Offshore Renewables – Page 94
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NewsArchimedes Installation at EMEC Next Year
Scotland''s AWS Ocean Energy is to receive further support from the Carbon Trust in the development of its Archimedes Wave Swing, the world''s first submerged wave energy system. The support is part of the Marine Energy Accelerator Programme, the Carbon Trust initiative to accelerate the commercialisation of the marine energy ...
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NewsForward Planning for Wind Farm Installation
Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (TOW) has signed a reservation agreement with Denmark headquartered A2SEA A/S for the long term use of the vessel the ''Sea Jack'' for the main construction periods for the Thanet project. Starting in the autumn of next year Sea Jack will be used to install the ...
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NewsConnecting Offshore Wind to the National Grid
The development of the UK''s pioneering offshore wind energy sector continues apace as details were announced last month of the licensing regime for would be electricity transmission owners.
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NewsScotland SEAs Marine Renewables Future
One of the UK''s biggest studies into the environmental effects of marine renewable energy has been completed.
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NewsFunding In Place for Wave Hub
The world''s largest wave farm planned off the coast of Cornwall in South West England has been approved for £ 21.5 million of funding.
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NewsTidal Energy Test Centre to Open
The New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Northumberland UK will launch the only independent large scale tidal testing facility for device prototypes in Europe next month.
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Wind in Sails for Gunfleet Sands
Dong Energy has acquired the project company which holds all rights to construct an offshore wind farm at Gunfleet Sands UK from General Electric.
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News'Support Marine Renewable Energy Innovation'
The recent publication of the Stern Report in the UK and the United Nation''s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report have put global warming in the spotlight and beyond the influence of deniers such as the Bush Administration in America. These developments suggest increasing opportunities for those involved in ...
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More Money Moves to Renewables
European private equity and venture capital company 3i has enhanced its presence in the gas and power market by investing ¢ 30m for a minority stake in Electrawinds, Belgium''s leading independent renewable energy company.
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Tailfin Tidal Technology Surfaces in Oz
An Australian firm has developed a renewable tidal energy conversion system based on the highly efficient fin structure of shark, tuna, and mackerel.
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NewsBOWTIS Takes Offshore Wind Deeper
The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore Wind Turbine Installation System (BOWTIS), designed and built by Northumberland''s The Engineering Business Ltd, has led to the ...
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NewsRenewables Study for Western Isles
A new study, commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western IslesCouncil), investigates the feasibility of creating a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris and the potential for generating renewable energy from the resources of the Sound to help offset capital expenditure.
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NewsA Vertical Future for Marine Energy?
Progress continues on the prototype device being developed to harness wave energy from the movement of the sea (see MJ, October 2005).
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NewsDutch Consortium Wins Sohar Phase 3
A consortium of Interbeton, Six Construct, and Van Oord has been awarded the 195m contract for the construction of quay walls and dredging (Phase 3) at Sohar Port in Oman. The client is the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Government of Oman.
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NewsSimple Wave Generator Powers Forward
Essex UK based Trident Energy Ltd has taken a further major step towards the cost effective, flexible and uncomplicated production of energy from sea wave power, with its patented Direct Energy Conversion Method (DECM) successfully completing tests at the UK''s New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Northumberland.
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Severn Tidal Proposals Gain Momentum
The Welsh Assembly is urging the British Government to consider building a £ 15bn concrete barrage which would stretch for 10 miles across the Severn Estuary and generate a power output equivalent to at least two nuclear power stations whilst lasting three times longer.
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NewsConnection Regime for UK Marine Energy
The drive to increase Britain''s offshore wind energy has been given a significant boost as details were announced of how their connection to the electricity network onshore would be funded and operated.
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NewsFunding Flow for Shallow Water Tidal Stream Power Generator
BMT Renewables Ltd is part of a consortium that has been awarded a grant of £ 878,000 from the UK''s Department of Trade and Industry for a two year, £ 1.7m research, design and development project known as Pulse Stream 100.
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NewsSmall Isles, Big Resource as Alderney Explores Tidal Power
The States of Alderney, located eight miles from France, is not part of the UK or EU and has its own elected government which passes its own laws.
