Latest Environment News – Page 135

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    Ohmsett Hosts Oil Spill Training

    2007-08-01T18:07:00Z

    Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in the USA, will host a one week Oil Spill Training Course from 17 to 21 September 2007.

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    COWS Comes Home First in Dubai

    2007-06-01T11:01:00Z

    Sea Protect Solutions, a system for processing bilgewater and sludge at sea, has won the Seatrade Dubai International Maritime Award for its contribution towards keeping the seas pollution free.

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    Emergency HNS Services for UK Ports

    2007-06-01T11:01:00Z

    Following their merger last year, Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and East Asia Response Private Limited (EARL), now OSRL/EARL, will now provide HNS response services for members at UK ports and harbours.

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    Connecting Offshore Wind to the National Grid

    2007-06-01T11:01:00Z

    The development of the UK''s pioneering offshore wind energy sector continues apace as details were announced last month of the licensing regime for would be electricity transmission owners.

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    Scotland SEAs Marine Renewables Future

    2007-06-01T11:01:00Z

    One of the UK''s biggest studies into the environmental effects of marine renewable energy has been completed.

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    Pollutant Recovery Drops in 2006

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    International Salvage Union members recovered over 566,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year.

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    Satellite Swoop on Marine Polluters

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) launched a satellite based observation system last month which detects illegal discharges and accidental spills from ships at sea in European waters.

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    'Clean Seas Award' to Pollution Fighters

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has won the Lloyd''s List ''Clean Seas Award'' for the second year running for its continuing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its deep sea operations.

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    Funding In Place for Wave Hub

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The world''s largest wave farm planned off the coast of Cornwall in South West England has been approved for £ 21.5 million of funding.

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    Tidal Energy Test Centre to Open

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Northumberland UK will launch the only independent large scale tidal testing facility for device prototypes in Europe next month.

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    Wind in Sails for Gunfleet Sands

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Dong Energy has acquired the project company which holds all rights to construct an offshore wind farm at Gunfleet Sands UK from General Electric.

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    EMSA Takes Spill Response to Atlantic

    2007-02-01T18:07:00Z

    Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill centre equipment stockpile at Sines in Portugal. For the three year contract, awarded to Lamor in a EU tender, the 3,000dwt chemical/oil tanker MT Galp Marine will be contracted and pre-fitted as an occasional ...

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    Port of LA CAAPs Air Pollution

    2007-02-01T18:07:00Z

    The Port of Los Angeles in California USA and the local South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are partnering on a demonstration project to use electrically powered tractors to tow cargo containers from the Port to local warehouses and rail yards. The $527,000 initiative, funded by the Port and ...

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    'Action Plan' for European Pollution

    2007-02-01T18:07:00Z

    Salvors are seeking a meeting with EU Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Commissioner Joe Borg to present their case for the adoption of new measures to reduce the risk of another spill disaster in European waters.  In response to the EU''s Green Paper on Future Maritime Policy, the International Salvage Union ...

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    'Support Marine Renewable Energy Innovation'

    2007-02-01T18:07:00Z

    The recent publication of the Stern Report in the UK and the United Nation''s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report have put global warming in the spotlight and beyond the influence of deniers such as the Bush Administration in America. These developments suggest increasing opportunities for those involved in ...

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    More Money Moves to Renewables

    2007-02-01T18:07:00Z

    European private equity and venture capital company 3i has enhanced its presence in the gas and power market by investing ¢ 30m for a minority stake in Electrawinds, Belgium''s leading independent renewable energy company.

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    Tailfin Tidal Technology Surfaces in Oz

    2007-02-01T18:07:00Z

    An Australian firm has developed a renewable tidal energy conversion system based on the highly efficient fin structure of shark, tuna, and mackerel.

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    BOWTIS Takes Offshore Wind Deeper

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore Wind Turbine Installation System (BOWTIS), designed and built by Northumberland''s The Engineering Business Ltd, has led to the ...

  • Tidal energy devices integrated within a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris would help offset capital expenditure.
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    Renewables Study for Western Isles

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    A new study, commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western IslesCouncil), investigates the feasibility of creating a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris and the potential for generating renewable energy from the resources of the Sound to help offset capital expenditure.

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    Tackling Light Pollution in Ports

    2006-11-01T18:07:00Z

    Ports are potentially hazardous areas by virtue of their activities, operations and the interaction of vehicles, machinery and people. Ensuring that lighting systems provide a safe working environment is essential, as is the need to comply with light pollution requirements.