Environment News – Page 60
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NewsCornish cash for ocean thermal energy project
Last September, Global OTEC Resources received a £140,000 grant from Marine-i which enabled the company to establish its operation in Cornwall, UK.
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NewsNew platform for wind as well as wave energy
Swansea-based wave energy technology developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has revealed plans to develop floating offshore devices to be used to generate both wind and wave energy.
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NewsAcoustic monitoring protects marine mammals
Sercel has announced that deployment of its QuietSea Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) system has been extended to the UK.
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NewsGermans open door for new offshore test field
The Berlin Parliament has opened the way for the creation of a new national offshore wind farm test field off the German Baltic coast, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsFloating wind instrument supply
PSM Instrumentation are part of an innovative floating wind platform project which allows the exploitation of wind potential at sea in depths of more than 40 metres.
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NewsAir quality in Naples suffers from ships’ emissions
An environmentalist group, Cittadini per l’Aria, has tested the air quality in Naples and has called Italy to support a Mediterranean Emission Control Area (MedECA).
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NewsDen Helder Airport benefits from booming offshore wind
Den Helder Airport in the Netherlands will facilitate helicopter flights for the maintenance of the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm for Vestas.
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NewsMUPs can offer lower cost development
New research has identified three areas of innovation that could significantly reduce the development costs of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea (MUPs) to make them more economically attractive.
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NewsCall for more CTV performance transparency
CTV operators are calling for more transparency around vessel performance as the market seeks to “level the playing field” in offshore wind support, a marine engineering company has said.
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NewsFirst call for ocean energy demonstration
An ocean energy technology demonstration programme encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-risking across the Atlantic Area regions has announced its first call for applications.
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NewsSniffing drone to catch sulphurous offenders
The maritime authorities in Denmark have deployed a large drone with the capability of sulphur sniffing writes Dag Pike.
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NewsAiP for wind turbine shuttle
DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate for a wind turbine shuttle (WTS) developed to install offshore wind turbines (OWT) at wind farms.
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Ocean Power Innovation Network
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is leading a new pan-European project, Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN), which aims to accelerate the development of the ocean energy sector.
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NewsModular catamaran workboat
A new multi-role workboat from pollution control specialists Desmi is claimed to be able to shift operation mode within an hour.
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National revenue support a must for ocean energy
Dedicated revenue support at national level is essential to attract investment for ocean energy farms, according to a new report from sectoral advisory body ETIP Ocean.
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Co-President for Ocean Energy Europe
Industry body Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-President of the association.
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NewsDual Sub combines wind and waves
A Swansea, UK-based wave energy company has unveiled plans to combine a floating wave energy device to make it suitable as a base for a floating wind generator.
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NewsPivotBuoy floater funding secured
A new single point mooring system platform for floating wind turbines that features many unique properties has received funding from the EU Commission Horizon 2020 writes Dag Pike.
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NewsAcoustic buoys to protect whales
Equinor Wind US, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have launched a joint project to deploy two new near real-time acoustic buoys designed to expand the detection and monitoring of whale species found in the waters of New York Bight.
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Green Thessaloniki
Striving for sustainability, the Greek Port of Thessaloniki has joined the Green Award program to attract and reward green, high quality ships.
