Marine Renewable Energy

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• Local interests opt for baby barrage

  A commission has rejected the idea of large Cardiff-Weston barrage between England and Wales and instead recommended a smaller barrage which would offer the best mix of power output with reduced environmental impact. 01 May 2009

• British Budget boosts marine renewables

  UK renewable energy industry leaders welcomed the Government’ s budget presentation last month, which delivered a package of measures to build a low carbon economy and further decarbonise electricity generation. 01 May 2009

• New consortium for Round 3 wind farms

  Fluor Limited, the UK operating arm of Fluor Corporation, formed Seagreen Wind Energy Limited with Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy last month. 01 May 2009

• Sea Jack takes king of the wind farms

  Fluor Limited has awarded a contract to Danish offshore construction company A2SEA A/S for the installation of Siemens turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm project off the UK east coast. 01 Feb 2009

• Five projects make Severn tidal power shortlist

  A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn Estuary has been unveiled by the British Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change. The shortlist includes a mixture of barrages and innovative lagoon schemes. 01 Feb 2009

• Pelamis P-2 powers on in Orkney

  Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.on for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P-2. 01 Feb 2009

• Strong winds in EU power sector

  Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) this month show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other electricity generating technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power. 01 Feb 2009

• Wave Hub managing contractor appointed

  The South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) in the UK has selected JP Kenny, part of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC, as its engineering and management contractor for the design, procurement and construction of the ‘ Wave Hub’ renewable energy project off the coast of South West England. 01 Dec 2008

• Progress with Thanet Offshore Wind Farm

  Progress with the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is continuing with two separate recent announcements concerning the awarding of a project management contract and the selection of Ramsgate Port as the operations and maintenance base for the works. 01 Dec 2008

• Tidal turbine proposal for Pentland Firth

  Bristol UK based tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) confirmed last month that it intends to apply for a lease from the Crown Estate to deploy its tidal technology in Scotland’ s Pentland Firth. 01 Dec 2008

• Change needed says European Environment Agency

  Some 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe still come from the energy sector, warns a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) released recently. 01 Dec 2008

• Offshore Renewables Boost Ports Industry

  The 25 turbine Burbo Bank Offshore Windfarm was completed this summer on behalf of the Danish Company Dong Energy, culminating a hectic but successful installation period. 30 Jul 2008

• REDS on Renewables Seabeds

  REDS Ltd (Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd) have this summer taken their first steps into the offshore renewable energy sector. In late June the Midlands UK based company were contracted to carry out works on the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm (BOWF) currently owned and operated by DONG Energy / Centrica. 30 Jul 2008

• Planning Approval for Wave Hub

  The UK Government gave planning approval earlier this month for the world's first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South West England. 30 Jul 2008

• Deeper water wind farms under development

  The challenge of generating increasing amounts of clean and sustainable energy is leading energy producers to investigate building bigger offshore wind farms in deeper waters. A major technical challenge is installing the foundations for such structures. 29 Jul 2008