2324 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Oxford University Study Estimates Maximum Generated Energy from Pentland Firth

    10 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Tidal turbines stretched across Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland, could generate up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of power – equivalent to almost half of Scotland’s electricity needs. A new study, led by Oxford University researchers, provides the first reliable estimate of the maximum energy that could be generated from Pentland […]

  • Marine Current Turbines Gets Green Light for First Tidal Farm off Isle of Skye

    1 April 2011

    Marine Current Turbines Ltd, the British developer of SeaGen the world’s first commercial-scale offshore tidal energy turbine, is on course to install one of Scotland’s first tidal energy farms after securing an Agreement for Lease from The Crown Estate for a four turbine tidal farm in Kyle Rhea, a strait of water between the Isle […]

  • Top news, January 15 – 21, 2018

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

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 15 – 21, 2018.

  • UK: Since 2010 Over GBP 29 Billion of Investment Announced in Renewables

    22 May 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    At the All Energy Conference today in Aberdeen, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey announced new regional renewables job and investment figures for the UK. Mr. Davey also called on Scotland to remain in the UK to protect current high levels of renewable investment. New research shows that since 2010 more than £29 billion […]

  • Bernhardt: $20M in Grants for Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration

    10 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, is awarding more than $20 million to 22 projects in 11 coastal states to protect, restore or enhance more than 7,000 acres of coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. State and local governments, private […]

  • UK: Award for First Phase of European Marine Science Park

    29 July 2013

    The development of the first phase of one of Scotland’s leading research locations for marine sciences has won an award through a national initiative. Robertson Construction has won a Gold Award through the Considerate Constructors Scheme for Malin House, part of the new multi-million pound European Marine Science Park development by Highlands and Islands Enterprise […]

  • PLAT-I tidal power platform settles in Canada’s Grand Passage

    20 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Sustainable Marine Energy’s (SME) 280kW floating tidal platform called PLAT-I has been installed in the Bay of Fundy after securing the necessary permits from Nova Scotia authorities.

  • SSEN Completes Bute-Cumbrae Subsea Cable Replacement

    15 August 2019
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has completed project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Bute and Cumbrae, with new additional fault detection technology set to be installed in the coming months. Cumbrae receives its power from the mainland by two subsea cables, one of which was approaching the end of […]

  • Prysmian Secures Two Contracts for New Submarine Link in UK Channel

    20 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded two new contracts worth in total approximately €45 million by Jersey Electricity plc (UK), for the “Normandie 3” project to provide electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands from the French mainland. This is the third such interconnector to be […]

  • Energy storage system for tidal power-to-hydrogen research project energized in Orkney

    22 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition

    Invinity Energy Systems has energized a 1.8MWh VS3 flow battery system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) hydrogen facility, as part of a tidal power-to-green hydrogen research project.

  • USA: City Line Distributors Seek Corps Permit to Place Fill Material

    30 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    City Line Distributors are 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 expanding a storage facility in West Haven, Conn. City Line Distributors is proposing the placement of approximately 36,450 square feet of fill material into a fresh […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Research & Development

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the […]

  • Marine energy crowned at Scottish Green Energy Awards

    27 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Technology

    Marine energy sector has been acknowledged at Scottish Green Energy Awards with SIMEC Atlantis Energy scooping Champion of Renewables Award for its ongoing drive to create a sustainable tidal industry in Scotland.

  • UK: Award for First Phase of European Marine Science Park

    29 July 2013

    The development of the first phase of one of Scotland’s leading research locations for marine sciences has won an award through a national initiative. Robertson Construction has won a Gold Award through the Considerate Constructors Scheme for Malin House, part of the new multi-million pound European Marine Science Park development by Highlands and Islands Enterprise […]

  • Scotrenewables to Test SR250 Tidal Turbine at Scrabster Harbour, UK

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A new multi-million pound redevelopment at mainland Scotland’s most northerly port, Scrabster Harbour, is already reaping the benefits, only two months after coming into operation. Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd, based in Orkney, has chosen Scrabster as the location for their most recent operations and maintenance work on their prototype tidal turbine, the SR250. This is […]

  • Orkney asks for feedback on hydrogen-renewables connection

    4 December 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Orkney Islands Council has invited feedback on a draft strategy designed to build on the county’s role in developing hydrogen–based projects. The strategy highlights the benefits offered by hydrogen production and looks at a range of challenges this could help address. A key challenge is to find ways to unblock the restrictions currently placed on renewable […]

  • Top news, February 13 – 19, 2017

    19 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 13 – 19, 2017.

  • UK: More salvors board grounded drilling rig. No pollution detected

    16 August 2016
    Exploration & Production

    UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Monday that a team of additional six people would join the salvors on board the grounded drilling rig Transocean Winner, as part of the ongoing salvage operation.  The semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Winner ran aground near Dalmore Beach on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland last Monday due to severe […]

  • NOAA Study Reveals Significant Land Cover Changes

    19 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A new NOAA nationwide analysis showed that between 1996 and 2011, 64,975 square miles in coastal regions experienced changes in land cover, including a decline in wetlands and forest cover with development a major contributing factor. Overall, 8.2 percent of the nation’s ocean and Great Lakes coastal regions experienced these changes. In analysis of the […]

  • LAkHsMI Partners Wrap Up Prototype Field Trials in Orkney

    23 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    International underwater connectivity manufacturer Hydro Bond Engineering has completed prototype subsea oceanography equipment field tests in Orkney with the collaboration of several European research partners. The LAkHsMI project (‘Sensors for LArge scale HydrodynaMic Imaging of ocean floor’) investigates the development of electrical and optical sensors for large-scale environmental monitoring and hydrodynamic imaging of the seabed. […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Research & Development

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the […]

  • UK: Kongsberg Announces Contract Win for Meygen Tidal Stream Project

    17 April 2012

    A contract has been awarded to Kongsberg Maritime Ltd to conduct underwater noise studies for an offshore renewables project that could eventually lead to 400MW being installed in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth. The contract, awarded by MeyGen Limited, will involve Kongsberg Maritime Ltd conducting both baseline and operational noise measurements from prototype […]

  • IBERDROLA Launches HiWave Project Development

    25 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA, in partnership with the Swedish company CorPower Ocean specializing in wave energy converters and the Portuguese marine research centre WavEc, has embarked on the development of the R&D project HiWave, focused on high efficiency wave power. This international initiative aims to demonstrate wave power harnessing using a new type of compact device with […]

  • Edward Davey: Independent Scotland Would See Large Electricity Bills

    13 December 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Scottish homes would see significantly increased electricity bills if it becomes independent, because the country would bear the cost of renewable energy subsidies and infrastructure, which are now distributed across the United Kingdom, Energy Secretary Edward Davey said in his speech held at an energy conference organised by the Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh. Following is […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the MCA’s […]