Latest Environment News – Page 123

  • The port of Cherbourg’s configuration allows it to accommodate all the marine based renewable energy sector's activities.
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    Normandy ports eye Channel wind farms

    2011-09-22T11:07:00Z

    Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA), the port authority of Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham, has finalised its comprehensive proposal to assist in the development of offshore wind energy in the Channel.

  • The Nauti-Craft personnel transport vessel, which features a passive-reactive interconnected suspension system supporting the deck above multiple hulls.
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    £3bn challenge to boost wind power revenue

    2011-09-22T11:06:00Z

    The UK’s Carbon Trust has announced a shortlist of 13 concepts for optimising the maintenance of offshore wind farms, increasing turbine availability and thus cost competitiveness for the sector.

  • The next five years are critical for tidal energy device developers to get their installation strategies locked down, their turbines in the water and to prove both the technical and economic viability of their technology.
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    Tidal Energy Summit returns to London

    2011-09-21T09:00:00Z

    Global interest in Tidal Energy is growing and demonstration tidal projects are already producing energy in Europe, America and Asia.

  • Coverage of the proposed Vestas wind turbine facility at the port of Sheerness in Kent UK.
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    Vestas consults on turbine factory

    2011-09-15T11:08:00Z

    Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has begun a consultation process to turn ambitious plans to manufacture its next generation offshore wind turbine at the UK port of Sheerness into a reality.

  • IBERDROLA has over 13,000 MW of wind power capacity installed in 23 countries. Photo: IBERDROLA
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    Spanish wind moves into German waters

    2011-09-08T10:54:00Z

    Spain based energy company IBERDROLA has begun the process to install its first offshore wind farm in Germany, the Wikinger, to be located off the German coast in the Baltic.

  • The first of three SeaLimpets for Ocean Power Technologies is seen under construction at Gael Force’s yard in Inverness.
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    SeaLimpet set for secure renewable future

    2011-09-08T10:53:00Z

    Britain''s Gael Force Group, has launched its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity based mooring device for the subsea and renewables sectors.

  • Houlder’s Turbine Access System (TAS) increases the significant wave height window for safe personnel transfers, allowing them to take place on a higher proportion of working days.
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    First order for Turbine Access System

    2011-09-01T12:41:00Z

    UK marine engineering company Houlder has made the first sale of its award winning Turbine Access System (TAS).

  • Cranes are an essential element in the upkeep, maintenance and servicing of offshore wind turbines.
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    Major order for wind turbine cranes

    2011-09-01T12:40:00Z

    German wind turbine producer REpower Systems SE has placed an order with Palfinger Wind for 48 PSM 400 platform cranes, furthering a successful cooperation which dates to 2003.

  • An artist’s impression of the latest wind turbine installation design proposal from W3GM-IHC Merwede.
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    New turbine installation vessel concept

    2011-08-25T11:01:00Z

    A collaboration agreement between two well established marine companies has revealed the latest concept in the fast developing wind turbine installation vessel market.

  • The JB-117 was launched in July.
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    Jack-Up Barge deploys newbuild to Germany

    2011-08-25T10:57:00Z

    Dutch barge supplier Jack-Up Barge has signed a multi-year charter agreement with the German BARD Group for Jack-Up Barge''s self elevating platforms JB-115 and JB-117 in a contract valued at over €100m.

  • A substation transition piece is installed by Matador 3, assisted by Sea Worker.
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    Activity gathers pace at London Array

    2011-08-25T09:00:00Z

    To mark Global Wind Day, London Array recently gave an update on progress at their windfarm in the Thames estuary.

  • Researchers mapped the activities of 72 UK port locations, including Hull, where ABP and Siemens have put forward redevelopment plans for a £100m Green Port Hull.
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    Ports prove crucial to greener shipping

    2011-08-17T09:00:00Z

    Ports are central to achieving significant reductions in carbon emissions in the maritime industry, according to evidence from a new University of Hull study.

  • Researchers say that the OWEZ wind farm near Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands has created a new marine habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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    Can offshore wind farms benefit marine life?

    2011-08-11T12:21:00Z

    A new report published in the peer-reviewed journal ‘Environmental Research Letters’ has suggested that offshore wind farms may be beneficial to marine life ecosystems in the long term.

  • Jumbo Shipping has successfully transported 51 monopliles to DONG Energy's Walney Offshore Wind Farm 2.
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    A Jumbo job of monopile delivery

    2011-08-04T16:14:00Z

    Jumbo Shipping has successfully transported 51 monopiles from EEW''s manufacturing plant in Rostock, Germany to Barrow in Furness in the UK.

  • The proposed vessel will be based on the conversion of an existing shuttle tanker.
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    Legless when installing turbine foundations

    2011-08-04T16:13:00Z

    Two major players in the world of offshore wind and energy shipping have joined forces to develop a wind turbine foundation installation vessel.

  • The Pollution Pod is a simple way of inserting an oil skimmer between the hulls of the 8m Buddy workboat.
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    Pollution Pod is Buddy’s new mod

    2011-08-03T09:00:00Z

    OPEC, one of the UK''s leading manufacturers of MOP recovery systems, has developed a new design specifically to be used on the Liverpool Water Witch Buddy.

  • The DeltaStream unit sits on the seabed and generates electricity from three separate horizontal axis turbines mounted on a common frame.
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    £11m for Wales’ first tidal power device

    2011-08-02T09:00:00Z

    Wales’ first full scale tidal stream energy generator will be deployed in 2012, having secured £6.4m support from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.

  • The US Port of Los Angeles has done much to improve air quality in its vicinity.
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    Ports welcome IMO energy measures

    2011-07-28T10:29:00Z

    The first ever mandatory energy efficiency measures for international shipping, Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), have been adopted.

  • An artist’s rendering of the newbuild installation vessel under previous Beluga Hochtief markings.
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    New partnership keeps WTIV plans on track

    2011-07-28T10:28:00Z

    Hochtief Construction has a new partner for the construction and operation of DP jack-up vessels for offshore wind farm installations.

  • An artist’s impression of the wind turbine drive train test rig , which is expected to be available for commercial testing from June 2013.
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    £25m for wind turbine drive train test rig

    2011-07-28T09:00:00Z

    The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that it will invest £25m into an open access, wind turbine drive train test rig seen as crucial for the continued success and further expansion of the UK’s offshore wind industry.