996 results found for 'western isles'

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  • UK: Aquamarine Power Unveils Proposals for Lewis Wave Energy Project

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power will unveil proposals for its first wave energy development on Lewis at a series of public exhibitions commencing next week. The exhibitions will take place at the Galson Estate Trust Business Centre on Friday 9 March and Saturday 10 March and at Martin’s Memorial Hall in Stornoway on Monday 12 […]

  • UK: Alnmaritec Completes New Aquaculture Workboat

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the completion of ‘Shelagh Jane’ a new aquaculture workboat for service on a fish farm on the West Coast of Scotland. This rugged no nonsense support boat is a development of the highly successful Alnmaritec Wave Worker class. She is designed specifically to have […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Announces Three New Wave and Tidal Energy Projects

    1 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      The Crown Estate has announced three further agreements for lease for wave and tidal energy projects. The sites result from the third application window in the leasing process for projects in connection with the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize (in Scottish waters) and demonstration projects (all around the UK), which opened in October 2011. Voith […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Leases Three Sites for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects

    30 April 2012

    The Crown Estate has announced three further agreements for lease for wave and tidal energy projects. The sites result from the third application window in the leasing process for projects in connection with the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize (in Scottish waters) and demonstration projects (all around the UK), which opened in October 2011. Voith Hydro […]

  • Renewables could drive Scottish islands’ economic growth

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Scotland’s island economies could benefit from up to £725 million over the next 25 years from renewable energy projects, according to the most recent report. The report ‘Economic Opportunities of Renewable Energy for Scottish Island Communities‘, commissioned by the Scottish government and published by Baringa, provides analysis of the scale of the economic opportunities available […]

  • Ofgem OKs transmission investments needed for UK’s 2030 offshore wind target

    30 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Ofgem has approved the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50 GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The decision confirms that all SSEN Transmission projects identified by the Electricity System Operator (ESO) as required to meet 2030 offshore […]

  • Subsea link to Orkney steps closer to reality

    3 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vision

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has provisionally approved SSEN Transmission’s plans to develop a subsea electricity transmission link to Orkney. SSEN Transmission submitted investment plans to Ofgem in March 2018 to build a new subsea transmission link to provide the additional capacity needed to meet the demand of Orkney renewable developers.  In September 2019, Ofgem set a […]

  • Germany: FSG Shipyard to Build CMAL’s New Cutting-Edge Ferry

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has on 8th June announced that Lloyds Banking Group plc (LBG) will provide financing for a replacement vessel for the Stornoway to Ullapool route and has named Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft MBH & Co. KG (FSG), Germany as the preferred shipyard for the detailed design and construction of the vessel. CMAL will […]

  • Some South-West Coastline Residents Warmed up for Wind Farm Expansion Says Study (UK)

    27 December 2010

    IN THE Solway Firth, a planned extension to Scotland’s first offshore wind farm is facing opposition from local residents amid fears the coastline could be littered by hundreds of turbines. The proposals for Robin Rigg, put forward by E.ON UK, would increase the size of the existing 60-turbine farm by a further 100 turbines. When […]

  • SSEN Transmission renews partnership with BAM and Siemens Energy

    14 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    SSEN Transmission has renewed its partnership with BAM and Siemens Energy regarding the delivery of onshore transmission infrastructure schemes. BAM and Siemens Energy will support SSEN Transmission in delivering onshore transmission infrastructure schemes, working to help deliver the substations that are required to connect the transmission network in north Scotland by 2030. The partners signed a […]

  • Germany: FSG to Build CMAL’s New Ferry

    12 June 2012

    Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has on 8th June announced that Lloyds Banking Group plc (LBG) will provide financing for a replacement vessel for the Stornoway to Ullapool route and has named Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft MBH & Co. KG (FSG), Germany as the preferred shipyard for the detailed design and construction of the vessel. CMAL will […]

  • Some South-West Coastline Residents Warmed up for Wind Farm Expansion Says Study (UK)

    27 December 2010

    IN THE Solway Firth, a planned extension to Scotland’s first offshore wind farm is facing opposition from local residents amid fears the coastline could be littered by hundreds of turbines. The proposals for Robin Rigg, put forward by E.ON UK, would increase the size of the existing 60-turbine farm by a further 100 turbines. When […]

  • Green Marine UK completes 50 cable operations in renewables and oil & gas

    21 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Scotland’s Green Marine UK has unveiled the completion of over 50 cable operations, described as complex undertakings, across oil and gas, offshore wind, subsea datacentre sectors, and emerging marine energy technologies.  According to Green Marine UK, the projects have been a combination of full management by the company or subcontractor responsibilities for key elements of […]

  • UK: Dana Petroleum Enjoys the Most Successful Phase of Growth in the Company*s History

    27 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Dana Petroleum, the independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on growth through international exploration and the development of production in the North Sea and Egypt, reports its interim results for the first half of 2010. HIGHLIGHTS Strong Financial Performance * Total income for half year of £266.9 million, comprising revenue of £185.7 […]

  • Stornoway Gathers Marine Renewables Supporters

    1 May 2014

    Over 220 delegates are attending an international conference on marine renewable energy technologies in Stornoway this week. The Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables conference and workshops take place at An Lanntair and other venues from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May. Organised by Lews Castle College UHI, part of the University of the Highlands […]

  • UK: Contract Assigned for BT’s Biggest Subsea Engineering Project

    24 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    BT Group, UK-based communications services company, has awarded three firms a £26.9 million (circa USD 44.1 million) contract for an ambitious subsea cabling project which will help deliver fast, fibre broadband to the Highlands and Islands. The selected companies are: Chelmsford-based Global Marine Systems that will conduct detailed marine route surveys and supply the cables; […]

  • UK: Voith Receives Prize for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy

    22 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Scottish Voith subsidiary for wave energy, has won an award for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy. With the award the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) recognized the delivery of the world’s first full life commercial wave power plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain. Mutriku’s breakwater now houses a […]

  • Dana Petroleum Receives Project Sanction for Medway, Off Netherlands

    23 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Dana is delighted to announce that the Medway integrated oil and gas development, operated by Dana Petroleum Netherlands, has received project sanction. First production from Medway is expected in Q4 2011. The project is initially expected to add an average of 4,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day net to Dana in 2012, with production […]

  • Subsea 7 invests in Leith spoolbase

    28 July 2014

    Global specialist in seabed-to-surface engineering and construction, Subsea 7, has strengthened its already strong pipeline fabrication and installation capabilities in the North Sea market, with the opening of its new, bespoke spoolbase facility, at the Port of Leith, Edinburgh (owned by Forth Ports Limited). During the last 12 months Subsea 7 has invested over £7m […]

  • SPE to Tackle Discrimination in O&G Industry

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    A Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) event next week is set to shake up the oil and gas industry by focusing for the first time on critical HR, diversity and inclusion issues. The ‘Breaking the Cycle of Discrimination – workplace challenges in the oil and gas industry’ workshop will analyse the issues surrounding workplace interaction […]

  • Subsea 7 Opens New Spoolbase Facility in Leith

    29 July 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Global specialist in seabed-to-surface engineering and construction, Subsea 7, has strengthened its already strong pipeline fabrication and installation capabilities in the North Sea market, with the opening of its new, bespoke spoolbase facility, at the Port of Leith, Edinburgh (owned by Forth Ports Limited). During the last 12 months Subsea 7 has invested over L7 […]

  • Voith Wins Award for World’s First Commercial Wave Power Plant (UK)

    22 December 2011

    Inverness, Scotland: Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Scottish Voith subsidiary for wave energy, has won an award for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy. With the award the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) recognized the delivery of the world’s first full life commercial wave power plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain. Mutriku’s breakwater now […]

  • New UK player joining North Sea oil project ahead of field development plan submission

    23 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Jersey Oil & Gas has agreed to sell a partial stake in an asset on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) to Serica Energy.

  • Seven electricity interconnectors pass to next stage of Ofgem’s cap and floor window

    27 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has decided that all electricity interconnector projects that submitted applications in its third cap and floor window will progress to the next phase. This third window was opened for electricity interconnectors able to start operations before the end of 2032 and the application period ran from 1 September 2022 until 10 […]

  • Wood nets UK North Sea contract wins worth $160 million in Q4 2021

    20 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Wood has secured contracts worth around $160 million with several companies – including Shell and Dana Petroleum – for ops in the UK North Sea.