Environment News – Page 62
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NewsFloating offshore wind costs study begins
A three-year collaborative research project on the costs around floating offshore wind has been launched.
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NewsNext generation turbine testing facility
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Advance Northumberland are working in partnership to develop a new facility for testing the next generation of advanced offshore wind turbines.
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NewsSME to supply floating tidal energy systems
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) will supply three next generation PLAT-I floating tidal energy systems for the world’s first floating tidal energy array.
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NewsFloating wind test model installed and commissioned
A 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH floating wind platform has been installed and commissioned in its final deployment site in El Abra del Sardinero (Santander, Spain).
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NewsSolar panels will iron out offshore wind peaks
A project to add floating solar panels to a wind farm is scheduled to be incorporated into the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site by 2025, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsStepping stones study around North Sea rigs
Marine scientists from Heriot-Watt’s International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT) on Orkney are working with scientists from around the UK to investigate marine life connected to the rigs, pipelines and other infrastructure in the North Sea.
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NewsPlanting in the lab could help save critical seagrass
The UK’s Ocean Conservation Trust has planted the first seeds in its seagrass cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium.
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NewsUXO contract for North Sea wind farm
Development of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm has taken another step forward with the awarding of an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contract.
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NewsNorwegian financing for offshore wind
A Norwegian financial organisation has quadrupled its offshore wind portfolio to USD$453m since the end of last year and is seeking new business worldwide as part of its mandate to bolster the participation of Norwegian exporters in a burgeoning but capital-intensive sector.
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NewsSwedish wave energy company secures significant funding
Commercial wave energy farms have moved a step closer as Sweden-headquartered CorPower Ocean has secured 9 MEUR in equity funding.
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NewsOffshore wind consortium gathers pace
A global renewable energy business will join an existing consortium of to prepare a joint bid for the ScotWind tender recently launched by Crown Estate Scotland.
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NewsOff-grid power container does what it says on the tin
Motive Offshore is addressing the requirement for cheap, clean off-grid power in a number of ways; not least via its renewable hybrid power container.
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NewsOffshore wind body biggest in Scotland
The largest offshore wind representative body in Scotland now has over 360 members drawn from industry, academia and the public sector.
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NewsCorPower Ocean launches in Portugal
With a 16M EUR investment plan, wave energy developer CorPower is establishing a R&D, Manufacturing & Service Centre for Wave Energy Converters in Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal.
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NewsEco-friendly AGV for offshore wind
A new eco-friendly Autonomous Guard Vessel (AGV) design is anticipated to be smaller, lighter and more efficient than others in the offshore wind market.
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Korea picking Scottish brains
The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) has contracted the Orkney-headquartered European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the development of its tidal energy test site at Jang-Juk Strait near Jindo Island, Korea.
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NewsNavigating Covid-19 challenges
According to Ian Baylis, Managing Director of CTV operator Seacat Services, the energy sector is critical in countries’ fight back to a normal world.
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NewsSpanish port looks to renewables
A Spanish port has held its first roundtable addressing the future of marine renewable energy.
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NewsModular floating platform for coastal communities
A new project is set to revolutionise local renewable energy generation and storage following the development of a modular construction system, writes Dag Pike
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NewsNew insights from shallow water container loss research
On the night of January 1st 2019, the large container ship ‘MSC Zoe’ was making its way on the southerly route along the Dutch Wadden Islands during a northwesterly storm.
