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  • Marine energy goes on global recruiting spree

    23 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    Several companies and organizations working in the marine energy sector have posted vacancies for qualified personnel who can help drive this emerging renewable energy industry forward.

  • UK: BAE Systems Move Huge Mid Section of HMS Queen Elizabeth

    29 July 2011

    Workers at BAE Systems will today move the huge mid section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, out the company’s shipbuilding hall at Govan, giving the public a spectacular view of the scale of the giant warship. After six months of planning, a team of 10 […]

  • MOR Energy and Magallanes Renovables applaud UK’s tidal energy boost

    11 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    “It’s official, the tidal stream energy market has taken off with 11 companies awarded the contracts for difference,” said Mor Energy, a QED Naval subsidiary company, which has been supported in the latest UK renewables auction round along with Spanish-based Magallanes Renovables which also welcomed this significant milestone for the entire tidal energy sector.

  • Japanese Visit European Marine Energy Centre

    12 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Orkney’s marine energy industry has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, toured the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness at the weekend to learn more about Orkney’s role at the forefront of the global wave […]

  • Terra et Aqua: In Dredging, Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness Are Everybody’s Business

    20 September 2011

    When it comes to dredging and maritime infrastructure projects, everyone in the major international dredging companies is examining and re-examining how they do business. And that includes scrutinising all aspects of the business, like contracts and procurement; environment and sustainability; appropriate equipment and cost-efficiency. For major infrastructure projects, innovative ideas and excellent execution are the […]

  • UK: Natural Power to Conduct Ecological Survey for First Flight Wind

    7 August 2013
    Environment

    Leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been appointed by First Flight Wind Ltd, the developers of Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm, to provide bird and marine mammal advisory and survey works over the Wind Resource Zone off the Co. Down coast of Northern Ireland. First Flight Wind, a consortium comprising of B9 Energy, […]

  • Terra et Aqua: In Dredging, Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness Are Everybody’s Business

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    When it comes to dredging and maritime infrastructure projects, everyone in the major international dredging companies is examining and re-examining how they do business. And that includes scrutinising all aspects of the business, like contracts and procurement; environment and sustainability; appropriate equipment and cost-efficiency. For major infrastructure projects, innovative ideas and excellent execution are the […]

  • Kilkeel Fishermen Make Money on Offshore Energy Industry

    22 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Fishermen and business people from Kilkeel in Northern Ireland have teamed up and took advantage of the booming offshore wind and tidal energy industries. They formed the Kilkeel Collaborative Network, which represents fishermen and onshore service providers, and secured marine service contracts worth several millions of pounds (GBP) with offshore energy developers. Work that is […]

  • Subsea Cables UK Announces Conference in March

    12 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Subsea Cables UK, the trade association for submarine power and telecommunications cables for the United Kingdom and Northern Europe, has announced its 44th Plenary. The Plenary will be held at The Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin, ROI, hosted by Sea Fibre Networks. The Plenary will be held over 1.5 days on the 4th/5th March 2015, with […]

  • TFKable Puts Moray East Cable to the Test

    1 March 2019
    Storage

    TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFKable) has conducted the first Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of a 220kV onshore high-voltage cable for the UK’s Moray East offshore wind farm at its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland. The cable supplier informed via social media that it had successfully FAT-tested 1,600mm² and 2,000mm² sizes to industry international standards. At the beginning of […]

  • HMS Prince of Wales – Construction of Another Giant Block Begins (UK)

    13 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Workers at BAE’s Govan’s yard pause to reflect on another milestone in the Royal Navy’s future carrier programme as their colleague Lindsay Gray prepares to get work on another giant block of HMS Prince of Wales under way. The 27-year-old pressed the button setting the plasma-cutting machine at the defence firm’s fabrication facility in motion. […]

  • Aquamarine’s Oyster gets €800K EU grant

    15 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Aquamarine Power and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) have together secured an €800,000 EU Horizon 2020 grant to improve the performance of Aquamarine Power’s Oyster wave energy converter. The company has already built and operated two full-scale Oyster machines at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. The new Brussels-backed programme – called […]

  • UK: EPC Offshore Appoints New Managers on North Sea Developments

    18 May 2012
    Business & Finance

      EPC Offshore has announced the appointment of new managers to work on two of the North Sea’s biggest developments as the company continues to increase growth in 2012. Project manager Euan Sellar will focus on the final phases of the Rochelle field development for Endeavour Energy in the Central North Sea. EPC have provided […]

  • New report outlines pathway to scaling up Scotland’s tidal energy sector

    13 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety

    A new report from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) calls for coordinated regulatory reform to unlock Scotland’s tidal energy potential while addressing environmental concerns over harbour seals. According to EMEC, the new report published today, May 13, Managing the Consenting Risk of Harbour Seal Collision in the Scottish Tidal Energy Industry, outlines key recommendations […]

  • EPC Offshore: New Managers for Important UK North Sea Projects

    18 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    EPC Offshore has announced the appointment of new managers to work on two of the North Sea’s biggest developments as the company continues to increase growth in 2012. Project manager Euan Sellar will focus on the final phases of the Rochelle field development for Endeavour Energy in the Central North Sea. EPC have provided project […]

  • BAE’s Govan Yard Starts Construction of Lower Block 04 for HMS Prince of Wales

    13 August 2012

    Workers at BAE’s Govan’s yard pause to reflect on another milestone in the Royal Navy’s future carrier programme as their colleague Lindsay Gray prepares to get work on another giant block of HMS Prince of Wales under way. The 27-year-old pressed the button setting the plasma-cutting machine at the defence firm’s fabrication facility in motion. […]

  • Canada, UK Team Up for Tidal Energy Research

    21 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Nova Scotia has launched two new international research grants to further advance its position in the tidal industry. The two projects, worth $1.43 million, will help governments, industry and researchers better understand the effect tidal technology has on the marine environment, and the impact of the marine environment on that technology. This is the first announcement under […]

  • Top news, February 12 – 18, 2018

    18 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 12 – 18, 2018.

  • Experts Look Ways to Accelerate Offshore Energy Projects

    3 February 2015

    The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded €1.4 million from the European Commission’s competitive Horizon 2020 programme. Led by Robert Gordon University (RGU), a group comprising teams from Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France and Scotland will look at ways of accelerating and streamlining the environmental requirements associated with consents for […]

  • Norway continues license processing for 1.4 GW link to UK after almost three years

    7 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has decided to resume the license processing of the application for the development of a 1.4 GW overseas interconnector between Norway and the UK after the processing was put on hold back in 2020. In a letter dated 25 March 2020, the Norwegian ministry informed that there was no […]

  • Top news, June 20 – 26, 2016

    26 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 20 – 26, 2016.

  • Fiscal 2014 Budget for Army Corps’ Civil Works Released (USA)

    11 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The President’s Budget for fiscal 2014 (FY14) includes $4.826 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $100 million in unobligated carryover of funding appropriated prior to fiscal year 2013. “The fiscal 2014 Civil Works […]

  • DBC Seeks Corps Permit to Dredge at Docking Facility in Darien (USA)

    11 April 2012

    The Darien Boat Club is 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 performing dredging with open water disposal and expanding an existing municipal docking facility in Darien, Conn. The Darien Boat Club proposes to perform new dredging […]

  • USA: CHA Seeks Corps Permit to Install Fixed Landing, Dredge Material in Old Saybrook

    8 February 2012

    The Channelside Homeowners Association is 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 installing a fixed landing and dredging of material in Old Saybrook, Conn. The applicant proposes to install an 8-foot by 12-foot fixed landing with two, […]

  • Archer Western-Alberici JV Wins Mid-Barataria Contract

    20 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has selected the Archer Western-Alberici Joint Venture to provide Construction Management At-Risk (CMAR) services for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project. According to CPRA, the CMAR model integrates the construction contractor during the early design phase of the project to obtain input on cost, scheduling and constructability, which […]