2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • In focus: Emission-reduction initiatives ramping up across offshore energy sectors

    21 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    The COVID-19 pandemic may have transformed the way we live and work; however, the offshore energy sector seems to find its way through these challenges. A flashback to the week behind us reveals that new roadmaps to achieve net-zero goals are developed across various sectors, while new projects are giving hope that it’s possible to have a carbon-free society in the future.

  • Stena Line: Keel laid for first methanol-ready NewMax hybrid ferry

    1 July 2024
    Vessels

    Swedish ferry company Stena Line has held a keel-laying ceremony for its first methanol-ready NewMax hybrid ferry Stena Futura.

  • Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Cleared for Takeoff

    7 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Supreme Court in London has rejected RSPB Scotland’s application for leave to appeal the decision by the Inner House of the Court of Session on its Firths of Forth and Tay offshore wind farm judicial review.

  • UK: Siemens Increases Stake in Tidal Energy Company Marine Current Turbines

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%. “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative marine current power plants,” said Michael Axmann, CFO of the newly […]

  • UK’s EMEC Supports Pacific Marine Energy Centre Creation

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world-leading marine and tidal energy development facility, announces a major collaboration with Oregon Wave Energy Trust and its partner, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Centre (NNMREC). EMEC will deliver advice and support on the design, set up and operation for the NNMREC Pacific Marine Energy Centre (PMEC), a […]

  • Two Scottish companies to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform 

    13 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Two Scottish companies, Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine (UK), have made a joint venture (JV) partnership to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

  • Siemens Increases its Stake in Marine Current Turbines to 45 pct (UK)

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%.  “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative marine current power plants,” said Michael Axmann, CFO of the […]

  • Siemens Increases its Stake in Marine Current Turbines to 45 pct (UK)

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%.  “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative marine current power plants,” said Michael Axmann, CFO of the […]

  • Nextgen and ASN Launch North West Cable System

    14 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nextgen and Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, today officially switched on the North West Cable System (NWCS), Australia’s first purpose-built, subsea, fibre-optic network, servicing the oil and gas industries and telecommunications services in Australia’s North West growth corridor. The North West Cable System (NWCS) creates a 2100km link from Darwin in the Northern Territory […]

  • Europa Oil & Gas, Arenite JV score Southern North Sea block

    30 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A joint venture of Europa Oil & Gas and a private company registered in Scotland, Arenite Petroleum, has been conditionally awarded by Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), the UK oil and gas regulator, a Promote Licence over Block 41/24 in the Southern North Sea. The Licence has been awarded as part of the 28th Seaward Licensing […]

  • Italian developer aims to pair green hydrogen with floating offshore wind

    26 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition

    An Italian company specialising in producing green hydrogen using renewable energy sources has applied for a maritime concession to build a 675 MW floating offshore wind farm in the Strait of Sicily.

  • All-Energy 2016 welcomes wave & tidal industry

    15 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The annual All-Energy 2016 conference is putting renewable energy, including wave and tidal, in the spotlight at this year’s event to be held in May, in Glasgow.

  • Offshore rigs could be ‘stepping stones’ for non-native species

    6 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    Scientists from around the UK, led by the Heriot-Watt’s International Centre for Island Technology, are investigating marine life connected to the rigs, pipelines and other infrastructure in the North Sea.

  • World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades on Their Way to Scottish Offshore Test Site

    17 July 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    SSP Technology of Kirkeby, Denmark has completed three prototype wind turbine blades for Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The 83,5 meters blades are leaving SSP Technology’s factory on July 16-18 2013 and are on their way to Scotland for the installation on a 7 MW test offshore turbine. The blades are being transported on heavy load […]

  • SgurrEnergy to Deploy Asia’s First Lidar Device for Offshore Wind Monitoring (China)

    18 April 2011
    Research & Development, Technology

    International renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has been commissioned by Hong Kong Electric Company, to deploy Asia’s first Lidar device for capturing wind speed and directional data in an offshore environment. This large scale project represents Asia’s first Offshore Risk Quantification Analysis deployment (ORQA). ORQA is the latest technology data monitoring equipment designed specifically to capture […]

  • Stena Line shares construction milestones on methanol-ready hybrid NewMaxes

    30 October 2024
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swedish ferry company Stena Line has reached another milestone in the construction of its methanol-ready NewMax hybrid ships, having held a joint launch and keel-laying ceremony last week.

  • Inch Cape Picks NKT and Boskalis for Export Cable Work

    19 November 2018
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    The consortium of NKT and Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles has signed a Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) for the delivery and installation of an export cable system for the 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind project in the UK.

  • UK Electricity Reform Proposals Get Concerned Response

    21 December 2010
    Authorities & Government

    UK electricity reform proposals to abolish the Renewables Obligation in place of a new Feed in Tariff have been met with a concerned response. The new UK electricity reform ‘Feed in Tariff with Contract for Difference’ (FIT CFD) announced last week is set to replace the Renewables Obligation (RO) for renewable energy projects built after […]

  • OEE 2020 statistics: Ocean energy proves resilience despite a challenging year

    25 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has released a statistics report for ocean energy sector in 2020 which shows that in spite of the inevitable delays and restrictions caused by Covid-19, ocean energy devices still hit the water, significant investments deals were signed, and new manufacturing facilities launched.

  • Petrofac extends collaboration with Scottish repair and inspection solutions provider

    2 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Oilfield services provider Petrofac has signed a new master service agreement (MSA) with ICR Integrity, a Scotland-headquartered provider of specialist repair, inspection and integrity solutions, valued at over £1 million per annum. Under the MSA, initially awarded in 2019, ICR’s partnership with Petrofac includes delivering specialist repair and inspection services for all duty-holder assets in the […]

  • Top news, March 14 – 20, 2016

    20 March 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 14 – 20, 2016. UK releases Budget 2016; £15 mln goes to Wave Hub UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the Budget 2016, setting aside up to £730 million (approx. €929 million) to support offshore wind and other less […]

  • Carnegie Clean Energy’s wave energy technology gets funding boost

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Australia’s wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has received a €317,945 “milestone payment” from the Basque Energy Agency (Ente Vasco de la Energía – EVE) for its ACHIEVE+ wave energy project. The company’s subsidiary, Carnegie Technologies Spain, secured the payment under EVE’s grants program, which supports the demonstration and validation of emerging marine renewable energy […]

  • MeyGen Project Recognized with ICOE’s Award

    5 November 2014

    Last night (Nov. 04), the 398MW MeyGen project was awarded the first ever ‘Navigator Award’ at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), in recognition of the project’s significant contribution to the global marine renewable industry.  The highly prestigious Award was awarded to the MeyGen Project, which is 86 percent owned by Atlantis Resources, at […]

  • Damen to Build Renewables Service Vessel for Delta Marine

    21 October 2015

    A Scotland-based offshore wind service provider, Delta Marine, recently awarded Damen a construction contract for a new vessel specially designed for the offshore wind industry, looking towards a launch in early 2017. A cooperation between the two companies has produced a new vessel design, called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. “For the last couple of years […]

  • Interview: Winning back investor confidence in wave energy – Mocean Energy’s guide

    23 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    In an interview with Offshore Energy, the co-founder and managing director of Mocean Energy, one of the leading wave energy companies in the world, Cameron McNatt talked about the development of innovative wave energy technology and projects, while successfully navigating through all the challenges one start-up could encounter coming up in an emerging renewable energy industry.