Environment News – Page 77
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News26m Typhoon Class SWATH
The 26m Typhoon Class SWATH ordered by UK-based Renewable Energy Support Ltd (RES Ltd) has been successfully delivered to operators Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS) after completing final sea trials.
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NewsAir flow radar
A new radar system has been installed to help build up a picture of the complex flow patterns of wind through an offshore wind farm. DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have announced that the world’s first radar for offshore wind power is now delivering three-dimensional data on the wind flow ...
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NewsInnovative wave energy converter scheme
Mainstay Marine Solutions, the British designer, builder and maintainer of workboats and marine energy devices, has won a contract to build a new energy device for a £5.8m scheme in South Wales.
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NewsMarmok A-5 wave energy device installed
Spain’s Oceantec Energyas Marinas and CDA Bilbao Co. working with a team from the UK-based University of Exeter have successfully completed the final part of the commissioning of the Oceantec Marmok-A-5 wave energy device.
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NewsGovernment backing for British offshore wind
RenewableUK says the UK Government''s planned next round of competitive auctions to support offshore wind will provide a boost for British industry, but there is less certainty if Scottish renewables and other sectors such as solar and wave will also benefit.
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Marine protected area for Ross Sea
The establishment of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Antarctica’s Ross Sea has been agreed during the Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
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Low cost satellite modem
The UK''s Ocean Scientific International Ltd has added a new low-cost, low-power satellite modem to its range of telemetry equipment.
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NewsCorPower grant
CorPower Ocean AB, a Swedish developer of high efficiency wave energy converters, has been awarded a €4m grant by the European Commission (EC) for its WaveBoost project.
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NewsMoskito system successfully used
The Moskito oil salvage tool, developed in Norway by Miko Marine AS has recovered its first hydrocarbons from a half submerged ship in Chile.
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NewsNordergrunde progress and investment
While news comes of the installation of the first turbine tower at the German Nordergrunde wind farm, London, UK-based John Laing has acquired a 30% stake in the wind farm. The Nordergrunde project is John Laing''s second German wind investment and its first investment in offshore wind.
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NewsFinancial close for offshore wind project
Rentel NV has reached financial close for the construction of a new 309MW offshore windfarm off the Belgian coast.
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NewsHandling pollution in a small port or harbour
According to Capt. Brian McJury, a Master Mariner at London Offshore Consultants, Paris, the response can be very enthusiastic in a small ports when a pollution incident occurs.
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NewsBig solution for small vessels
A number of demonstrations have shown how DESMI’s antipollution devices can deal effectively with a number of perplexing problems – including a dearth of vessels on hand to help deal with a spill.
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NewsCarousels galore
The various offshore transmission developments underway in northern European waters, primarily related to wind farms, have led to the recent announcement of new onshore cable storage carousels on both the Northeast and South coasts of the UK.
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NewsAXYS Italian distribution
AXYS Technologies, a Canadian manufacturer of surface condition monitoring buoys popular in the offshore renewables industry, has announced the appointment of Geomarine as its new Value Added Reseller in Italy.
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NewsEast Anglia One contracts
Scottish Power Renewables is progressing the East Anglia One Offshore Wind farm (offshore UK) with the award of design and construction contracts. This £2.5 billion project is a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Vattenfall Wind Power and was awarded rights to develop wind farms off the coast of East Anglia ...
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Ballast Water Management Convention enters into force
The IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force on 8 September 2017 after Finland acceded to the treaty, but there concerns that shipowners are still without treatment systems approved for global use.
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NewsPeace Boat sign Ecoship collaboration agreement
Peace Boat and DNV GL signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a partnership to develop the Ecoship cruise ship.
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NewsSeabed plough completes £5m Race Bank wind farm project
Scotland-based Ecosse Subsea Systems has completed a second major seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on what will be one of the world’s largest offshore windfarms.
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NewsStatoil expands its wind farm portfolio
Norwegian oil major Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that will see Statoil take over as the operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm from January 2017.
