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  • Chart Ferox ISO Containers Facilitate First LNG on Madeira Island

    15 April 2014

    An initial fleet out of forty specially constructed ISO containers, designed and built by Chart Ferox, was used to supply approximately 500m³ of LNG by Grupo Sousa – Gáslink Gás Natural S.A to Madeira Electricity Company’s Thermo Electric Power Plant – CTVIII, on Madeira island. The first LNG shipment was loaded into fourteen Chart Ferox […]

  • Block Island OWF Transmission Cable Will Not Run through Narragansett, USA

    6 August 2013
    Storage

    Providence-based offshore wind energy developer has withdrawn its application to run a transmission cable through the Town of Narragansett, writes the Providence Journal. Namely, Deepwater Wind planned to place the electric cable from the Block Island wind farm, made of 5 wind turbines, to the Block Island before landing on the mainland at Narragansett Town […]

  • Crown Estate, University of Highlands and Islands Partner Up for Renewables (UK)

    30 May 2013
    Research & Development

    The Crown Estate and the University of Highlands and Islands have signed a ‘partnership agreement’ to work together to maximise the benefits to the people of the Highlands and Islands from the low carbon energy revolution in the area. The agreement reinforces initiatives already underway between the university and The Crown Estate, which manages a […]

  • National Grid Kicks Off Block Island OWF Connection Works

    22 January 2016
    Storage

    National Grid has begun working on the infrastructure that will connect the first American offshore wind farm to the network. The utility, which will own and operate the USD 107 million connection, has started with test borings on both Block Island and Rhode Island, where the onshore infrastructure will be built to connect Deepwater Wind’s Block Island offshore wind […]

  • Block Island Wind Farm Linked to Land, Turbine Installation Upcoming

    4 July 2016

    The submarine cable connecting the first American offshore wind farm to Block Island has been installed. National Grid has completed the landing of a subsea cable between the Rhode Island mainland and Block Island, with inter-array cabling scheduled to be done this month.  National Grid’s sea2shore cable will bring power generated by Deepwater Wind’s five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm to the mainland […]

  • Floating Island Project Kicks Off Under Horizon 2020 Umbrella

    3 November 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    The floating island concept, revealed earlier this year, will now be further studied and developed through a Horizon 2020-funded project Space@Sea that started on 1 November and will run for three years.

  • TenneT Consulting Market on Artificial Island Solution for IJmuiden Ver Area

    27 February 2017
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    TenneT is holding market consultation for grid connection concepts for IJmuiden Ver wind energy area, which is farther from the coast than currently developed areas. The company is consulting on HVDC platforms and an artificial island as potential solutions.

  • USACE: $3.348 Billion in Recovery Funds Announced

    6 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced yesterday additional work that it will accomplish with funding provided in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.   The act provides nearly $17.4 billion to the Corps for disaster recovery, among other things. The Jacksonville District received $3.348 billion for long term recovery investments in its […]

  • Minesto Eyes New Wings

    5 February 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has launched a tender to source a manufacturer of the wing for the company’s new DG100 model. The wing will be built on a new design that is the result both of learnings from Minesto’s ocean trials in Northern Ireland and Wales and the CFD simulation expertise Minesto has built […]

  • Orkney Islands step closer to mainland connection as substation works start

    12 November 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    SSEN Transmission has broken ground on a new electricity substation that is part of the subsea link that will connect the Orkney Islands to the UK mainland for the first time. The start of work at the Finstown Substation is said to mark a major step forward for the Orkney-Caithness 220 kV Subsea Link as […]

  • Future Proof Shipping launches 1st hydrogen-powered inland containership

    25 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has launched the first hydrogen-powered zero-emissions inland container ship, H2 Barge 1, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The official launch of H2 Barge 1 took place in Rotterdam on 25 May. Future Proof Shipping’s zero-emissions 110m x 11.45m inland containership, H2 Barge 1 is chartered by BCTN on behalf […]

  • Floating LNG power barges to provide greener energy to Greek islands

    17 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    London-based design and engineering consultancy Houlder has teamed up with Athens-based integrated energy solutions provider Blue Sea Power on gas-to-power projects. Specifically, the companies are collaborating to develop three innovative floating LNG-to-power barges (FSRPs). The FSRP barges, which are set to be operational by 2025, are expected to provide greener, lower emission baseload and peak […]

  • Future Proof Shipping’s inland containership kick-starts its conversion

    18 August 2022
    Green Marine, Transition, Vessels

    FPS Maas, an inland containership owned by Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping, arrived at the Holland Shipyards Group yard in Werkendam on Monday for its conversion. Namely, over the coming months, the vessel’s diesel combustion engine will be removed, and a hydrogen and fuel cell propulsion system will be installed. The hydrogen and fuel cell […]

  • Minesto’s 1.2MW tidal energy device on its way to Faroe Islands

    9 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Swedish company Minesto has completed the onshore testing on its tidal energy kite system Dragon 12, which is now being shipped for installation and commissioning in Faroe Islands.

  • Capital restoration work of Terrebonne Basin Barrier Islands wraps up

    22 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure

    The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has announced completion of the Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment project – the largest restoration by acreage completed by CPRA to date. According to CPRA, this capital development program restored 1,080 acres of barrier island habitat and 8.6 miles of beach in Terrebonne and Lafourche […]

  • Energy island could power all ships and aircraft in Denmark – study

    1 December 2020
    Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    Denmark’s fully-developed energy island in the North Sea could provide enough green fuel to supply all ships and aircraft refueling in Denmark, a study by the country’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Public Utilities shows. As reported earlier, Denmark plans to develop two energy islands, one in the Baltic Sea and one in the North […]

  • India: KoPT Kicks Off Sagar Island Land Reclamation Project

    23 June 2011

    Work on reclaiming 2,000 acres from sea for the deep-draughted port on Sagar Island has started. According to Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT)… By Jayanta Gupta (timesofindia) [mappress] Source: timesofindia, June 23, 2011

  • USA: St. Simons Island Beach Proposal Gets Cold Response

    16 March 2011

    Glynn County commissioners showed only polite interest Tuesday – and certainly didn’t embrace – a suggestion by the region’s tourism… By NEVIN BATIWALLA (thebrunswicknews) [mappress] Source: thebrunswicknews, March 16, 2011  

  • Corps to Issue IFB for Grand Encampment Island Unloading Project (USA)

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the Grand Encampment Island Unloading project, located on the Mississippi River, River Mile 756.5, Pool 4, Buffalo County, WI. Project will involve removal of dredged and other materials from Grand Encampment Island in strict accordance with the […]

  • Fifth Circuit Considers Inland Navigational Rule on Narrow Channels (USA)

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    In Mike Hooks Dredging Company v Marquette Transportation Gulf-Inland, LLC the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently explored Inland Navigational Rule 9, the rule for navigating in a narrow channel, and its relationship to The Pennsylvania rule in connection with an allision that occurred on the Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana. Facts The dredge Mike […]

  • China: Officials Invest Big into Inland River Rebuiling and Preserving Projects

    24 November 2011

    The Housing and Construction Office of Fuzhou reported that the rebuilding and preserving program for Fuzhou’s inland rivers cost over 1 billion yuan. Inland river regulation of Fuzhou has finalized investment of 1.25 billion yuan ever since it started this year. The extensive development of Baima river was increased to 73% of the total investment. […]

  • USA: Plan for Leland Township Harbor Improvement Project Moves Forward

    18 October 2011

    Bids for the second phase of the $3.2 million Leland Township Harbor improvement project should be back and ready for consideration by the b… By Chris Olson (leelanaunews) [mappress] Source: leelanaunews, October 18, 2011;

  • USA: Florida Inland Navigation District Plans to Retest Intracoastal Sediment

    3 November 2011

    A watchdog group opposing a sediment processing facility under construction on U.S. 1 fears a repeat of a 2006 spill at a similar…   tcpalm [mappress] Source: tcpalm, November 3, 2011;

  • USA: Congressman Announces Restoration Grant for Calcasieu Parish’s Rabbit Island

    8 September 2011

    U.S. Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana) has announced a $401,851 Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) grant awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to Calcasieu Parish. This grant will fund the start of a marsh and pelican nesting habitat restoration project on Rabbit Island in Calcasieu Lake. […]

  • Ramboll to map out Bornholm Energy Island export cable routes

    13 April 2021
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet has hired Ramboll to map and recommend possible submerged cable routes and landing locations for the export of power from the future energy island in the Baltic Sea to Denmark and an adjacent country. Denmark has recently approved the construction of two energy islands, in the Baltic and North Seas […]