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  • ITF fighting to secure payment for Malaviya PSVs crews

    1 September 2016

    Weeks after Gol Offshore-owned Malaviya Seven offshore support vessel was detained in Aberdeen over slave-like conditions, a similar thing happened in Great Yarmouth. Namely the Malaviya Twenty offshore support vessel, owned by the same Indian Company, has been detained in Great Yarmouth after deficiencies were discovered. The vessel did not have the manning specified by […]

  • SgurrEnergy Opens Offices in Norway, Brazil

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    This week, SgurrEnergy announced the opening of two new international offices, bringing its total number of global offices to nine. With headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, these recent developments see the company’s reach extend to Norway and Brazil with plans for further growth in Germany in 2013. This comes just weeks after a double win for […]

  • Government Invests Big in UK Waterways

    31 January 2012

    A new charity to look after England and Wales’ network of 200-year old canals and rivers will be given over £1 billion of Government help to give it the best possible start, Environment Minister Richard Benyon, announced today. This unprecedented funding for a new charity paves the way for the launch of the new Canal […]

  • ILX Group to Help KCA DEUTAG to Deliver Major Global Project Management Training

    12 May 2010

    ILX Group plc, the best practice training company, today announced that it has won a major global contract to help KCA DEUTAG, a major international drilling contractor, to deliver project management training across 22 countries. ILX will host a secure e-learning platform to deliver both the APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management and PRINCE2® Foundation […]

  • UK: Prime Minister Tours Expansion Project at Liverpool2

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has visited the construction site of the major expansion project currently underway at the Port of Liverpool, which is being developed by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port groups. The £300 million Liverpool2 investment program will create the most central deep water container terminal in Great Britain and […]

  • SgurrEnergy Opens Offices in Norway, Brazil

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    This week, SgurrEnergy announced the opening of two new international offices, bringing its total number of global offices to nine. With headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, these recent developments see the company’s reach extend to Norway and Brazil with plans for further growth in Germany in 2013. This comes just weeks after a double win for […]

  • Cuomo Backs Statoil’s NY Project, Proposes 2.4GW of Offshore Wind by 2030

    11 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    In his State of the State address delivered yesterday, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo expressed support for the development of offshore wind power in the lease area for which Statoil won the rights at the government’s lease sale in December, and proposed a commitment to develop up to 2.4GW of offshore wind by 2030. To ensure the […]

  • Siemens Acquires Majority Stake in Marine Current Turbines (UK)

    17 February 2012

    Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. “The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for the Solar & Hydro Division,” said Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. “We […]

  • Siemens Acquires Majority Stake in Marine Current Turbines (UK)

    17 February 2012

    Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. “The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for the Solar & Hydro Division,” said Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. “We […]

  • UK: RWE Wins All-Energy-Sponsored Award

    12 December 2012

    All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, congratulates RWE npower renewables for their win in the All-Energy-sponsored ‘Contribution to Supply Chain Development’ award at the annual Scottish Green Energy Awards attended by a thousand guests in Edinburgh (6 December). No sooner had that award been presented, than the All-Energy team was in for […]

  • 12 consortia to research impacts of oil spill on GoM ecosystem

    17 November 2014

    The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) has selected 12 research consortia to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil, dispersed oil, and dispersant on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health. GoMRI says that these research investments focus on improving the fundamental understanding of the implications of events such as the Macondo […]

  • GoMRI Invests in Oil Spill Impacts Study

    17 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) has selected 12 research consortia to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil, dispersed oil, and dispersant on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health. These research investments focus on improving our fundamental understanding of the implications of events such as the Macondo well blowout, and […]

  • UK Scientists Study Data Colleced with FLOWBEC

    13 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed. Renewable energy from tidal currents can be generated using turbines in the tidal flow, and wave energy can be captured […]

  • Interview: Laminaria gears up to take wave sector by storm

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    In the light of the upcoming deployment of a full-scale Laminaria wave energy device in the Scottish waters at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), we have talked with the CEO of the Belgian wave energy company behind the device, Steven Nauwelaerts.

  • Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Moves to New Building

    22 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Today, 22 February, Stavanger mayor Leif Johan Sevland opened the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s new building in Stavanger. When he congratulated the NPD on the new building, he emphasised how important it is that the NPD and its employees have suitable working conditions, so they can do the best job possible job as resource managers on […]

  • New materials and manufacturing processes as stepping stone for marine energy commercialization

    17 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a summary report featuring insights of more than 100 participants of the workshop that analyzed the potential of new materials and manufacturing processes to accelerate the commercialization of marine energy.

  • All-Energy 2014 All Ready to Kick Off

    25 March 2014

    All-Energy 2014 will get off to a flying start on Wednesday 21 May with a plenary session featuring both the Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP, and Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, with other speakers including Rob Cormie, Group Operations Director, UK Green Investment Bank and Angela […]

  • UK: Scientists to Study Effect of Sea Power Generators on Wildlife

    16 July 2012

    UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed. Renewable energy from tidal currents can be generated using turbines in the tidal flow, and wave energy can be captured […]

  • Valaris rigs embarking on new assignments

    20 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Several offshore rigs owned by Valaris are embarking on their new assignments in the Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania, and Brazil.

  • Oil & Gas UK selects new Board members

    13 May 2015

    Oil & Gas UK, the representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, yesterday (May 12, 2015) has announced a number of appointments of member company representatives to its Board. In addition to the new members joining the Board, existing Board member Neil McCulloch, president North Sea, of Enquest Plc, is named as […]

  • Australia: Neptune Marine Announces Structural Review

    1 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Neptune Marine Services Limited   announces the results of an operational and structural review carried out over the past two months and expected lodgement of the prospectus for its $80.6 million equity capital raising with ASIC. The operational review – carried out in conjunction with Pricewaterhouse Coopers – has identified specific actions that will result […]

  • SR Chief Executive: Renewables are power with purpose

    18 December 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today is featuring a piece written by Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Claire Mack who talked about the importance of renewable energy, both for the environment and the economy.

  • Torries win UK election. Davey makes way for new energy minister

    8 May 2015

    David Cameron’s Conservative party in the UK has won general election held on Thursday, beating Ed Miliband’s Labour Party. David Cameron who remains the Prime Minister, is now set to form a majority government with no need for a coalition, as Conservative party won 330 seats in Parliament vs Labour’s 232. In his speech, Cameron said: […]

  • UK Prime Minister Visits Liverpool2 Site

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has visited the construction site of the major expansion project currently underway at the Port of Liverpool, which is being developed by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port groups. The £300 million Liverpool2 investment programme will create the most central deep water container terminal in Great Britain and […]

  • Jindal, BRAF Announce Plans for World-Class Campus to Foster Coastal Expertise

    18 December 2013

    Governor Bobby Jindal, officials from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Department of Economic Development and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) joined leaders from the City of Baton Rouge, The Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana State University and other coastal research institutes to unveil plans for the establishment of The Water Campus […]