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  • USA: Council of Narragansett Against Deepwater Wind’s Transmission Line

    12 March 2012
    Storage

    Last Monday, the Town Council of Narragansett voted against the Deepwater Wind’s transmission line across Block Island Sound. Council President Glenna Hagopian thinks they need more specification about this matter to make a decision. “I want to see what you are bringing to the table before we move forward,” Hagopian said to South County Independent. […]

  • Napoli salvage ends for now

    18 January 2008

    WORK has finished on the first phase of operations to remove the stern section of the stricken container ship Napoli. All the accommodation block has been cut away and the scrap has been removed for disposal. The bow section was towed to a yard in Northern Ireland last year.

  • Greece: Emergence of First Wave Power Station on the Mediterranean

    14 May 2013

    The governor of the Greek island of Crete Stavros Arnautakis met with representatives of the Russian company Ocean RusEnergy. The question of the possible construction of the first on the Mediterranean sea wave power. The island of Crete is interested in alternative sources of energy as tourism on the island is the main source of […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Research & Development

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the […]

  • Coastal Restoration Agreement Inked

    11 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is helping to restore one of Louisiana’s key barrier islands. An agreement signed between the state and BOEM will allow the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to use Federal offshore sand to restore the beach, dunes and marsh habitats at Caillou Lake Headlands, also known as […]

  • Woodside gets environmental nod for seismic surveys in Porcupine Basin

    25 May 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Australian energy company Woodside has received environmental approvals from the Department of Communications, Climate Change, & Natural Resources in Ireland for the 3D seismic surveys on its acreage in the Irish Atlantic.  Woodside is the operator of licences FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, in the Porcupine Basin of the Irish Atlantic Margin, with 85% interest, and Petrel Resources […]

  • Predator sets up Irish FSRU unit

    16 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    London Stock Exchange-listed Predator Oil & Gas has established a new unit Predator LNG Ireland to advance an FSRU project in the country.

  • Top news, February 15 – 21, 2016

    21 February 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 15 – 21, 2016. Scotrenewables anchors at EMEC Scotrenewables Tidal Power has deployed its modular anchoring system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) ahead of the installation of its SR2000 2 MW floating tidal turbine. The anchor deployment […]

  • ARCH to Set Up Training Facility at Shannon Airport

    27 March 2014
    Human Capital

    ARCH, a specialist technical training provider focusing on the wind energy and other ‘work at height’ sectors, is establishing a new training facility at Shannon Airport to deliver safety training for technicians working on tall structures. The new training centre will see ARCH convert the former Boiler House building on the approach road to the […]

  • Solomon Trader Grounding Turns into Environmental Disaster

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Estimates: Some 60 tonnes of oil spilled from the grounded bulker Solomon Trader off Solomon Islands.

  • Video: Tony Lewis explains GRS’ wave and wind hybrid

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

    Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) has released a video featuring footage of the Global Renewable Solutions’ (GRS) hybrid platform designed to harness the energy from both winds and waves.

  • First Cruise Ships Dock at Abu Dhabi’s New Stopover

    24 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United Arab Emirate-based port operator Abu Dhabi Ports has started welcoming cruise liners at Sir Bani Yas Island, the Arabian Gulf’s first cruise beach stopover in Abu Dhabi. Two cruise vessels Island Sky, owned by London-based Noble Caledonia, and Seaborne Sojourn, Miami-based Carnival Corporation, made their maiden calls at the Island last week as part of […]

  • Carnegie: Design of Next Generation CETO 6 Unit Underway

    28 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited provides an update on its CETO 6 project that will follow the Perth Wave Energy Project which is currently under construction at Garden Island, Western Australia. As mentioned in Carnegie’s most recent quarterly activities report, the design of the next generation CETO 6 unit is underway. The CETO 6 unit will […]

  • USACE Continues Mississippi River Habitat Project

    22 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues working on Mississippi River habitat construction near the Harpers Slough backwater area in Allamakee County, Iowa, and Lynxville, Wisconsin. The nearly $12 million Harper’s Slough restoration project will protect eroded islands and construct new islands where they were once located. The project is scheduled to […]

  • UK: Final Section of Giant Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail

    17 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new aircraft carriers being built for the UK Royal Navy, has left BAE Systems’ shipyard at Scotstoun today to embark on a 600 mile journey to Rosyth. The Aft Island, also known as Upper Block 14, is the air traffic control tower of the […]

  • American offshore wind pioneer to undergo cable repairs

    5 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    National Grid and Ørsted have begun mobilizing teams that will work on replacing limited segments of the Block Island wind farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths. Construction-related activities will be ongoing throughout the fall and winter, with an anticipated completion date by the end of May 2021. The effort includes replacing […]

  • Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine breaks power production record

    10 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    French company Sabella has broken the power production record with its D10 tidal energy turbine, generating over 25% of the total electricity consumed on Ushant Island by harnessing the energy of the tides.

  • EU Backs Celtic Interconnector and Harmony Link

    4 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Two Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grants were signed to support the construction of the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France, and studies for the development of the Harmony Link Interconnector between Lithuania and Poland. For the Celtic Interconnection, €530 million were awarded, to develop this new electrical link between France and Ireland by 2026, with […]

  • 300 jobs to be created as Irish company opens new USV facility

    25 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels, Vision

    Ireland-based XOCEAN has opened a new technical center that will serve as a hub for the company’s fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). XOCEAN announced on 20 July the opening of the new facility near Carlingford, Co. Louth, as well as the creation of 300 new jobs as part of its strategic growth plan. The […]

  • Fishermen opposing cod ban advice

    19 October 2006

    Northern Ireland fishermen are challenging the severity of restrictions on Irish Sea catches. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea has called for a complete ban on fishing for cod. However, Dick James of the Fish Producer’s Organisation claimed the real problem lies with climate change rather than overfishing.

  • Medical emergency on board ship

    18 August 2006

    The HSS fast-ferry sailing between Northern Ireland and Scotland has had to return to Belfast because of a medical emergency. A passenger took ill on the 1220 BST sailing on Friday. A doctor on board the ship advised the captain that the patient needed to get off the vessel as quickly as possible.

  • Fisherman drowned after sea fall

    4 May 2007

    A man drowned after he fell from a fishing boat into the sea off Ireland, an inquest on Anglesey has heard. The crew mates of Patrick McCabe, 61, from Dundalk, County Louth, told how they desperately tried to save him on 1 November last year.

  • Picture of the Day: NJ Marsh Restoration

    29 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and their contractor Barnegat Bay Dredging Company are conducting dredging operations and marsh restoration at Mordecai Island, NJ. The USACE is removing critical shoals from the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and using the material to restore a portion of Mordecai Island marshland. The island serves two important […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Research & Development

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the […]

  • Blue-GIFT extends third call deadline for ocean energy developers

    17 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    EU-backed Blue-GIFT project has extended the deadline for applications for its third and final call to test and validate marine renewable energy technologies in real sea environments.