2324 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Natural Power Opens New ControlCentre

    25 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Scotland’s Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse has officially opened Natural Power’s new ControlCentre facility in Dumfries and Galloway, from where Natural Power will manage 5GW of onshore and offshore wind, biomass, solar and hydro capacity. 

  • Overview of tidal and wave activities in 2014

    10 April 2015
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has issued the Annual Report for 2014 that presents an overview of the activities undertaken within OES in 2014. Take a look at the list of OES members’ demonstration projects that have been tested in open waters. UK – EMEC, 5 wave energy projects and 7 tidal current energy projects were […]

  • UK: EMEC Director to Open Hatston Pier Next Week

    25 April 2013

    Scotland’s longest commercial deep-water berth has been created in Orkney with the completion of a new extension at Hatston Pier. The 160-metre extension to the existing 225-metre pier will be officially opened next week by Neil Kermode, Managing Director of EMEC, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre. The £8 million project is a key component […]

  • 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 […]

  • Prysmian to Link Kilpaddoge and Moneypoint Via Underwater Cable

    25 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth in total approximately €40 million ($55 mil) by ESB (Ireland), for the “Shannon River Crossing” project to provide electricity between Kilpaddoge and Moneypoint across the opposite banks of the river and along an underwater route of […]

  • 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 […]

  • Leading shipping nations press IMO to adopt more ambitious climate goals for shipping

    2 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Denmark, the United States, the United Kingdom and several other states have called on the IMO to introduce more ambitious climate goals.

  • UK: Awilco Drilling Signs Contract With AGR for WilPhoenix Rig

    16 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Awilco Drilling Limited has signed a contract with AGR Petroleum Services for 1 firm well and 6 optional wells for WilPhoenix. The contract represents AGR’s multi well multi client 2011 drilling programme. The contract value for the firm part is approximately USD 7 million. Drilling operations are expected to commence early May 2011. WilPhoenix is […]

  • CMAL, Remontowa sign shipbuilding contract for electric ferry fleet

    4 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Scotland’s state-owned Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding have signed a contract for the construction of seven new Loch-class electric ferries.

  • USA: Tracking Fish Through Coral Reef Seascape

    4 September 2012
    Research & Development

    Ocean scientists have long known that juvenile coral reef fishes use coastal seagrass and mangrove habitats as nurseries, later moving as adults onto coral reefs. But the fishes’ movements, and the connections between different tropical habitats, are much more complex than previously realized, according to a study published September 3 in Proceedings of the National […]

  • PLAT-I tidal platform generates first power

    12 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has informed its recently installed PLAT-I tidal energy platform started generating power at Connel Sound in Scotland.

  • Atlantis Agrees Financing Package for Phase 1A of MeyGen Project

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen, announces that it has agreed terms with a funding syndicate for a funding package for Phase 1A of the MeyGen project.  Total project funding package, which is a combination of equity, debt and grant, will exceed £50m.  The conditions to be met across […]

  • La Quinta Channel Dredging Completed

    9 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, and the Port of Corpus Christi have celebrated the completion of the $74 million La Quinta Channel dredging project. The project, which began November 2011, included extending the channel approximately 1.4 miles (to a depth of 39 feet) and constructing ecosystem restoration features to protect endangered species, wetlands […]

  • Water Wall Turbine Selects Switch 500 kW Power Converter

    16 September 2014
    Technology

    Vancouver-based Water Wall Turbine Inc. (WWT) has selected The Switch to provide a 500 kW full-power converter for its innovative self-floating power plant. This new commercially viable system extracts potential and kinetic energy from large, fast moving water currents for conversion into electric energy. The Switch will supply its first 500 kW full-power converter in […]

  • Antwerp tests 3D sonar sensors for unmanned shipping

    7 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    The University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) and the Port of Antwerp have been jointly testing 3D sonar sensors — innovative technology for autonomous inland shipping.

  • Scotland votes NO. Stays part of UK

    19 September 2014

    Scottish voters have decided against the independence from the union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. To the question “Should Scotland be an independent country?”about 55 per cent voters of the oil rich country voted NO, with 45 per cent saying Yes. Alistair Darling MP, Chair of the pro-union Better Together campaign said: “I want to […]

  • Dredge Spoil Dump Ban Passed

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The growth of Queensland’s major regional bulk commodity ports will be responsibly managed, and the Great Barrier Reef protected, under legislation passed in State Parliament today. State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said that the laws put into effect the government’s key port-related commitments in the Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan. “We are protecting […]

  • First Minister Launches Industry-Led Energy Skills Academy

    23 March 2012
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital

    First Minister Alex Salmond today launched an industry-led energy skills academy, established with over £900,000 public funding, to deliver training for thousands of workers across key sectors including oil & gas and renewables. Nigg Skills Academy (NSA) has been built at Nigg Energy Park, which was purchased by Global Energy Group (GEG) in October. Highlands […]

  • Denmark speeds up Hesselø tender, adds overplanting option

    3 July 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Denmark is accelerating the tendering procedure for the Hesselø offshore wind farm to allow for the commissioning of the project one year earlier than initially planned. Located in Kattegatt, Hesselø is the second of the three offshore wind farms proposed in the Energy Agreement 2018, the first being the Thor project. Initially, Hesselø was scheduled […]

  • USA: Great Lakes Announces Eight New Contract Awards Totaling USD 180 Million

    3 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition services, today announced eight new contract awards totaling approximately $180 million. The awards include a coastal restoration project in Louisiana, port deepening work in New York’s Ambrose channel and six […]

  • Great Lakes Dock Wins Green Bay Harbor Dredging Contract

    13 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, awarded recently an almost $2.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dock & Materials, LLC., to dredge Green Bay Harbor in northeast Wisconsin. Great Lakes Dock, from Muskegon, Mich., will remove 99,000 cubic yards of material. They will deposit 60,000 cubic yards in the Bayport Confined Disposal Facility […]