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  • Orkney’s research and innovation post up for grabs

    9 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Experienced professionals with a wide range of skills in the UK energy sector have been invited to apply to the post of Chair of the new Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC).

  • Prysmian picks up new electricity interconnection job to link Mallorca with Spain’s mainland power grid

    1 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    With a letter of award (LoA) in hand, Italy’s cable giant Prysmian is anticipating to pen a formal contract for an energy transmission project by year-end to connect the island of Mallorca with the Spanish mainland.  

  • Grenada hosts OTEC power talks

    14 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    Focusing on its renewable energy transition, the government of the Caribbean island state of Grenada held a roundtable discussion on ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), under the banner of the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA).

  • Global OTEC agrees power purchase deal for floating OTEC plant offshore Africa

    1 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    UK-based company Global OTEC has signed what’s said to be the world’s first deal to develop a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 1.5MW floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform offshore São Tomé island.

  • Dredging Vital to Free Flow of Trade, Says Foltz

    15 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    At the Brunswick State of the Port address Tuesday, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported double-digit growth in total tonnage and a record number of auto and machinery units moved over Brunswick docks in fiscal year 2014. Saying that he expects strong growth to continue in Ro/Ro traffic, Foltz detailed opportunities for expansion […]

  • NOAA Seeks Public Comments on Coastal Restoration Project (USA)

    9 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    NOAA and its federal and state trustee partners urged the public to provide comments on a draft plan to restore the Gulf after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The plan outlines and describes 44 proposed restoration projects, totaling approximately $627 million. The plan was released by the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees for the […]

  • Police removes Greenpeace activists from Statoil’s rig

    29 May 2014

    After 48 hours, the last seven Greenpeace International activists have been removed from Statoil’s oil rig Transocean Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea.

  • Subsea Connections to Play Important Role in Guernsey’s Future Power Supply

    9 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Renewable Energy Team (RET), which was set up by Guernsey’s Department for Commerce and Employment, confirmed that offshore renewables, especially offshore wind, are feasible resources for the island, according to This is Guernsey news portal. RET bases its conclusion on findings of the studies undertaken by the UK universities, which point to offshore wind […]

  • Isle of Man Gov’t Offers to Buy Steam Packet Ferry Company

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Isle of Man government has proposed to buy the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Progressing as Planned

    1 August 2012

    The progress of construction work on 108 MW Riffgat offshore wind farm is right on schedule. The Riffgat offshore wind farm is located 15 kilometers from the island of Borkum and 25 kilometers from the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog. Before starting the installation, the developers had applied for scour protection, after which EWE and Enova […]

  • Van Oord Vessel to Start Windpark Fryslân Work

    20 January 2020

    Van Oord’s crane vessel Werkendam has arrived at the IJsselmeer to start working on the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm project. The vessel will be involved in the construction of an artificial island off the Frisian coast, Windpark Fryslân said. With a land area of 2ha and a submerged, shallow water area of 25ha, the […]

  • Australia: Monadelphous Scores Pluto LNG Work

    2 April 2012
    Project & Tenders

    Engineering company Monadelphous Group said it has secured a new three-year maintenance services contract from Woodside on the Pluto LNG Project at Karratha in WA. The contract includes work associated with its onshore and offshore facilities and has the option for two one-year extensions. It follows Monadelphous’s delivery of major construction services and commissioning support […]

  • BG set for first QCLNG cargo on December 20

    21 November 2014

    BG’s QCLNG project in Australia could ship its first LNG cargo on December 20.

  • Acta Marine Preparing to Install BlueTec Tidal Platform

    15 June 2015

    Acta Marine’s Coastal Chariot will soon install the floating BlueTec platform, south of the island of Texel in The Netherlands. Acta Marine has coincided the installation process with Van Oord Offshore. In June, the Coastal Chariot will tow and hook-up the platform. The DP1 Ultra Shallow Draft Multipurpose Support Vessel will then attach it to the […]

  • UAE: Van Oord Wins Palm Jumeirah Deal

    13 September 2012

    The Dutch company Van Oord International, leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has won the $28.6 million contract to carry out beach profiling work on Dubai’s man-made Palm Jumeirah island. According to Zawya Dow Jones, this work will begin in the third week of September and should be completed in seven […]

  • Global wave characterisation standard for Irish test sites

    2 April 2020
    Research & Development

    Ocean modelling researchers from the MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) are using wave data collected at the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site and the outputs from NUIG wave models on the site to characterise the wave resource at the site according to […]

  • First Section of Newly Constructed Beach Complete

    29 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Town of Duck announced on Saturday, May 27, that the nourishment works on the first 200 feet of newly constructed beach are complete. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) dredge Liberty Island is now working South with an active construction zone of around 500 feet between 147 and 157 Bufflehead Rd., reported the town. […]

  • Queensland Curtis LNG plant ships 500th cargo

    3 October 2019
    Vessels

    Shell’s QGC business, along with its joint venture partners CNOOC and Tokyo Gas, have shipped the 500th cargo of liquefied natural gas from its LNG plant on Curtis Island, Queensland.

  • Four rescued after fishing boat hits rocks

    22 June 2006

    Four men have been rescued from a liferaft after they abandoned their fishing boat when it hit rocks at Motiti Island in the Bay of Plenty shortly before daybreak today. The Tauranga pilot boat picked up the four, believed to be experienced fishermen, about 8am after their 14 metre fishing boat Lady Luck hit the […]

  • New Trimodal Container Terminal for City of Mainz (Germany)

    18 June 2010

    The City of Mainz and Frankenbach Container Terminal are constructing a new trimodal terminal in the Ingelheimer Au industrial area. In the first phase, 80,000 of the available 130,000 m2 will be used. Initially the handling capacity is 160,000 containers, some 260,000 TEU. The investments are approximately € 30 million. The terminal is planned to […]

  • UK: Tidal Energy, Answer for Alderney Electricity Prices

    24 July 2013

    Unfortunately for Alderney residents, the prices of electricity cannot be lowered, stated chairman of Alderney Electricity Mike Richards, reports BBC. Mike Richards said that there was no quick solution for this problem, and that tidal energy could be the answer, but not in the near future as it would take some time to develop. It […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Wind Farm Transformer Platform Set for Installation

    9 April 2012

    On 2 March, Energinet.dk tied up the foundation and steel structure, and the top site is now ready to be placed on a barge in Aalborg. The top section is expected to be lifted into place around Easter, and it does not only contain Energinet.dk’s transformers but also DONG Energy surveillance equipment for the wind […]

  • Estonia’s Giant Offshore Wind Project Wins Court Battles

    1 November 2017
    Authorities & Government

    The Tallinn Circuit Court has rejected an appeal filed by opponents of an up to 1.1GW offshore wind farm planned to be installed in Estonian Baltic Sea waters, thus upholding the decision from a first tier court made earlier this year, according to the Baltic News Service. 

  • Deltares Conducts Study on Sao Tome and Principe Erosion Issues

    24 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Deltares has completed an investigatory study looking at sustainable solutions to coastal erosion in the African island group of Sao Tome and Principe. The islands are severely affected by coastal erosion in a number of locations, in part as a result of climate change. The study was conducted at two specific locations to see whether […]

  • GLDD Repairs Southern LBI Beaches

    5 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., based on Oak Brook, Ill, has completed an $18.4 million project to rebuild storm-damaged beaches and dunes in southern Long Beach Island while creating a safe navigation channel for nearby Little Egg Inlet. As a result, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will place a request with the U.S. […]