2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Port of Nigg gets £8.3M boost to accommodate growth of renewables

    28 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Regional development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved investment of up to £8.3 million in Scottish government funding for the development of East Quay at Port of Nigg to help meet the needs of growing renewable energy sector.

  • Ecosse Subsea to Deploy SCAR Plough System on Baltic Wind Farm (Germany)

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded its largest boulder clearing and multi-pass trenching contract to date by Siem Offshore Contractors. ESS will deploy its SCAR plough system for clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on a 90km route on the EnBW owned Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Baltic 2 is an 80 turbine development […]

  • USA: Snohomish River Dredging Begins

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor is scheduled to begin Snohomish River federal navigation channel maintenance dredging today. American Construction Company will remove up to 127,000 cubic yards of material from the channel by clamshell dredging. The Corps’ Seattle District awarded a $1.25 million dredging contract to the Tacoma-based company. The project is expected to […]

  • Norway: New Contract for Borghom Dolphin Rig for Andrew field Operations (Worth up to $79.5 million)

    22 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a contract for the provision of the accommodation semi-submersible Borgholm Dolphin with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The contract is for a nine month period commencing first quarter 2011 supporting operations on the Andrew field in the UK sector. Estimated contract value […]

  • Oceanera-Net launches €17 million ocean energy call

    20 March 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A new €17 million ocean energy call to support the development of ocean energy technologies has been launched by Scottish Enterprise on behalf of the Oceanera-Net Cofund project consortium.

  • ONS: UK Offshore Wind Generated GBP 5.7 Billion Turnover in 2014

    29 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The offshore wind sector accounted for 6.8% of the total turnover from the low carbon and renewable energy (LCRE) economy in the UK in 2014, equating to GBP 5.7 billion including both direct and indirect activity, according to the latest data from the country’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). For the UK offshore wind sector, 45.6% of […]

  • Report: ConocoPhillips hires AHTS quartet for ‘Safe Caledonia’ move

    5 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Oil major ConocoPhillips has reportedly hired four anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to move Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia flotel.

  • Converteam To Supply Subsea Systems For Innovative Scottish Tidal Energy Generator (UK)

    4 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected to supply major elements of electrical equipment for a 1MW tidal turbine known as HS1000. The contract awarded by Hammerfest Strøm UK Ltd includes the subsea generator and the shore based systems including a power converter, transformers and switchgear. The turbine will be […]

  • Magallanes Tech Could Help Achieve European Green Deal

    16 December 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    At this year’s International Tidal Energy Summit 2019 (ITES 2019), Magallanes Renovables presented the results of its first six months connected to the Scottish grid. During this period, it has been possible to generate blue energy thanks to the ATIR platform, 1.7 MW, generating energy continuously and autonomously. These first results have demonstrated that Magallanes […]

  • Silver Award for Team Van Oord

    27 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Team Van Oord has been awarded a silver award in the ‘Innovation’ category for the Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme, delivered on behalf of the Environment Agency. The company is listed as a Green World Award winner alongside governments and organizations from countries including South Korea, Poland, Malaysia, UAE, Colombia, New Zealand, Germany, Bahrain, Singapore and Brazil. […]

  • Orbital Marine’s tidal tech wins design award

    17 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Futuristic designs of Orbital Marine Power’s tidal stream turbine technology have received recognition at iF Design Awards which celebrate well-designed industrial products.

  • Alstom Presents 1.4MW Tidal Turbine

    1 October 2014
    Technology

    Alstom has improved the design of its 1 MW tidal stream turbine and now offers the Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW: a turbine even more efficient, cost-effective and easy to maintain. With a rotor diameter of 18 metres, the Oceade tidal stream turbine has a nominal power of 1.4MW and three variable pitching blades. It is […]

  • Wello nets 10MW wave energy order for Bali

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

    Gapura Energi Utama (GEU), an Indonesian infrastructure construction company, has placed an order to Finnish wave energy company Wello to supply it with a 10MW wave energy park equipped with Penguin devices.

  • Wave Power Machine Celebrates First Anniversary Since Grid Connection (UK)

    24 November 2011

    The world’s first wave power machine to be sold to a utility company has celebrated its first anniversary since grid connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) with a series of technical achievements and no lost time incidents. The E.ON machine was installed in October 2010. Since then a dedicated team of four Pelamis […]

  • Orbital gets second berth at EMEC for its floating tidal farm

    31 March 2020
    Technology

    Orbital Marine Power has signed up to a second berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, that will pave the way to deliver its first floating tidal turbine farm. Orbital is currently in the process of manufacturing its first commercial O2 turbine at 2 MW and with a swept area of […]

  • Danes seek permits to start Hesselø investigations

    3 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders

    The Danish Energy Agency has sent a draft permit for preliminary offshore and onshore studies related to the Hesselø offshore wind project for consultation with the relevant authorities. The feasibility study permit will give the transmission system operator Energinet, which is to be responsible for the investigations, the right to collect relevant information about the […]

  • Melville’s Plans for Portsmouth Facility Involve Dredging (USA)

    6 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Melville Associates, LP 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 commercial waterfront recreational facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a commercial waterfront recreational facility consisting of 887 slips in […]

  • IADC: Facts About Hydraulic Fill Projects (The Netherlands)

    18 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Want to build an airport in the water, expand a major port or restore eroded beaches? Then you need hydraulic fill. That is sand that is drawn from the seabed and placed by flowing water onto the shore or used to create an island at sea. Fill material is then transported from the ‘borrow area […]

  • Scotland Chooses CalMac for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Deal

    19 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has been named the preferred tenderer for the GBP 1 billion (USD 1.4 billion) contract to operate the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) network for eight years starting from October 1, 2016. The Scottish Government said that CalMac’s bid, which made almost 350 commitments to improve the service, includes a […]

  • EMEC gets on Business Green Technology Awards shortlist

    14 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been shortlisted for the ‘Marine Energy Technology of the Year’ award at the Business Green Technology Awards 2016.

  • EMEC’s Consents Officer shortlisted for SR’s green awards

    10 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)’s Consents and Project Officer, Caitlin Long, has been shortlisted for the ‘Academic Award’ at the Scottish Renewables (SR) Young Professionals Green Energy Awards 2017.

  • SCT&E LNG Submits FTA Export Application to DOE

    5 June 2014

      SCT&E LNG, a subsidiary of Southern California Telephone & Energy, joins an elite group of companies with plans to build a liquefaction facility for U.S. natural gas to be sold to Free Trade Agreement countries. The company announced that they have submitted their FTA Application to the Department of Energy/Office of Fossil Energy to […]

  • Prysmian Inaugurates New Submarine Power Cable Plant in Finland

    6 June 2012
    Storage

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, inaugurates its new submarine cable plant in Finland, having invested approximately €40 million to increase its production capacity at the Pikkala facility, already one of the Group’s centres of excellence for high voltage cable production. In particular, the Pikkala plant has started up […]

  • UK: ADBP Presents Innovations to Dredging Industry

    30 November 2012

    Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) have continued presenting innovative, informative material to the dredging and harbour industry. Firstly, a talk was prepared and presented to the UK Harbour Masters Association entitled “Thinking inside the box”. This talk outlined a new service offered by ADBP which questions the traditional design of a rectangular berth box, preferring […]

  • Top news, April 4 – 10, 2016

    10 April 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 4 – 10, 2016.