2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Seaview Seeks Permit for Bridgeport Project

    14 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Seaview Bridgeport LLC is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with constructing a boat ramp, floats and doing other work in Bridgeport, Conn. The proposed project includes the construction of a boat ramp (approximately 35 feet wide by […]

  • SAMS’ Seagliders Contribute to Ocean Studies

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Robotic underwater Seagliders used by the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have now gathered the equivalent of five years of oceanographic data, most of which was collected in the past 18 months. This milestone, which was reached at the end of last month, highlights a major change in how marine scientists collect information […]

  • Xodus Supports UK’s First Commercial Scale Tidal Energy Project

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Independent, international energy consultancy Xodus Group has been retained by MeyGen Ltd to provide further environmental support for a major tidal project in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The initial contract for Phase 1 of the project, was awarded in March 2011 and is now valued at more than £450,000. The work conducted to date has […]

  • Scotland’s Profits from Wave and Tidal Energy Over £217M

    25 September 2014
    Research & Development

    Scotland’s flourishing wave and tidal energy sector has invested more than £217m in the country to date, with £31.8m spent in the last 12 months alone, a new Scottish Renewables report shows. Crucially, the study revealed almost two-thirds (62%) of the growing industry’s supply chain is Scottish. Marine energy – in which Scotland is recognised […]

  • Scottish Renewables to Next UK Government: Launch ‘Green Bond’

    4 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A ‘Green Bond’ which would allow savers to generate returns from the growth of the UK’s renewable energy sector should be launched by the next UK Government, the head of the sector’s trade body in Scotland has said. The plan was outlined today (Tuesday, November 4) at the launch of Scottish Renewables’ blueprint for the […]

  • Scottish Renewables to Next UK Government: Launch ‘Green Bond’

    4 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A ‘Green Bond’ which would allow savers to generate returns from the growth of the UK’s renewable energy sector should be launched by the next UK Government, the head of the sector’s trade body in Scotland has said. The plan was outlined today (Tuesday, November 4) at the launch of Scottish Renewables’ blueprint for the […]

  • EMEC to fuse tidal power and flow batteries for green hydrogen

    9 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition

    European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has purchased a 1.8 MWh vanadium flow battery (VFB) system from Invinity Energy Systems. EMEC will deploy the flow battery at its tidal energy test site on the island of Eday. A world-first project will combine flow battery technology with tidal power to produce continuous green hydrogen. The project gets […]

  • Former Chancellor to Speak at an Annual Energy Dinner (UK)

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Former Chancellor Alistair Darling will be the keynote speaker, alongside European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger and chief executive officer of Maersk Oil, Jakob Thomasen, at an annual energy dinner to be held in Aberdeen this week. The Rt. Hon Alistair Darling MP, who led the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010 under the last Labour […]

  • Sakhalin Residents File Suit Against Shell and Three UK Banks

    31 July 2012

    Today, residents living adjacent to a liquefied natural gas plant and oil and gas export terminals on Sakhalin Island, Russia, filed a complaint against Royal Dutch Shell and three of the largest UK banks: Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Standard Chartered, and Barclays, for their failure to adhere to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and […]

  • 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 […]

  • OpenHydro tidal turbine at EMEC up for removal

    16 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking to appoint a contractor to remove OpenHydro’s test tidal energy turbine installed offshore Orkney.

  • Industry leaders applaud Scottish draft energy plan

    16 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Scottish government’s draft energy strategy to 2050 has been deemed as ‘clear, aspirational and therefore challenging to do’ by Neil Kermode, Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

  • All-Energy 2014 Gathering in a Month

    24 April 2014

    With a month to go before All-Energy 2014, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, opens in Aberdeen (Wednesday 21- Thursday 22 May) the international renewables community is busy making its travel plans. “All-Energy really brings the global world of renewables together,” says Event Director, Jonathan Heastie of Reed Exhibitions. “With exhibitors from 20 […]

  • MV Danio’s Operator Fined over Farne Islands Grounding

    28 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The operator of a coaster ship which grounded in an environmentally sensitive area off the Northumberland coast has been ordered to pay nearly £73,000 in fines and costs after its crew failed to keep a proper lookout. On the evening of 15 March 2013, the MV Danio left Perth, in Scotland, with a cargo of […]

  • Western Isles HVDC Link Costs Rise (UK)

    5 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc, previously SHETL, has been developing a link to the Western Isles to meet the requirements of large and small renewable generation on the islands. Recognising that investment decisions are being made by contingent generation developers, it is important that those decisions are made on an informed basis utilising the […]

  • Managing Director of EMEC Presented with ‘Outstanding Contribution’ Award

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The managing director of the world’s leading marine energy test facility has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the renewable energy industry at the Scottish Green Energy Awards last night. Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, was presented with the ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award at the prestigious ceremony […]

  • EMEC’s Managing Director Wins ‘Outstanding Contribution’ Award

    23 December 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    The managing director of the world’s leading marine energy test facility has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the renewable energy industry at the Scottish Green Energy Awards, held on December 6. Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, was presented with the ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award at the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • TÜV SÜD PMSS to Participate in Ornithological Study

    5 February 2014
    Environment, Research & Development

    TÜV SÜD PMSS will play a key role in reducing uncertainty for ornithological impact assessment in wind farm development. TÜV SÜD PMSS’s Kit Hawkins has been invited by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) to be a member of the Steering Group for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded study, which is […]

  • Bilfinger Bags North Sea Gigs with Statoil and Marathon

    24 June 2013

    The engineering and services group Bilfinger has extended comprehensive framework agreements for the maintenance of oil and gas production facilities in the North Sea. The agreements with energy companies Statoil and Marathon Oil run for periods of three years and have a total value of €130 million. Gas liquefaction in Northern Norway At the gas […]

  • EC-OG onboard Scottish Environment Business Awards final cut

    18 August 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Aberdeen-based East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has been selected as a finalist for the 2017 VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards in recognition of its commitment to the environment.

  • MeyGen Retains Xodus for Further Support on UK’s Tidal Project

    30 October 2012

    Independent, international energy consultancy Xodus Group has been retained by MeyGen Ltd to provide further environmental support for a major tidal project in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The initial contract for Phase 1 of the project, was awarded in March 2011 and is now valued at more than £450,000. The work conducted to date has […]

  • Steel Cut for CMAL’s New LNG-Powered Ferries

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited (FMEL) on the Clyde has started construction of two new 100-metre ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides network. The ferries, owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL), are designed to carry 127 cars or 16 HGVs or a combination of both and up to 1,000 passengers. The new ferries are earmarked […]

  • Aberdeen University puts marine monitoring PhD on offer

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Aberdeen University has opened a call for applications for the PhD studentship that will explore the influence of marine renewable energy developments on the behavior of animals at high tidal flow sites.