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  • Eight oil firms win offshore acreage in Ireland

    12 February 2016

    Eight oil companies have been awarded offshore acreage across fourteen blocks in Ireland’s latest licensing round. The companies have won two-year licensing options over the blocks offered. The round focuses on an area in the southern Porcupine Basin, where a number of applications included commitments to acquire new seismic surveys later this year Joe McHugh, Minister of […]

  • Ireland allocates €4.5M for ocean research, €68M for renewables

    14 October 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Ireland has allocated €4.5 million for ocean energy research activities in 2016. As announced by the Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (DCENR), Alex White, €68 million has been designated for energy efficiency and renewable energy under the 2016 budget, and the funding is expected to support an estimated 2,750 jobs. Alex White (pictured) said: “We […]

  • LNG-fueled Ireland first to bunker at Port of Brunsbüttel

    1 February 2017
    Vessels

    LNG-fueled cement carrier, Ireland, became the first vessel to bunker liquefied natural gas in the Elbe port of Brunsbüttel.

  • Minesto engages Northern Ireland tidal testing support

    12 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has hired two local marine service providers for its long-term tidal energy technology trials in Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland.

  • Ireland: Skerries Harbour Dredging Step Closer to Realization

    12 June 2012

    Dredging work should get underway shortly in the South Mouth of Skerries harbour, after news that the last funding element is in place to complete the £286,000 project. Shetland Islands Council has been given approval for £71,550 of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) towards the cost of the works. The scheme will give vessels an […]

  • Ireland: Shannon River Dredging Project Causes Controversy

    9 November 2011

    Waterways Ireland has insisted that dredging work being carried out on the Shannon – to clear the way into Limerick Marina – is in complianc… By Mike Dwane (limerickleader) [mappress] Source: limerickleader, November 9, 2011

  • Ireland: DLHC Commences Work on Harbour Development Project

    7 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company (DLHC) has commenced work on the Harbour Development project with an estimated investment of $334 million at Carlisle Pier, Dún Laoghaire Port, Leinster Province, Ireland. The project involves construction of 300 new homes, berthing for large cruisers and food and beverage outlets. It also includes construction of marine, leisure, residential, commercial […]

  • Ireland consulting on offshore wind grid development policy

    10 June 2020
    Authorities & Government

    Ireland’s Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) has launched consultation on the country’s grid development policy for offshore wind. The consultation period was opened on 10 June and will close on 1 July. In its Climate Action Plan published in June 2019, the Irish government committed to having at least 3.5 GW of offshore […]

  • Ireland: Mayor Pushes for Galway Port Development Plan

    3 February 2011

    The Galway Port Development Plan is an “ambitious” project which will help open up the entire region and secure Galway’s sustainable … By Martina Nee (advertiser) [mappress] Source: advertiser, February 3, 2011;

  • Ireland: Dublin Port Prepares for ABR Dredging Project

    7 March 2014

    Dublin Port Company has lodged a planning application with An Bord Pleanála for its Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project. The application is being made under the Planning and Development Act and follows a twelve month consultation with industry, government, customer and community stakeholders. The ABR Project involves an application to An Bord Pleanála for permission […]

  • Ireland: New tax regime for offshore exploration and production

    18 June 2014

    Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D. has today announced that the taxation provisions relating to petroleum exploration and production are to be revised upwards to provide for an increased financial return to the State from discoveries made under future exploration licences and licensing options. Speaking this morning at the “Our […]

  • Vestas Considers Dublin Port for Manufacturing Plant (Ireland)

    11 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    The world’s biggest maker of wind turbines is understood to be considering Ireland as a location for a manufacturing plant that would create…   By Gavin Daly (sbpost) [mappress] Source: sbpost, April 11, 2011

  • Kinsale Energy to Conduct Survey in Celtic Sea, Ireland

    26 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that the Marine Institute on behalf of Kinsale Energy Limited will conduct a pipeline and Platform Superstructure survey in the Celtic Sea off the South Coast of Ireland between 22nd July and 30th August 2013. The survey is being conducted by the “Granuaile” Call Sign […]

  • TWMA Moves Drilling Waste from Ireland to UK

    31 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Providence Resources Plc. has awarded TWMA with the contract for the handling and treatment of drill cuttings from the GSF Arctic III rig in the Celtic sea. It is the second contract for TWMA in the region and will involve a skip-and-ship operation to transport the cuttings from the Barryroe well offshore Cork in Southern […]

  • Ireland: Total to convert Avalon into frontier exploration license

    18 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Total has applied to Ireland’s Minister of State to convert LO 16/27 into a frontier exploration license (FEL).

  • Total converts Avalon into Frontier Exploration License (Ireland)

    18 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Irish oil and gas company Providence has informed that the Total-operated licensing option 16/27 offshore Ireland has been granted a Frontier Exploration License Status 2/19, with effect from February 1, 2019. The offshore block is located in the southern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland and contains the undrilled Paleocene “Avalon” exploration prospect. It is operated by […]

  • Video: SeaPower Platform winter trials off Ireland

    31 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Marine Institute of Ireland has provided an overview of the testing activities on the SeaPower wave energy device undertaken at the SmartBay marine renewables test site.

  • Ireland: Xblocs Units to Strengthen Cape Clear Harbour

    17 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Delta Marine Consultants has recently signed a license agreement with L & M Keating Ltd. for the application of Xbloc armour units in Cape Clear, Ireland. The Xblocs will be applied in the new development project at the Cape Clear harbour, located at Clear Island on the south side of Ireland. This development program is […]

  • Gaelectric, Ideol Unveil Floating Wind Plans for Ireland

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has partnered with Ideol to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in Irish waters using Ideol’s Damping Pool technology.

  • OceanEd to hold two wave energy events in Ireland

    21 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    As a result of the stakeholder consultation carried out in 2015 by University College Cork and the Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) in Ireland, OceanEd has organized two wave energy seminars set to take place during this fall.

  • Surveys to begin at Ireland-Wales interconnector in ten days

    8 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Belgian GeoXYZ will be kicking off site investigations this month for a 750 MW electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales. The MaresConnect interconnector will comprise a cable route of approximately 245 kilometers under the sea and underground between Dublin in Ireland and Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire in Wales.  The 750 MW electricity link is being […]

  • SmartBay Becomes New Member of Ocean Energy Europe

    10 June 2014
    Technology

    Ireland’s marine test & demonstration facility actively seeks European wave device developers wishing to undertake funded sea trials in Ireland’s ¼ ocean energy test site. Irelands National Marine Test and Demonstration facility is located approximately 1.5km East of Spiddal on Ireland’s west coast. The Galway Bay test site is located within the national marine facility […]

  • Minister Rabbitte Launches Energy Policy Green Paper

    12 May 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources today launched the Energy Policy Green Paper for Ireland marking the beginning of a ten week public consultation on the future shape of Ireland’s energy policy. Ireland faces significant inter-related challenges in relation to climate change, energy sustainability, security, and competitiveness. These can be addressed by transforming […]

  • SEAI calls on Irish industry to apply for H2020 energy funding

    30 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has called on the Irish industry, academia and the public sector to apply for the next round of energy research funding through the Horizon 2020 funding programme. Launched last year, Horizon 2020 is the EU’s largest research and innovation programme with an energy budget of €6 billion for […]

  • Unlocking Inland Waterways

    13 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The European Investment Bank today took part in the inauguration of the fourth lock in the Belgian town of Lanaye, close to Liege and just across the border from the Dutch city of Maastricht. In the company of several Belgian and Dutch Ministers and EIB Vice President Pim van Ballekom, King Philip of the Belgians […]