […]

  • Army Corps’ Beneficial Use Program Presented (USA)

    2 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District contributes to the well-being, economic success and quality of life of local communities by employing environmentally and economically responsible ways to use dredged materials to improve eroded coastlines through beach nourishment and beneficial use programs,” said Navigation Branch Chief Christopher Frabotta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston […]

  • TROPOS Holds Second Ordinary Meeting in UK

    22 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    TROPOS Second Ordinary Meeting took place in Edinburgh (Scotland) at the school of engineering at the King’s Building campus. More than thirty scientists and engineers from eight European countries and Taiwan met from June 11th – 13th for the second time no more than 4 months after TROPOS started. This exciting and innovative European project […]

  • Scottish Shipbuilders Assemble First Hybrid Seagoing Ro-Paxes

    4 September 2012

    A dynamic team of Scottish designers, engineers and shipbuilders are assembling the world’s first hybrid seagoing ro-paxes. The two revolutionary passenger and car ferries will each carry up to 150 passengers and 23 cars or two HGVs and provide a vital ferry service for a group of remote islands off the west Scottish coast. Powered […]

  • Highland Council Responds to MeyGen’s Consent Application (UK)

    10 January 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The Highland Council who are a Statutory consultee have issued a letter to Marine Scotland not objecting to the MeyGen Section 36 application which was submitted in July 2012.  These comments relate purely to the offshore component of the project and are disconnected from the onshore works consent which is currently with The Highland Council […]

  • Scotrenewables’ CEO Receives ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award (UK)

    10 July 2013
    Technology

    Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited’s CEO, Barry Johnston, was recently awarded the 2013 Lennard – Senior Prize in recognition of outstanding individual achievement in the field of Marine Renewable Energy. The Lennard prize, awarded by The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), a multi-disciplinary learned society that brings together organisations and individuals with a common interest in […]