2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • EMEC, Aquatera Host Japanese Delegation

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    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 […]

  • Schneider Electric joins project to provide offshore charging station for ships at anchorage

    17 April 2024
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    Schneider Electric joins project to provide first offshore charging station for ships at anchorage

  • The Most Read News in 2012

    1 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Read the most read Offshore Energy Today news in 2012: Dec:  77 Workers Injured in Rig Listing Incident Released from Hospital (Singapore) This is one of the worst industrial accidents we have seen in recent times, MOM Secretary says.     Nov: FOGL Shares Soar on Scotia Discovery Speculation (Falkland Islands) Shares of Falkland Oil […]

  • QED Naval crowdfunding goes live

    14 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Edinburgh-based marine energy specialist QED Naval has launched the crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs platform.

  • 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. […]

  • Scottish Government funds Oil and Gas Innovation Centre

    26 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    A unique new academic and industrial partnership will use Scottish expertise to solve the global challenges of the oil and gas industry over the coming decades. £10.6 million worth of funding was announced by the First Minister, Alex Salmond, to create a new Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), to be based in Aberdeen. Bringing […]

  • Statoil In the Empire State of Mind

    24 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has chosen the name of Empire Wind for the offshore wind project located off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.

  • Watermaster Dredgers Busy at Lake Manzala

    11 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Four Watermaster dredgers have been brought from Finland to improve the environmental condition of the Northern Lakes (lagoons) of Egypt. The Nile Delta estuarine with its wetlands, lakes and lagoons forms a transitional water purification and protective zone before the Mediterranean Sea. This zone is a productive agricultural and aquacultural area, as well as an important […]

  • Denmark: RESON Offers Free FP3 System Upgrade to SEABAT Clients

    7 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The RESON Group is offering existing SEABAT 7125 SV2 customers the opportunity to upgrade their systems with RESONs Feature Pack 3, (FP3) totally, free of charge. Feature Pack 3 has taken all the benefits of FP2 and added two new features, TRACKER and SEABAT UI, to provide users with increased efficiency in a wide range […]

  • Top news, March 21 – 27, 2016

    27 March 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 21 – 27, 2016.

  • Top news, April 24 – 30, 2017

    1 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 24 – 30, 2017.

  • As Canada’s LNG pipeline project changes hands, US and local firms entrusted with upcoming work

    7 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    NW Infrastructure Limited Partnership, a joint venture between Canada’s Nisga’a Nation and Western LNG, has signed a purchase and sale agreement (PSA) to acquire a proposed gas transmission project in northern British Columbia, Canada from its previous owner, compatriot oil and gas player TC Energy.

  • EEA Report: Restoring Wetlands to Bolster Flood Prevention

    22 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Investing in ‘green infrastructure’ like restoring floodplains or wetlands to bolster flood prevention not only generates more environmental and socio-economic benefits, especially in the long term, but also lowers the amount of financial investment needed to defend against damaging floods. This is the conclusion of a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report published yesterday, which […]

  • Skipsteknisk Wins Design Contract for New Research Vessel

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Skipsteknisk AS has today signed a contract with the Institute of Marine Research(IMR) in Bergen for the design and engineering of the “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” replacement ship. The “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” is owned by NORAD and operated by IMR. The ship operates mainly in southern waters, from Asia in east to South America in west, […]

  • Statoil Becomes Equinor

    16 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has officially changed its name to Equinor as part of a commitment to developing as a broad energy company. 

  • Western Link Cable Laying Ops Move Forward

    22 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Cable laying vessel Giulio Verne and support vessel Go Pegasus are continuing with installation and survey work in the Irish Sea along the Western HVDC Link cable route, AWJ Marine informs. The Western Link Project consists of installing two 600 kV DC submarine cables in the Irish Sea from Ardneil (Scotland) to Wirral (England) for a […]

  • Hellenic Cables to deliver Seagreen OWF inter-array lines

    10 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Seaway 7 has selected Greece-based subsea cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables to deliver inter-array cables for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. Under the contract with Seaway 7, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and inter-array cables, Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply around 320 kilometres of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables […]

  • Floating wind brings Principle Power and Technology From Ideas together

    1 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Principle Power has partnered with Irish company Technology From Ideas (TfI) for the development of shallow-water mooring components for floating offshore wind. An international consortium led by Principle Power secured a contract by the U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) for the Demonstration of Shallow-Water Mooring Components for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines […]

  • EMEC Recognized at Rushlight Awards

    27 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has won the ‘Marine and Hydro Energy’ award at the Rushlight Awards 2016-17. The Rushlight Awards aim to support and promote all the latest clean technologies, innovations, initiatives and deployment projects for businesses and other organisations throughout the UK, Ireland and internationally. Accepting the award, Eileen Linklater, EMEC’s client […]

  • Scotrenewables Launches 2MW Tidal Turbine

    13 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Orkney-based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2MW SR2000 tidal turbine at Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries in Belfast. The 550-tonne machine is the first commercial scale machine the company has built. The turbine should undergo preliminary tow trials in Belfast Lough before being towed to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney to begin a grid-connected […]

  • Norway: Skipsteknisk Designs New Research Vessel for IMR

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Skipsteknisk AS has signed a contract with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen for the design and engineering of the “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” replacement ship. The “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” is owned by NORAD and operated by IMR. The ship operates mainly in southern waters, from Asia in east to South America in west, […]

  • RSPB Maps Seabird Hotspots off Britain and Ireland

    7 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development

    A study led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has revealed where Britain and Ireland’s seabirds go when they are not on land and the information obtained will be used to protect threatened species by assessing potential impacts from offshore wind farms.