Environment News – Page 73

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    Offshore windfarm seal solution

    2017-07-26T13:47:00Z

    International cable seal manufacturer Roxtec has delivered a sealing solution to support a new £1.3billion offshore windfarm in the English Channel

  • Acta Orion
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    Acta Orion serves turbine installation

    2017-07-21T12:37:00Z

    Netherlands-owned Acta Marine’s construction support vessel Acta Orion is carrying out accommodation and walk-to-work duties for Siemens on Dong Energy’s Norfolk offshore wind farm, Race Bank.

  • LiDAR
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    LiDARs sole wind measurement tool

    2017-07-20T17:24:00Z

    LiDARs have replaced met masts to become the sole wind measurement tool used for offshore resource assessment and power curve verification purposes, wind measurement experts at a London conference claim.

  • Testing Mocean’s novel wave energy converter
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    Results of Orkney wave energy supply chain project published

    2017-07-03T13:30:00Z

    During May, Wave Energy Scotland and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) published a series of guidance documents presenting the findings of the Orkney supply chain wave energy device testing project. So what are the main themes of each report? And what are the main conclusions?

  • Seacat Services will support early Operations & Maintenance (O&M) activity for the Galloper windfarm
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    Seacat Services support at Galloper windfarm

    2017-05-31T17:02:00Z

    Offshore energy service vessel operator, Seacat Services, has agreed a two-year charter contract to provide support through early operations at the UK''s new 336MW Galloper offshore windfarm.

  • Vertical axis water turbine
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    Partnership yields mass energy

    2017-05-18T08:52:00Z

    A partnership to deliver high yield water turbines has been established by two Dutch companies; electrical system integrator, Bakker Sliedrecht, and water turbine manufacturer, Water2Energy.

  • Artemis test facility for the WES PTO project
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    Wave Energy Scotland PTO development programme

    2017-05-16T09:09:00Z

    Wave Energy Scotland has announced that it has selected three wave energy technologies to move forward with stage 3 of its Power Take Off (PTO) development programme. So, which projects are set to share a slice of the £7.5 million investment? And what technological development will the funding ...

  • Jimmy Murphy, Principal Investigator at MaREI
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    Irish marine energy sector continues to make waves

    2017-05-16T08:40:00Z

    In recent years, the Irish wave and tidal energy sector has steadily grown - with a number of companies and organisations now making solid progress in the development of devices around the country.

  • Zunibal wave measurement buoy
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    RECODE Project Moves into Testing and Demonstration Phase

    2017-05-16T08:06:00Z

    An innovative new project aimed at developing and demonstrating critical components for the monitoring, control and electrical connection of reliable Ocean Energy Arrays (OEAs) has recently moved from concept development to the testing and demonstration phase.

  • Atlantis Resources AR-1500 tidal turbine
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    Atlantis Resources signs collaborative agreement with INNOSEA

    2017-05-16T07:56:00Z

    During March, UK tidal energy company Atlantis Resources announced that it had inked a deal with the French specialist marine engineering outfit INNOSEA in a bid to grab a slice of the potentially sizeable French tidal energy market.

  • Ideol floating turbine
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    Gaelectric partners with Ideol to expand Irish floating offshore wind market

    2017-05-16T07:38:00Z

    In the middle of March, Irish renewable energy company Gaelectric announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with French outfit Ideol to develop a number of floating offshore wind energy projects around Ireland.

  • Walney Offshore Wind Farm (Photo: DONG Energy AS)
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    Project to assess potential of advanced technologies for offshore O&M

    2017-05-15T16:45:00Z

    In early March 2017, a consortium of UK universities and offshore wind energy companies launched a novel initiative to assess the potential application of advanced technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind farms.

  • Water is sucked in from the surface and passes through the catch bag inside the Seabin
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    Northern Europe's first floating rubbish bin installed in Helsinki

    2017-05-11T08:10:00Z

    The first Seabin marine rubbish bin in Northern Europe has been launched and placed in test use in Uunisaari, off the coast of the Kaivopuisto district of Helsinki, Finland. Another floating rubbish bin will be installed in Helsinki at the turn of June

  • There was a practical element on site at Spanish Point involving operation and demonstration of equipment while a technical briefing was carried out on equipment on site for officials
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    Shannon exercise

    2017-04-28T16:46:00Z

    A training exercise testing the response capabilities of Shannon Foynes Port Company, local authorities and other organisations who operate in the vicinity of the Shannon Estuary, Ireland recently took place at Spanish Point, County Clare.

  • The Deep Green system uses a buoyant wing type structure with a turbine nacelle suspended below it
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    Deep Green for Holyhead Deep

    2017-04-27T11:46:00Z

    Natural Resources Wales has given consent is for a 0.5 MW Deep Green tidal generating device to be installed in the southern corner of the Holyhead Deep in the UK’s Irish Sea. This will be the first time that the Swedish Deep Green underwater kite technology will be tested on ...

  • TTC-GD has already begun construction
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    Dutch tidal development centre

    2017-04-26T12:05:00Z

    With the offshore wind market entering maturity the focus for renewables is turning further towards tidal and wave energy with tidal energy attracting a lot of attention.

  • The PLA adopted a target emissions standard comparable to other European ports offering emissions related discounts
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    Green discount

    2017-04-24T10:41:00Z

    The UK’s Port of London Authority has reported a successful take-up of its ‘Green Discount’ incentive scheme.

  • Offshore windfarm construction in the German North Sea
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    German offshore wind reaches subsidy free milestone

    2017-04-24T09:50:00Z

    The German electricity grid regulator has approved bids to build what will be the first offshore wind farms that depend entirely on market prices for viability rather than government support and subsidies.

  • The Articulated Wind Column is designed to operate with the largest of turbines
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    Crossover foundation

    2017-04-21T15:50:00Z

    The Articulated Wind Column (AWC) from UK-based ODE is a crossover technology with 40 years of use in the oil and gas industry re-engineered for offshore wind in mid to deep water environments of 230ft to 660ft (70m to 200m).

  • Scotrenewables Tidal Power SR2000
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    SR2000 hits peak power

    2017-04-21T10:00:00Z

    The world’s most powerful tidal turbine, developed and manufactured by Scottish engineering company Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited has reached full rated power at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney.