Latest Environment News – Page 83
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NewsCarbon monoxide poisoning awareness urged
UK gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, and The Port of Liverpool Police force have been urging foreign vessel crew members arriving into UK ports, and all personnel working on vessels, to be aware of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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NewsNovel Finnish project pioneers ice resistant technology at offshore wind farm
At the end of August, Finnish offshore wind energy company Suomen Hyötytuuli celebrated the opening of the innovative ''ice resistant'' Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm, the first project of its kind anywhere in Finland.
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NewsTidal energy used to produce hydrogen gas
In mid-September, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) announced that it had successfully completed its project to produce hydrogen gas using electricity generated from tidal energy in Orkney - the first initiative of its kind anywhere in the world.
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NewsUAV technology rises to offshore renewables challenges
According to drone operator Texo Drone Services, across the offshore renewables industry, UAV technology is now an established and essential part of maintenance inspections and surveys.
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NewsEvidence building for microplastics damage
Ecology consultancy Thomson Ecology has published images showing the scale of the microplastics problem and the way that these plastics are entering our food chain.
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NewsTool to reduce operational costs at offshore windfarms
An electronics developer is working on a tool to reduce operation and maintenance costs and risks at offshore windfarms.
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NewsBiological sewage treatment for marine applications
The new Evac EcoTreat biological wastewater treatment plant is claimed to deliver the best of both worlds for owners of small vessels, with cost-effective treatment of black and gray water that meets and exceeds the latest environmental standards.
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NewsLaminaria raises €2M for wave energy development
Laminaria, a Belgian company in the field of wave energy generation, has raised €2M from new investors, QBIC II and PMV, and existing investor CEIP.
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NewsTurbine installation at Dudgeon offshore windfarm completes
The work to install 67 Siemens 6MW turbines at the Dudgeon offshore windfarm has been completed in a project which one operator calls its toughest to date.
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NewsLower offshore wind prices driving contracts
Cost reductions in offshore wind are fuelling growth in industry contracts with three UK offshore wind projects making successful bids.
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NewsEuropean expertise will help kick-start development of offshore wind in Taiwan
Global Maritime has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a number of leading Taiwanese organisations to develop closer cooperation on offshore wind technologies including marine warranty surveys, inspections and testing services.
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Laminaria raises €2M
Laminaria, an innovative Belgian company in the field of wave energy generation, has raised €2M from new investors, QBIC II and PMV, and existing investor CEIP.
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NewsCWind awarded transition piece gate contracts
CWind has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy, to install new and retrofit existing gates on the transition pieces at the Gode Wind and Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind farms, located in the North Sea off the coast of Northern Germany.
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NewsCold ironing class notation
The offshore vessel ‘KL Sandefjord’, owned by K Line Offshore AS, is the first offshore vessel with the DNV GL class notation Shore Power.
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NewsMonaco-backed circumnavigating study will report on the health of our oceans
A ground-breaking new scientific study, will examine the impact of climate change and other environmental factors on the world’s marine ecosystem.
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NewsWhitepaper reports on tidal energy storage solutions
Market research company New Energy Update has published a whitepaper investigating the nascent field of energy storage technologies for tidal energy projects.
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NewsProject seeks to address ships’ biofouling
A new project which seeks to protect marine ecosystems from the negative effects of invasive aquatic species has been given the green light.
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NewsPioneering projects to deepen understanding of human and wildlife impacts of offshore developments
The Swedish wind energy company Vattenfall has announced plans to jointly fund pioneering research to explore how bottlenose dolphins, sea trout, salmon, sea birds and humans are affected by offshore wind developments.
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NewsOffshore wind energy - a continuing European success story
Thirty years ago, the European wind energy sector was nothing more than a nice idea - however, since then it has mushroomed into an international business employing many thousands of people and generating ever greater amounts of renewable energy.
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NewsFrance’s first floating turbine mooring installation
Paris-headquartered Bourbon has completed the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France, at the SEM-REV experimental test site off Le Croisic.
