Environment News – Page 64
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NewsUK plans for wind energy delivery
Government plans to make the UK the world leader in clean wind energy have been unveiled as part of its commitment towards net zero emissions by 2050.
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NewsOffshore energy leader joins Opergy
Opergy has appointed an offshore energy expert as commercial director as it celebrates its first anniversary.
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NewsFloating wind for Canary Islands
Spain’s Greenalia has submitted the project and environmental planning applications to develop four new floating offshore wind farms in the waters off Gran Canaria writes Dag Pike.
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NewsCrosshaven boatyard sold for wind farm work
A major Irish boatyard at Crosshaven has been bought by Green Rebel Marine and it is planned to develop the site as a base for servicing wind farms off the south coast of Ireland writes Dag Pike.
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NewsFaroe Islands planning offshore wind farms
Lying between the British Isles and Iceland, the Faroe Islands have a plentiful supply of wind and now there are plans to build offshore wind farms to drive the islands closer to carbon neutrality writes Dag Pike
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NewsFrench tidal turbine developer joins key network
French tidal energy developer HydroQuest is joining the Ocean Energy Europe Board of Directors as a Lead Partner.
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NewsOffshore wind farm to be built off Italy
A new offshore wind farm will be developed in the Adriatic Sea following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between three European companies.
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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.
