Expansion Plans at Folkestone Harbour

01 May 2005

Development plans for Folkestone Harbour UK include the introduction of two further berths to accommodate larger vessels of up to 7m draft and a harbour dredging programme as well as the ongoing refurbishment of existing berths and the creation of more cargo handling storage space and vehicle standage areas. Port operators hope to have the new berths operational later this year. 

New Funding Brings Tidal Stream Energy Project Closer

01 May 2005

Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines has received £3.85m from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help fund their SeaGen tidal energy project. The grant to Sea Generation Ltd , a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Current Turbines , will go towards developing and testing the device for extracting energy from ocean currents. The new grant funding was announced by Energy Minister Mike O'Brien at the British Wind Energy Association 's recent annual marine conference.