Latest Environment News – Page 133

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    Lerwick Port lands environmental certification

    2008-10-30T12:36:00Z

    Scotland' s Lerwick Port Authority has achieved a key goal in its Strategy & Business Plan by gaining certification to the internationally recognised Environmental Standard, BS EN ISO 14001:2004.

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    Submerged oil spills under review

    2008-10-30T12:36:00Z

    BMT Cordah is carrying out a study on behalf of the UK' s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to review methods and technologies for responding to oil that becomes submerged or sinks following spillage at sea.

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    Can the green ring prevent 'sewerage-cide'?

    2008-09-01T12:36:00Z

    A tell-tale dye system that shows if a boat discharges it''s toilet or holding tank in the wrong place could well catch on in Europe.

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    Arctic research ship skates on thin ice

    2008-09-01T12:36:00Z

    The ''Ice Chaser'' survey team on board the James Clark Ross icebreaker returned last month from their exploration of the Arctic''s sea ice with news on the environment, a hot topic since some forecasts have predicted an ice-free Arctic summer within the next ten years.

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    Planning Approval for Wave Hub

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The UK Government gave planning approval earlier this month for the world''s first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South West England.

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    REDS on Renewables Seabeds

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    REDS Ltd (Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd) have this summer taken their first steps into the offshore renewable energy sector. In late June the Midlands UK based company were contracted to carry out works on the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm (BOWF) currently owned and operated by DONG Energy / ...

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    Offshore Renewables Boost Ports Industry

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The 25 turbine Burbo Bank Offshore Windfarm was completed this summer on behalf of the Danish Company Dong Energy, culminating a hectic but successful installation period.

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    Progress on objections to offshore wind

    2008-07-29T20:09:00Z

    A landmark agreement has been reached between the UK Government and industry which aims to remove aviation and radar barriers to the major expansion of wind energy that has been outlined by Business Secretary John Hutton.

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    Deeper water wind farms under development

    2008-07-29T20:09:00Z

    The challenge of generating increasing amounts of clean and sustainable energy is leading energy producers to investigate building bigger offshore wind farms in deeper waters. A major technical challenge is installing the foundations for such structures.

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    The tide turns for nuclear giant

    2008-07-29T20:09:00Z

    French power group EDF is planning build three to six turbines along the northern coast of Brittany to produce electricity from the energy in tidal currents.

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    More from Lamor with oil recovery barges

    2008-07-28T20:09:00Z

    Finnish oil recovery specialist Lamor Corporation Ab has completed delivery of three multipurpose oil recovery barges to a customer in the Middle East. The company is experienced in boat building and ship repair since 1982 and combines this expertise with the manufacture and supply of modern and innovative oil recovery ...

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    ISU Warns over new Bunker Spills Convention

    2008-07-28T20:09:00Z

    International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has drawn attention to the incident at Newcastle NSW last year when the 225m bulk carrier ' Pasha Bulker' grounded on the Australian coast in extreme weather conditions.  

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    Reefs under threat

    2008-07-16T20:09:00Z

    It seems that shipping activities are partly to blame for the endangered state of the world' s shallow coral reefs. Vessel anchors can drag for considerable distances, breaking up coral structures that took hundreds of years to build, and boat groundings cause devastation.

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    Clean up your act at Seawork

    2008-06-07T20:09:00Z

    First time Seawork exhibitor Industrial Apparatus Consultants (IAC) will be showing its range of oil spill prevention and clean up equipment to an environmentally conscious marine industry on Stand 327.

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    Rapid refloats and pollution prevention

    2008-06-07T20:09:00Z

    Last year saw a substantial increase in pollutants recovered by International Salvage Union (ISU) members. A total of 1.1m tons of oils, chemicals and other pollutants was recovered from 282 casualties. This is a near 95% increase on the tonnage recovered in 2006.

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    Best Buddy keeps clean canals

    2008-06-07T20:09:00Z

    Essex Waterways Limited and Chelmer Canal Trust, the bodies responsible for maintaining and operating The Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation in the UK have delivered an innovative solution to the problem of visual pollution as part of it’ s continuing commitment to good environmental stewardship.

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    Wave power follows in wake of wind

    2008-06-01T20:09:00Z

    A new wave power station on the Isle of Lewis, one of the first in the world, moved a step closer last month as npower renewables submitted a planning application for the ground-breaking scheme.

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    Buoy reporters at Wave Hub site

    2008-06-01T20:09:00Z

    The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has ordered eight Fugro Oceanor Seawatch Mini II buoys to form the core of an instrumentation network at the Wave Hub site off the South West of England.

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    Funding for Oscillating Water Column development

    2008-06-01T20:09:00Z

    A partnership between Cornwall based wave energy developer Orecon; Peter Brotherhood Ltd, a leader in the design and manufacture of turbines; Converteam, the UK’ s largest supplier of electrical systems to the renewable market and Cranfield University, is to receive a £ 500,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board to ...

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    REDS dive into New Year with renewables

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services (REDS) has started off the New Year as they finished 2007, winning a contract for a diving project on N-Power' s Rhyl Flats Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast.