Environment News – Page 94
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NewsManoeuvrability for oil spill response
According to US-headquartered global marine transmission specialist, Twin Disc, the manoeuvrability afforded by its transmissions is key to effective oil spill collection.
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NewsLNG first for Finland
The European Commission has committed €23m in funding to build a small scale LNG terminal at Pori on Finland’s west coast – the first of its kind in the country.
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NewsOcean Energy Europe 2015
Ocean Energy Europe 2015 will take place in Dublin, Ireland on 20 - 21 October. Each year, Ocean Energy Europe produces its annual conference in strategically important Member States and it describes itself as the key political event on the ocean energy (principally wave and tidal power) calendar.
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News‘MPI Adventure’ installs final blade for Amrumbank
Dutch-owned MPI Offshore announced in September that its wind-turbine-installation vessel ‘MPI Adventure’ had just installed the final blade of the 80-turbine Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea.
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NewsLNG hybrid barge awarded again
Together with AIDA Cruises, Germany’s Becker Marine Systems has won the Seatrade Cruise Award for “Environmental Initiative of the Year”, judged by an independent jury.
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NewsJack-up heavy lift vessel
Belgian Jan De Nul Group has signed the taking-over of the offshore jack-up crane vessel ‘Vidar’, from the German company Hochtief. “With the ‘Vidar’ in our fleet we considerably extend our specialised services for the installation of offshore windparks,” said Peter De Pooter, Manager, Offshore Renewables.
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NewsPilot projects picked
Global classification society DNV GL and 25 partners from the Norwegian maritime industry and the Norwegian authorities have presented the five pilot projects that will be pursued as part of Norway’s Green Coastal Shipping Programme which ‘MJ’ reported on back in February.
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Robot to save Oz reefs
The Australian Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has developed a world ‘first’ – a robot developed to find and control the Great Barrier Reef’s crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), said to be responsible for the reef’s decline.
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NewsWind energy back in focus
The EWEA 2015 Annual Event taking place from 17 - 20 November 2015 at Paris Expo, France presents an international platform for the wind energy industry to showcase and demonstrate its latest products and services. The event features a broad conference programme, extensive networking opportunities and a large exhibition.
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Navitus Bay refused consent
The UK’s Energy Minister Lord Bourne has today refused planning approval for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm off the south coast of England.
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NewsWikinger cabling
The Italian Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems Limited’s cable-laying vessel, ‘C.S. Sovereign’, from mid-2016 into early 2017. The vessel’s remit will be to install inter array cables at the German Offshore wind farm that is currently estimated to be providing power for nearly a quarter of a ...
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NewsPaimpol–Bréhat agreement
Natural Power and sister company SeaRoc have joined forces to develop their offshore energy capabilities in France.
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NewsFrench port out to catch the wind
St Nazaire is laying foundations, quite literally, for its future role as an offshore wind hub – but it’s not without its challenges, including politics, investment and last but not least: scale.
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NewsUniting the UK Wind Energy Industry
RenewableUK 2015 brings together the UK’s wind energy industry to the ACC Exhibition Centre in the vibrant city of Liverpool from 6 – 8 October 2015, to celebrate another year of success, innovation, collaboration and - most importantly - resilience.
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NewsTidal generator on storm barrier
What is claimed to be the first 1 MW tidal array in the world has been installed on the Oosterschelde storm barrier, part of the famous Dutch Delta Works.
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NewsMLiner renewables solution
Founded in 2011 by former engineers from the STX shipyard in St-Nazaire, GEPS Techno is a French start-up company that is focussing on renewable energy projects.
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NewsBibby to help improve UK LNG network
Bibby HydroMap is carrying out survey operations on Port Meridian Energy’s proposed LNG project off Morecambe Bay to help improve the UK''s LNG network.
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Wind forecasting workshop
The EWEA Technology Workshop "Wind Power Forecasting- Meeting End -users Needs", takes place 1-2 October in Leuven, Belgium.
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NewsGemini awards 5 year maintenance contract
Belgian Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and German EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been contracted to ensure that the Gemini offshore wind park operates smoothly.
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Dong deal
Danish headquartered renewables giant Dong Energy has announced that wind industry service provider CWind, will provide corrosion protection, latchway inspections and snagging to Dong’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm (offshore Germany) in addition to the temporary power services it supplied earlier this year.
