2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Liverpool2 to Feature Chinese Megamax Cranes

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Peel Ports Group is investing over USD 512 million (£300 million) to redevelop and expand the existing Port of Liverpool in the North-west of England, creating Liverpool2, a new deep-water port which will be able to accommodate 95% of the world’s container fleet, including the post-Panamax vessels that will travel through the expanded Panama Canal when […]

  • Better contracting conditions and high activity back Fugro

    30 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Fugro’s revenue for the third quarter of 2023 is €608.9 million, an increase from €480.2 million reported in the same quarter of 2022 – a result said to be due to better contracting conditions, high activity levels and good project execution. Fugro reported that its revenue was up by 32.6% on a currency-comparable basis, by […]

  • IBERDROLA Awards Contract for Geotechnical Study at Wikinger (Germany)

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    IBERDROLA, through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, has taken the first step towards construction of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany, the largest project of its kind located at such depth (over 40 metres). It has awarded two contracts, worth €18 million, to British company Gardline Group and GEO of Denmark, to conduct a […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Blueprint for Offshore Wind Job Creation

    1 August 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed the launch of the Government’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The joint Government/Industry plan to consolidate the UK’s position as the global leader in offshore wind energy was hailed by RenewableUK’s Chief Executive as “a blueprint for green-collar job creation”. Speaking at the official launch of […]

  • CorPower Ocean and NTNU join forces on AI-controlled wave energy tech

    19 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has secured funding from Sweden’s national innovation agency, Vinnova, to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its wave energy technology in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).  According to CorPower Ocean, the WACE (Wave energy AI-based Control Enhancement) project, running until November 2025, aims to optimize […]

  • USA: Army Corps Releases Work Plans for FY12

    9 February 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its work plans for the Army Civil Works program through the end of fiscal year 2012 (FY12). The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B of Public Law 112-74, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, signed into law by President Obama on December 23, provided total […]

  • EMEC’s Managing Director Speaks about Wave, Tidal Energy at OISF (UK)

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Neil Kermode is speaking at the Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) this week, alongside representatives of wave and tidal developers. Hosted by Orkney Renewable Energy Forum, “10 Years of Wave and Tide” will celebrate the developments that have taken place throughout Orkney over the last decade, and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that […]

  • EMEC’s Managing Director Speaks about Wave, Tidal Energy at OISF (UK)

    5 September 2013

    Neil Kermode is speaking at the Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) this week, alongside representatives of wave and tidal developers. Hosted by Orkney Renewable Energy Forum, “10 Years of Wave and Tide” will celebrate the developments that have taken place throughout Orkney over the last decade, and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that […]

  • EMEC’s Managing Director Speaks about Wave, Tidal Energy at OISF (UK)

    5 September 2013

    Neil Kermode is speaking at the Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) this week, alongside representatives of wave and tidal developers. Hosted by Orkney Renewable Energy Forum, “10 Years of Wave and Tide” will celebrate the developments that have taken place throughout Orkney over the last decade, and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that […]

  • In focus: Investments in clean energy to top $1.7 trillion in 2023

    2 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Worldwide investments in clean energy are projected to reach $1.74 trillion in 2023, a 7.6 percent increase compared to $1.617 trillion invested in green energy in 2022, according to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The investments in fossil fuels are also expected to rise, from $1.002 trillion in 2022 to $1.05 […]

  • UK: Next Year’s Coastal Communities Fund to Amount to GBP 29 Million

    23 August 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander has today (23 August 2013) announced that next year’s Coastal Communities Fund will be worth £29 million, an increase of 5% from last year. The Coastal Communities Fund was launched in 2012 to invest in seaside towns and villages, helping them achieve their economic potential, reduce unemployment and […]

  • Aquamarine Power: Ocean Energy on European Horizon

    8 October 2014
    Technology

    At the Ocean Energy Europe conference in Paris last week the atmosphere was quite upbeat. Of course, the major challenge in the industry remains – principally funding technology development. The good news is that Europe is taking ocean energy seriously. It will not be on the same stage as funding for the nuclear industry or […]

  • FERC readies final EIS for Corpus Christi LNG

    9 October 2014

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Corpus Christi LNG project.  The project is proposed by Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline. All land-based facilities associated with the project are located in San Patricio County, Texas, with the marine facilities located in Nueces County, Texas. […]

  • Oceanflow Uses Siemens Technology for Semi-Submersible Tidal Turbine

    31 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Oceanflow Energy’s Evopod is a tidal turbine with a difference. A semi-submersible turbine design, it has shown excellent seakeeping performance in tests, and it incorporates Siemens gear and inverter units. As a floating, tethered device, it ihas lower deployment costs than seabed mounted devices, and it is claimed to impose less disturbance on sensitive seabed […]

  • Ireland: BMT’s SafePort Research Project Completes Initial Sea Trials

    29 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      BMT Group, the international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces that the SafePort research project has completed initial sea trials of a prototype vessel management system at Dublin port. SafePort offers the first advanced vessel traffic management system designed for constrained ports, or waterways with high traffic densities, with integrated portable pilot […]

  • UK: Siemens Technology in Oceanflow’s Semi-Submersible Turbine Design

    31 July 2013

    Oceanflow Energy’s Evopod is a tidal turbine with a difference. A semi-submersible turbine design, it has shown excellent seakeeping performance in tests, and it incorporates Siemens gear and inverter units. As a floating, tethered device, it has lower deployment costs than seabed mounted devices, and it is claimed to impose less disturbance on sensitive seabed […]

  • Wello files for bankruptcy and ceases wave energy operations

    20 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Fifteen years after its establishment, the Finnish company Wello has declared bankruptcy and ceased operations following the failure of two of its full-scale Penguin wave energy devices in real sea conditions, the last of which occurred offshore Spain in late 2021.

  • SMRU Consulting: Do Tidal Turbines Affect Bay of Fundy Porpoises?

    11 September 2019
    Environment, Research & Development

    SMRU Consulting has been monitoring marine mammals around marine renewable energy projects since 2006. Their experience includes the SeaGen device in Northern Ireland at (the world’s first grid connected tidal turbine), the DeltaStream device in Wales, the MeyGen array in northern Scotland (the world’s largest planned tidal turbine project), and since 2009, in the upper […]

  • NextDecade reaches FID for Rio Grande LNG

    13 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    U.S.-based energy company NextDecade has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to construct the first three liquefaction trains (Phase 1) at the company’s 27 million tons per annum (MTPA) Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) export facility in Brownsville, Texas. Specifically, the company executed and closed a joint venture agreement for Phase 1 which included approximately […]

  • SHEP One of the Most Important Projects in the Nation

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP), one of the most important infrastructure projects in the nation, will deepen the Savannah Harbor 5 feet, down to 47 feet below mean sea level at low tide. That will enable modern deep-draft cargo vessels, akin to floating islands, to call more easily on the port here. According to […]

  • UK: Ulster Unionists Discuss Port of Larne Development

    4 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    An Ulster Unionist Party delegation led by Euro MP Jim Nicholson and local MLA Roy Beggs Jnr has met with senior management at the Port of Larne to discuss future developments at the harbour. East Antrim MLA Roy Beggs said; “We were pleased to welcome Jim Nicholson MEP back to Larne this week and I […]

  • UK: SeaGen Achieves 5GWh Milestone

    6 September 2012
    Equipment

    SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system has achieved a new milestone of 5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of tidal power generation since starting operation at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. That equals the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households. The Siemens-owned system is one of the largest tidal stream power projects today. This latest […]

  • Ireland: BMT’s SafePort Research Project Completes Initial Sea Trials

    29 September 2011

    BMT Group, the international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces that the SafePort research project has completed initial sea trials of a prototype vessel management system at Dublin port. SafePort offers the first advanced vessel traffic management system designed for constrained ports, or waterways with high traffic densities, with integrated portable pilot unit. […]

  • Gallery: UK Marine Energy Conference wrap-up

    11 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    The first UK Marine Energy Conference brought the leaders of the UK marine energy to Glasgow on July 5, 2016, acting as a forum for industry leaders to discuss the reasons and ways in which to accelerate the progress of marine energy sector.

  • Prysmian completes Neart na Gaoithe cabling job offshore Scotland

    5 April 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian has concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid. The offshore wind project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live during 2024. Prysmian designed, supplied, and […]