Environment News – Page 115
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NewsBlade racks contract for A&P Falmouth
The A&P Group, which has seven drydocks in three UK locations, has won a multi-million pound contract for the renewable industry with work being carried out at their shipyard in Falmouth.
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NewsEnergy opportunities prompt Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction, the cluster of organisations representing Teesside’s growing renewable energy sector and its associated supply chain, held a strategy meeting in Middlesbrough recently.
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NewsScots group seizes local opportunity
The completion of a new generation wave power device at Invergordon in Scotland signals the growing diversification of Port Services Group (PSG) into the renewable energy sector.
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NewsMega-crane readied for Round 3 wind farms
An innovative crane being built in Rostock is destined for a new heavy lift jack-up vessel for Beluga Hochtief Offshore, a joint venture of Hochtief Construction AG and Beluga Shipping GmbH.
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NewsRenewable UK campaign for marine energy
Britain''s renewable energy trade association RenewableUK launched a campaign on Wednesday urging the Government not to cut vital financial support for the marine energy sector.
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NewsGrant funding for underwater kites trials
Tidal energy device developer Minesto UK Ltd is receiving a grant of up to £350,000 from the Carbon Trust funded by Invest Northern Ireland to deploy the first seagoing prototype of its seakite technology, ''Deep Green''.
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NewsLondon Array moves into Ramsgate
With the UK port of Ramsgate now home to the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (TOW), new neighbours are moving in next door.
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NewsUK holds lead in European offshore wind
Latest offshore wind statistics from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) confirm that the UK is the world sector leader with 1,341 megawatts (MW) installed.
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News‘Sea ambulance’ service for wind farms
Harwich UK based A J Woods Engineering Ltd is launching a new ‘sea ambulance’/rescue service for offshore wind farms, starting at the Greater Gabbard project located 23km off the Suffolk coast.
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NewsOil spill recovery vessel to Portugal
Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle in the USA has delivered a 30'' Rapid Response Oil Skimmer fitted with a Marco Pollution Control CL-1 Filterbelt oil recovery module to Administração do Porto de Sines (APS) of Portugal.
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NewsUK holds lead in European offshore wind
The latest offshore wind statistics, released last week by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), confirm that the United Kingdom is the European and world sector leader with 1,341 megawatts (MW) installed.
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NewsEIA for wind turbine demonstrator scheme
International renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, has been appointed as the environmental impact assessment (EIA) coordinators for the offshore elements of the Narec Offshore Wind Demonstrator Scheme after a competitive tendering exercise run by Turner and Townsend on Narec’s behalf.
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NewsDredged silt goes to Rotterdam
The crunch of environmental concerns and filling dump facilities has meant large quantities of sediment from the harbours in Bremerhaven will soon set off on a journey abroad.
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NewsUK oil spill treatment review begins
A six week consultation on how to treat oil spills was launched in the UK on the 15th of this month.
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NewsWind power lifts off in Brussels
EWEA 2011, billing itself as ‘Europe’s premier wind energy event’, returns to the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium on 14 through 17 March.
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NewsWind energy employment soars
RenewableUK has published the most comprehensive ever employment figures for the wind energy industry, showing a 91% increase in full time employment in the sector between 2007/8 and 2009/10.
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NewsDanish consortium aims to map oil spills
Danish industries are cooperating together in a new project beginning this month to try to help improve recovery efforts following an oil spill.
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NewsPelamis making waves in UK waters
Following a recent announcement by EON-UK, Pelamis wave power looks set to become an increasingly important renewable energy source.
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NewsGreen light for ‘Deepwater Installer’
UK wind energy services company Gaoh Offshore has signed of a Letter of Intent covering the design development and construction of their multi-purpose wind farm development vessel, the Deepwater Installer.
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NewsSupport for UK Marine Energy Programme
Wave Hub, the pioneering marine energy project in Cornwall, has welcomed a pledge from UK Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker to support the creation of a marine energy park in South West England.
