Environment News – Page 87
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NewsInnovative new oil recovery system
Global environmental solutions company, Lamor Corporation, has demonstrated an innovative new way to recover oil in Halifax, Canada, which is based on the fish net trawling principle.
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NewsTidal demo project deploys in Orkney
Tocardo Tidal Power has launched a new commercial demo project with the deployment of a new test system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
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NewsGWave power generation vessel to come to the UK
One of the largest wave energy projects to be developed worldwide is scheduled to be installed at the Wave Hub test site located off the North Cornish Coast, UK.
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NewsETI Marine Energy Report
The UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has recently published a high-profile report outlining the key priorities for the marine energy sector in competing with other low carbon sources.
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NewsImpact of Brexit on the UK and European marine energy sector
As Britain begins the process of leaving the European Union in the wake of the Brexit vote, stakeholders across the UK marine renewable energy sector are busy coming to terms with the likely long-term implications.
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Tank tests for LAMWEC system
The Costal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory at Plymouth university has conducted tank testing on Laminaria’s wave energy converter (WEC).
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Bazefield achieves 10 GW renewable energy
Bazefield has reached 10 GW of renewable energy capacity in the Bazefield operations management system.
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NewsTurbine tower coating
Swedish corrosion protection specialist Alucrom AB claims to have devised a more cost effective coating for corrosion protecting wind turbine towers.
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NewsNew managing director for RTS Wind
Neil Parry has taken over the management of RTS Wind in the United Kingdom and spent his first week at the headquarters of RTS Wind AG in Germany.
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NewsIndustry welcomes Hendry Review on tidal lagoons
A new Government-backed report has highlighted the potential of tidal lagoon technology and the key role it will play in providing the UK with reliable and affordable energy.
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NewsSubmarine wreck entombed
Norwegian aggregate supplier Yeoman Halsvik has helped to stabilise the wreck of a World War II submarine outside the island of Fedje on the west coast of Norway.
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NewsSubsea cabling competition
The UK’s Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a competition aimed at improving subsea cabling systems in the offshore wind industry - and is actively seeking input from a range of ''complementary industries.''
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NewsGIB Offshore Wind Fund passes investment milestone
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) Offshore Wind Fund has announced that it had passed its initial £1bn investment target, following its sixth UK asset acquisition.
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NewsCarbon Trust publishes floating wind report
In late January, the Carbon Trust published a new report highlighting the key areas for policy makers to consider in order to develop a ''world leading market for floating wind in the UK.''
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NewsAXYS buoy to support offshore wind development
AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) has deployed its meteorological and oceanographic data buoy at an offshore wind development on the Northern coast of Poland.
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NewsPartners needed for new Plaxx fuel
Recycling Technologies (RT) has developed a process which can boost the recycling rate of plastic waste to produce a new fuel.
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NewsBiofouling versus ballast water impact
According to Belgium-headquartered Subsea Technologies, a pioneer in the development of hard hull coating systems and hull and propeller cleaning systems, the entry into force of the Ballast Water Convention this September will not prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species (IAS) unless there is mandatory legislation in place to ...
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NewsSif wind farm terminal at Rotterdam now operational
Last year the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed an agreement with the Sif Group and Verbrugge International for the construction of a wind farm component production and storage/handling terminal in Rotterdam. This new site is now operational and has now loaded out the first wind farm monopiles from the site ...
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NewsPortuguese boatbuilder moves into oil spill response
A new oil spill response workboat has been produced by Portuguese company – SWB, Seismic Workboats, Lda which is headquartered in Peniche.
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NewsChange is in the air... and in the water
The wind installation market is being driven by rising scale, depth and not least, competition. so some operators are responding by making significant changes.
