Environment News – Page 120
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NewsVan Oord to build wind farm off Belgium
Van Oord has been awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the first part of the Belwind offshore wind farm project.
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NewsGreen Ship wins Sustainable Shipping award
The Green Ship of the Future, the Danish maritime initiative, has received the International Environmental Award from the Sustainable Shipping organisation for being the most environmentally friendly shipping initiative. Sustainable Shipping is a leading organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable use of the sea.
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NewsDesign innovation with wind in its sails
An artist's impression of the IHC Merwede concept for an offshore wind turbine installation vessel.These include offshore wind vessels specifically designed for jacket installation, turbine installation and blade installation. The company is convinced that such thinking 'outside the box' is going to prove vital for a new industry where it ...
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NewsWind farm makes Wells a commercial port
Last June the Harbour Commissioners of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk UK signed an agreement with the developers of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Scira Offshore Energy Ltd., securing a 50 year contract which will alter its primary function from fishing and leisure to commercial port.
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NewsEC funds maritime pollution prevention project
The European Commission’ s (EC) EuropeAid Cooperation Office has awarded a contract to support the development of a common security management, maritime safety and ship pollution prevention project for the Black and Caspian Seas.
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NewsNew Komara Stars in viscous oil recovery
Isle of Wight UK based Vikoma International has launched a unique star disc skimmer designed specifically for recovering highly viscous oil.
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NewsInflation boom times at Interspill
Isle of Wight based Vikoma has won the latest EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency) contract for the North Sea. The announcement was made yesterday at the Interspill 2009 exhibition and conference, which is ongoing in Marseilles.
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NewsNew plastics poison threat to oceans
A report released last week at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) says that plastics may be more hazardous to our seas than originally thought. ‘ Plastics in daily use are generally assumed to be quite stable,’ said study lead researcher Katsuhiko Saido, PhD. ‘ We found ...
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NewsStrong wind brings South Boats fleet to Seawork
South Boats Special Projects Ltd will be taking up their usual berths at this year’ s Seawork 2009 exhibition at the bottom of the main gangway. What is different his year is that the company has arguably grown into the UK’ s busiest and perhaps largest boat building company.
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NewsTidalStream's turbine validated in deep water tests
Two British engineers have developed a breakthrough design that could within five years begin to generate substantial amounts of cheap electricity from deepwater tidal flows. TidalStream Ltd reported last month that their unique turbine platform design, code named Triton, has successfully undergone validation testing at the deep-water test basin at ...
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NewsAnother British wave device welcomed in Portugal
Orecon, the Cornish wave energy device developer, has signed an agreement with Portuguese developer Eneólica. The two companies are establishing a joint venture company to build and deploy Orecon’ s first full scale 1.5MW multi-resonant chamber (MRC) wave energy buoy.
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NewsDutch tide turns in the Westerschelde
The C-Energy consortium installed a support structure for the first Dutch tidal energy demonstration project last week. The project is located at the Marine Terminal of the Total Refinery within the municipality of Borsele in the Westerschelde. Over the next two months all electronics and the rotor will be installed.
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NewsFirst Ocean Cat launched this month.
A new design catamaran for the offshore wind market is due to be launched this month. The Ocean Cat, a 16m aluminium work catamaran designed by Marine Design International Ltd., is under construction at Mooney Boats in Killybegs for Sinbad Marine Services, and is part of the same design family ...
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NewsA simpler form of wave power
Trident Energy is a marine renewables energy company that has developed a unique and low cost system for converting sea wave energy directly into electricity.
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NewsSee a slick operation at Seawork
London based International Apparatus Consultants Limited will be on Stand 233 at Seawork 2009 providing information on HNS and oil pollution equipment, imbiber beads, and oil pollution control boats, including the ‘ Catamar’ Offshore Oil Recovery Vessel commissioned in April by the French DOE.
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Spill detecting radar processor at Seawork
Rochester UK based Ships Electronic Services (SES) will attract many visitors to its stand at Seawork 2009 with display which includes both a live radar and a working FLIR infra red camera.
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NewsGiant Octopus a hit in Marseilles
Ro-Clean Desmi attended the Interspill 2009 exhibition in Marseille last month with the intention of meeting customers, and also launching their new skimmer, the Desmi Giant Octopus.
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DONG on song as budget ROCS
DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Walney II in the Irish Sea. The move is a result of the British government' s increase in funding towards sustainable energy, which the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced in his budget presentation last month.
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NewsCold ironing not just for the big boys
Amsterdam Seaports have recently announced plans to upgrade and expand their network of cold ironing shore power supply facilities for small vessels including inland waterway barges and river cruisers.
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NewsGuidelines agreed for marine energy development
Benchmarks for best practice have been drawn up for the fast emerging marine energy industry to stimulate the development of wave and tidal power systems.
