Offshore Renewables – Page 99
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NewsWave Hub on course for summer deployment
Wave Hub, the pioneering marine energy project, is on course to be deployed this summer with fabrication of sub-sea cables and the hub itself nearing completion.
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NewsCFPA renews itself with offshore wind
Handling over 150 complete wind turbines units in the last five years, the operator of one of Scotland’s premier deepwater ports, Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA), has established itself as a renewable energy centre for the import, logistics and storage of wind farm components
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NewsIt’s all happening at All Energy 2010
The scene is set for a record-breaking All-Energy 2010. The UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is being held 19-20 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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NewsIndustry answers to energy blowing in the wind
When The Crown Estate in the UK announced in January the successful bidders for nine Zone Development Agreements to develop offshore wind farms under the Round 3 licensing arrangements, it represented a major expansion of an already fast growing maritime industry.
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NewsGE to invest €340m in European offshore wind
GE announced plans last week to invest €110 million to develop offshore wind turbine manufacturing facilities and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the United Kingdom.
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NewsRe-tendering for tidal energy project in Scotland
The Crown Estate, which manages a £6bn property portfolio across the UK, announced yesterday that it is inviting expressions of interest for a tidal energy project in the Inner Sound, which lies between Caithness on the Scottish mainland and the island of Stroma.
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NewsUK launches Marine Energy Action Plan
Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15m homes and save up to 70m tons of C02 by 2050 according to the UK Government’s Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP), which was released last week.
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NewsWork begins on Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site
Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began last week with the arrival of the 164m vessel ''Nordness''.
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NewsInternational funding powers tidal turbines
Siemens Energy has invested in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd, alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors.
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NewsWind turbine installation vessels move to the next generation
Offshore installation company MPI, through a wholly owned subsidiary and the Danish company A2SEA, will provide two vessels for the installation of 175 turbines with a combined capacity of 630MW.
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NewsThanet Offshore Windfarm construction forges ahead
A milestone has been reached with the installation of the offshore substation at Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Windfarm off the UK’s Kent coast.
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NewsCall for offshore wind farm workboat funding
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Community of European Shipyards'' Association (CESA) are calling on Europe to support new vessel builds to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years.
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NewsNew energy award for ‘Beatrice’ developer
SeaEnergy PLC subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables was named Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010, which took place at the Natural History Museum in London last week.
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News£22m of new funding for wave and tidal energy
Marine energy will be ready for mass scale deployment and an important new commercial UK industry by 2020 said the Carbon Trust earlier this month.
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NewsScotland set for massive investment in offshore wind power
Scottish Renewables, the voice of the renewables industry in Scotland, has revealed that more than £ 30bn of investment is set to flow from offshore wind power development in Scottish waters.
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NewsDeep Green flies kite for tidal energy
As political leaders gather in Copenhagen this week for COP 15 United Nations Climate Change, Saab spin-off Minesto has revealed another step towards tidal energy commercialisation by producing electricity with the Deep Green concept. Minesto is a Swedish and UK based company founded in 2007, with majority owners including the ...
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NewsGifford wind turbine design shortlisted by Carbon Trust
A design for a new generation of deep water wind turbine foundations, developed by a British consortium led by independent engineering and environmental consultant Gifford, has been selected in a competition organised by the Carbon Trust.
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NewsCanada launch 'world's first' offshore wind assessment buoy
Canada' s AXYS Technologies Inc has deployed an offshore wind resource assessment buoy, the WindSentinel, off of Race Rocks Island in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada.
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NewsNew wave energy device has world as its 'Oyster'
Queen’ s University Belfast has launched the world’ s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device in conjunction with Aquamarine Power.
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NewsCornwall champions sustainable energy
Captain Richard Parkinson, managing director of Mojo Maritime Limited of Cornwall UK has received a top honour at the 2009 South West Green Energy Awards ceremony, which took place in Bath earlier this month.
