Environment News – Page 79
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NewsOOC expands CTV fleet
Three more 36-passenger offshore CTVs will join Germany’s Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) in 2017 and 2018 as a result of the “outstanding” performance so far of the first boat in a new high-capability series.
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NewsNovel Seekuh heads for launch
Being launched in Germany in early September is the novel 12m long waste collection and research catamaran - ''Seekuh'' (Sea Cow) - designed to help cope with some of the millions of tons of plastic waste dumped in the world’s oceans every year.
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ETV reprieve
The UK government has taken the decision to provide a further five years of funding for the country’s remaining emergency towing vessel (ETV), based in Orkney.
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NewsNew Senior Associate at RCG
The UK-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the addition of Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate to the team, bringing valuable offshore wind development, compliance and due diligence skills.
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NewsHow will Brexit impact the renewables sector?
The UK’s vote in favour of leaving the European Union is expected to have a far reaching impact on the renewables sector in terms of investment and legislation.
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News“World first” wind and tidal power output combination
Atlantis Resources, the Singapore-headquartered tidal power developer, has announced that an agreement has been reached between the company’s majority owned MeyGen project (offshore Scotland) and a nearby wind farm development to facilitate access to the distribution grid for other renewable energy projects.
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NewsEcosse Subsea Systems lands first Danish project
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has secured its first subsea trenching contract in Kriegers Flak Offshore Windfarm in the Danish sector.
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Bazefield 7
A seventh release of Norwegian BazeField AS'' renewable energy monitoring and control system is due.
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NewsCurrent profiler for tidal turbines
Tidal turbine manufacturer OpenHydro has opted for the Signature500 current profiler from Norway-based Nortek to obtain precise current, wave and turbulence information as it is delivering two of the world’s first grid connected tidal arrays.
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NewsPLAT-O on display for Jutland commemorations
While German and British dignitaries, including The Princess Royal, Prime Minister David Cameron and German President Joachim Gauck, commemorated the Battle of Jutland in Orkney at the end of May, visitors to ‘HMS Bulwark’ at nearby Hatston Pier, in Kirkwall, would have seen a great symbol of how much things ...
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NewsWind farm impact study
The development of offshore wind farms has grown as demand for renewable energy has increased and in European waters 3,230 offshore wind turbines have already been installed. Overall the environmental impact of renewable energy is expected to be overwhelmingly positive, via the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the reduction ...
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NewsBurbo Bank charter deal
Danish offshore wind project developer, DONG Energy, has awarded UK support vessel operator, Seacat Services, with the supply contract for all crew transfer services at its 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project under development in the Irish Sea.
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NewsWaste Shark drone
South African entrepreneur Richard Hardiman has developed a solar-powered aqua-drone that can automatically clean up water pollution and waste in waterways and ports. It has taken 3 years to develop the Waste Shark drone.
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NewsAlderney tidal generation moves forward
With the hiring of Intertek to provide environmental and planning support the project to harness the strong tidal currents of the Island of Alderney has moved a step forward. Intertek has been hired by FAB Link Ltd which is the company that is developing the cross-Channel electricity power cable that ...
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‘MPI Enterprise’ installation contract
MPI Offshore has announced that it has been awarded a contract to install wind turbines on the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm. In a short ceremony held in May in Hamburg, the contract was signed by representatives from Senvion and MPI.
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OpenHydro assembly
In France the application authorisation for a building permit for the future energy turbine assembly yard for DCNS-OpenHydro has been signed.
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NewsEco Wave Power completes installation of innovative device in Gibraltar
In late March, Israel-based energy company Eco Wave Power announced that it had successfully completed the first stage installation of a commercial scale wave energy plant off the coast of Gibraltar.
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NewsReport urges greater funding for Irish marine renewables
A recent report by Ireland''s Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA) concludes that marine energy could be ''mainstream'' in Europe by 2050 - and supply up to 100 GW of power. It also argues that there is now a need for a comprehensive funding plan to enable Ireland and other ...
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NewsSecond Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework Report paints positive outlook
During March, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC) released its second Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework Report (CRMF). Among other things, the report finds that ''the industry is confident of driving costs below £100/MWh by 2020 on the back of long-term market certainty.''
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NewsAirborne wind energy technology - soaring into the mainstream?
Long viewed as quirky but largely irrelevant, airborne wind energy generation technology is enjoying something of a quiet renaissance. So, as an innovative UK-developed device creeps ever nearer to commercialisation, what are the chances that the technology will one day soar into the mainstream?
