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  • Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation Begins Work on First Sand Berm off the Louisiana Coast

    17 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation reported today that it has been engaged as a subcontractor to Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group (“Shaw”) to provide dredging services relating to the construction of sand berms off the Louisiana coast. Shaw has been retained by the State of Louisiana to construct the berms. The sand berms are […]

  • Mainstream Picks Siemens’ 6MW Turbine for Neart na Gaoithe OWF

    19 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mainstream Renewable Power has selected Siemens Wind as the preferred supplier of wind turbines for the proposed 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to be located off the coast of Fife in Scotland. The project will utilise Siemens SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines, and the company will now enter exclusive bilateral negotiations with Mainstream. Having received […]

  • TFKable Installs First Moray East Onshore Cable

    27 June 2019
    Storage

    TFKable has installed the first sections of the 220kV onshore high-voltage cable system at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. Each of the sections includes three circuits of ducted cable, the company said, adding that the next phase of production is in progress. At the beginning of the year, TFKable and VolkerInfra won […]

  • ‘Safe Bristolia’ running loose in North Sea

    4 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The article has been updated to include a statement by Prosafe One of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessels is running loose in the UK North Sea and Prosafe is trying to regain control of it after a towline connecting it to a tugboat snapped on Sunday.  According to the Norwegian news website Aftenbladet, the incident occurred due […]

  • UK’s Marine Robots Mission Complete

    14 October 2016

    A fleet of ten marine robots has completed two-week mission off northwest Scotland. The mission comprised the largest simultaneous deployment of marine robots in UK waters, with seven submarine gliders and three surface Wave Gliders operating in waters around the Outer Hebrides, National Oceanography Centre (NOC) explained. The robot fleet was collecting a variety of […]

  • USA: Illegal Dredging Activities at Montauk Lake Exposed

    2 July 2010

    Following an investigation, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued notices of violation to the owner of a Montauk marina and local marine contractor for conducting regulated activities without valid permits, according to Regional Director Peter A. Scully. The enforcement action stems from a dredging project undertaken at the marina in […]

  • European Marine Science Park First Phase Completed

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Building work has been completed for the first phase of the new multi-million pound European Marine Science Park being developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in Argyll. The state of the art building at Dunstaffnage, near Oban, will provide space for the growth of existing and new businesses which wish to tap into the […]

  • Carnegie Completes CETO 6 Conceptual Design Phase

    16 October 2015

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has completed the conceptual design phase of its CETO 6 Project at Garden Island. The CETO 6 concept design is the culmination of work commenced in 2012 and incorporates lessons learnt from the Perth Wave Energy Project, recent wave tank testing in Scotland, internal design and modelling studies […]

  • Scottish First Minister Visits Abu Dhabi (UAE)

    17 January 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond today met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Premier Wen of China and shared his vision of a global society with a secure energy future. The First Minister took part in a majilis – a public audience held by the ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince […]

  • Atlantis: MeyGen Produces First Power Off Scotland

    15 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Atlantis Resorces has announced the first power from the MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The turbine, supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH), was installed last week and plugged into the pre-laid cable which connects back to the onshore control centre and grid export point, which has already been commissioned and energized, the company […]

  • MeyGen Clocks In 25GWh

    29 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    SIMEC Atlantis Energy said that its 6MW tidal energy project MeyGen has exported close to 25 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity to the national grid. MeyGen exported over 13.8GWh of renewable electricity in 2019, according to Atlantis’ operational update, equivalent to the average annual electricity consumption of around 3800 typical UK homes generating a […]

  • Atlantis Completes Financial Close for MeyGen Project

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen Limited (“MeyGen”), announces that all conditions have been satisfied under the terms of the funding package announced on 21 August 2014 to enable the drawdown of funding for the project. Financing to fully fund Phase 1A of the MeyGen project has now been […]

  • Atlantis Closes GBP 51 Mln MeyGen Funding

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen Limited (“MeyGen”), announced that all conditions were satisfied under the terms of the funding package announced on 21 August 2014 to enable the drawdown of funding for the project. Financing to fully fund Phase 1A of the MeyGen project has now been fully committed and […]

  • ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 Kicks Off

    27 August 2019
    Research & Development

    The Carbon Trust has launched Stage 2 of the Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP) for offshore wind. The programme aims to reduce consenting risk, project maturation time, cost and the environmental impact of existing and future offshore wind farms. Over the next four years, ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 will provide a framework to […]

  • Crown Estate’s Study Shows Great UK Wave, Tidal Resources

    11 October 2012
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

      The Crown Estate today published findings of a new study into the UK’s wave and tidal energy resources, to help inform industry and government about the potential for future projects. The report finds there is potential for tens of gigawatts of wave, tidal stream and tidal range projects at sites around England, Wales, Scotland […]

  • New Study of UK’s Wave and Tidal Energy Resources Published

    11 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Crown Estate today published findings of a new study into the UK’s wave and tidal energy resources, to help inform industry and government about the potential for future projects. The report finds there is potential for tens of gigawatts of wave, tidal stream and tidal range projects at sites around England, Wales, Scotland and […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce Achieves Milestone in Tidal Energy Technology Deployment

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has achieved a significant milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal turbine, located subsea off the Orkney Islands, Scotland, has successfully generated and fed over 100 megawatt hours (MWh) of electrical power into the national grid. Harnessing the reliable and predictable energy […]

  • SIMEC Atlantis tidal turbine grows stronger

    13 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Turbine and Engineering Services Division of SIMEC Atlantis Energy, a diversified sustainable energy generation company, has unveiled the design of what’s said to be the world’s largest single rotor tidal turbine – the AR2000.

  • In focus: Emerging renewable energy projects to cushion effects of global energy crisis

    2 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    With the global energy crisis unfolding and energy prices soaring, governments and companies are ramping up investments in renewables, energy efficiency and clean technologies.

  • Soundview Park Restoration Scheme Wrapped Up

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Under cloudy skies on a rain soaked October 16th, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Soundview Park in the Bronx, New York City celebrating the completion of a $9 million Marsh Ecosystem Restoration Project that was made possible through a cost sharing partnership of federal, state and local agencies.  The rainy weather seemed fitting […]

  • Ørsted takes majority stake in floating wind project offshore Scotland

    6 April 2022
    Innovation, Technology

    Ørsted has joined a floating wind joint venture set up by Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7 and is acquiring a majority stake in the Salamander project offshore Scotland. The 100 MW Salamander project is said to be a stepping-stone floating wind project off the east coast of Scotland, designed to provide the Scottish supply […]

  • A world’s first with a Dutch touch

    11 February 2013

    On 17 December 2012, the first ever hybrid seagoing ferry was launched in Port Glasgow, Scotland, by the Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The vessel is the first of two hybrid ferries for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. (CMAL) currently under construction at Ferguson Shipyard. To make this world’s first happen, CMAL turned to Rotterdam-based […]

  • Data-driven cable monitoring extended at world’s largest tidal array

    10 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    UK-based climate tech start-up Indeximate has secured a three-year extension to provide cable condition monitoring for SAE Renewables’ MeyGen tidal array in Caithness, Scotland.  The contract, active since March 2024, includes an annual subscription to the company’s Scattersphere system, used to monitor cable and environmental conditions across all four turbines. It also covers the storage […]

  • Mocean Energy starts EuropeWave test program

    8 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish company Mocean Energy has begun tank testing models of its 250kW Blue Horizon wave energy machine as part of the EU-funded EuropeWave program.

  • Subsea UK: Caithness is UK’s new energy hub

    25 September 2014
    Equipment

    Caithness in Scotland, will be unveiled as the UK’s latest energy hub at an event in Aberdeen next week at a lunch and learn event, run by industry body Subsea UK.   According to Subsea UK, the organisation representing the UK’s £9billion subsea industry,  the event will showcase the wealth of expertise the area has to offer […]