2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • SRTP Uses MSC Software in Designing Rotor Blade for World’s Largest Tidal Turbine

    28 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    MSC Software Corporation, a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services, has announced that Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd, based in the Orkney Islands, has used MSC Nastran and Patran with Laminate Modeler to design and analyze the rotor blade of the largest tidal turbine in the […]

  • Iberdrola: Fighting the challenges in developing offshore wind

    10 February 2014

    Despite announcing a substantial divestment programme, which included selling off several onshore wind farms, Spanish energy giant Iberdrola is still believed to be the world’s largest wind energy developer, with an operating portfolio of more than 13,830MW. In 2012, Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán, announced that its onshore wind assets in ‘non-core’ countries and other businesses […]

  • Build it, or buy it – Offshore wind CPPAs on the rise, ‘powered by renewables’ gains momentum

    9 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Is climate change pushing the corporate world to use as much renewable energy as possible? Or, is it because of financial reasons, such as long-term fixed prices? Or, is it „the brand kudos that comes with procuring energy from renewable sources“, as one recent report mentioned? If we are now moving faster toward a greener, […]

  • Subsea 7 Director, Mel Fitzgerald, Awarded Outstanding Achievement Honour at Subsea Industry Awards

    10 February 2011

      Mel Fitzgerald, Director of Subsea 7 S.A. and former Chief Executive Officer of Subsea 7, was last night recognised for his significant and positive impact on the subsea sector. The Outstanding Achievement award was made by Subsea UK at its annual Subsea Business Awards in Aberdeen, UK. Bill Edgar, Subsea UK’s Chairman, gave great […]

  • IOG rejects RockRose’s takeover attempt

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    UK-based independent oil and gas company RockRose Energy has made a formal approach to the board of directors of compatriot Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) with a proposal for an all cash takeover offer for IOG, but IOG has rejected the offer.  RockRose made the proposal on March 1, 2019. This was only days after RockRose […]

  • Fresh gas discovery and appraisal activity put potential tie-back to North Sea platform on the table

    12 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Neptune Energy has revealed a new gas discovery at an offshore prospect and confirmed the volumes for an appraisal well in the North Sea. 

  • UK outlines £12 billion plan to spark ‘green industrial revolution’

    18 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released a £12 billion plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’ that is expected to support up to 250,000 jobs.

  • UK: 250 Delegates to Attend OSPRAG Summit

    21 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    The work of the ground-breaking Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) concludes with the launch of its final report at a one-day conference in Aberdeen today (21 September). A total of 250 delegates are expected to attend the OSPRAG Summit on oil spill prevention and response in the UK to hear from speakers […]

  • Apache Announces Management Team Promotions and Appointments (USA)

    1 June 2011

      Apache Corporation Tuesday announced the following promotions and appointments to its management team: * Jon Jeppesen has been promoted to the new role of executive vice president overseeing the operations of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, Deepwater and Gulf Coast Onshore regions. * Jon Graham has been named vice president of the global environmental, […]

  • DNV: With mid-century targets out of range, UK requires ‘clear roadmap’ to reach net-zero

    7 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    DNV: As the UK is not on track to meet its mid-century targets, “a clear roadmap” needs to be set up to achieve net-zero by 2050.

  • Decommissioned North Sea platform turning into art as SEE MONSTER comes to life

    22 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Transition, Vision

    SEE MONSTER will reimagine a decommissioned North Sea offshore platform into an art installation in the UK next year.

  • Clipper fleet participates in Summer Sailstice 2008

    22 June 2008

    The fleet’s recent progress has been respectable as the teams benefit from Force five southerly winds and most teams have managed to cover over 200 nautical miles in the past 24 hours. Joff Bailey, Race Director, says, “The winds for the next 24 hours are forecasted to back to the east and then north as […]

  • MEP Helps Streamline Welsh Marine Energy Consenting Process

    21 July 2015
    Authorities & Government

    An industry led sub-group of Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP) has recently provided recommendations to assist Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Welsh Government in streamlining the marine energy consenting process in Wales. All marine renewable energy developments take place within a formal planning procedure which considers the impact of a new project on the environment and […]

  • UK: Subsea 7 S.A Director Wins The Outstanding Achievement Award at a Prestigious Event

    10 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Mel Fitzgerald, Director of Subsea 7 S.A. and former Chief Executive Officer of Subsea 7, was last night recognised for his significant and positive impact on the subsea sector. The Outstanding Achievement award was made by Subsea UK at its annual Subsea Business Awards in Aberdeen, UK. Bill Edgar, Subsea UK’s Chairman, gave great […]

  • USA: EPA Approves South Terminal in New Bedford

    20 November 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its final approval to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct the South Terminal project, a 28-acre marine terminal in New Bedford Harbor, the primary purpose of which will be to provide critical infrastructure to serve offshore renewable energy facilities and accommodate future international shipping. The Commonwealth requested that EPA […]

  • USA: Apache Announces Operational Management Changes

    1 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Apache Corporation today announced the following promotions and appointments to its management team: * Jon Jeppesen has been promoted to the new role of executive vice president overseeing the operations of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, Deepwater and Gulf Coast Onshore regions. * Jon Graham has been named vice president of the global environmental, […]

  • NOAA: ‘Tipping Points’ for Sea Level Rise

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from sea level rise, according to a new NOAA study, published earlier this week in the American Geophysical Union’s online peer-reviewed journal Earth’s Future. The findings appear in the […]

  • Grand Strand Could get Wind Farm (USA)

    26 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The impact of wind energy was the topic of a public forum Monday night held by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Alliance presented findings about how much energy wind turbines could generate along the Grand Strand. “If you were to take the wind generated annually off the coast, you could generate something like […]

  • USA: DEC Creates Dredge Team for Port of New York and New Jersey

    25 July 2012

    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has created a team to work with local, state and federal partners in developing environmentally responsible and economically feasible dredging strategies for the Port of New York & New Jersey to promote commerce and protect the harbor estuary, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. Shipping channels of […]

  • Deepwater Horizon Rig Sinks in Explosion. 11 Workers Still Not Found

    22 April 2010

    Crews searched by air and water for 11 workers still missing from the Deepwater Horizon, though one relative said family members have been told it’s unlikely anyone survived Tuesday night’s blast. Supply vessels had been shooting water into the rig try to control the flames enough to keep it afloat, but couldn’t, Coast Guard Petty […]

  • Altra Industrial Motion Presents Its Tidal Turbine Brake Systems

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The cost of energy generated by tidal power generation is, at this stage of device development, still more expensive than that offered by offshore and onshore wind, and solar arrays in sunnier climes; however, fossil fuels will not last forever and investment is still going into accessing tidal power, one of the most reliable and […]

  • Italy: Prysmian Publishes 2011 Anual Report

    8 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved today the Company’s consolidated financial statements and separate financial statements for 2011 .  ” Technological innovation and production flexibility have enabled the Group to achieve more than satisfactory results even in a market where signs of recovery are still weak – comments CEO Valerio Battista. Financial […]

  • Marine energy brings Barbados government to Orkney and Glasgow

    26 October 2018

    An 11-strong delegation from the Government of Barbados has visited the Orkney Islands and Glasgow to find out more about the progressing marine energy sector in Scotland.

  • New York and New Jersey Port Authority Approves New Environmental Initiative (USA)

    2 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    As part of the agency’s ongoing initiatives to be a good steward of the environment, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners today approved an incentive program for ocean vessels that call on the Port of New York and New Jersey. The three year, $4.875 million Ocean-Going Vessel Clean-Vessel Incentive (CVI) program aims to encourage ship […]

  • Norway: Statoil Sees Youth Solving Future Energy Problems

    24 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Senior high school students from all over Norway convened in Bergen on 23 May to compete for honour, glory and prize money – and to find out who has come up with the best solution to the world’s energy challenges. “The world needs young people’s ability to solve major challenges, not least within the […]