286 results found for 'West of Orkney'

286 results found for 'West of Orkney'
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  • Port of Oostende Holds ‘Blue Energy’ Conference

    21 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Oostende organised the BEPPo (Blue Energy Production in Ports) closing conference “Ports as hubs for marine renewable energy projects” at the Greenbridge Incubator centre. BEPPo is a transnational collaborative project between public and private organisations from Belgium, Denmark, Scotland and Norway, 50% co-funded by European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) within the Interreg […]

  • CableFish Proves to Be Revolutionizing for Subsea Cable Installation

    6 August 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The first stage of the new CableFish test programme was completed last week and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a simulated cable off the Dorset coast in flows of up to 2.5knots. The objective was to prove the concept, including the […]

  • GBP 6 Million Available for Wave and Tidal Projects Through WATERS (Scotland)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • UK: Construction Starts on OREC’s HQ

    1 August 2012

    Scotland’s flagship International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) is starting to take shape following the start of construction on Scottish Enterprise’s £10 million Industry Engagement Building in Glasgow – the future headquarters of the UK’s new Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC).  The ITREZ, which already incorporates Strathclyde University’s £89 million Technology Innovation Centre, aims […]

  • New Project Tackles Biofouling on Offshore Wind Turbines

    13 December 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), NDT Consultants, Brunel University London, Reece Innovation, InnoTecUK, 3-Sci, and E.ON have joined forces to launch the CleanWinTur project to combat biofouling on offshore wind turbines.

  • UK: Wave Power Project Could Bring Hundred of Jobs to Western Isles

    21 October 2013
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Aquamarine Power’s proposed wave farm on the Western Isles could create hundreds of long-term skilled jobs in one of Britain’s most remote communities, according to figures published today. The Edinburgh firm’s 40MW Lewis wave farm – which was fully consented by the Scottish Government earlier this year – could generate between 98 and 200 jobs […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce to Sell Tidal Generation Limited to Alstom

    25 September 2012

    Alstom has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to acquire Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Plc, specialised in the design and manufacture of tidal stream turbines. Alstom’s acquisition of TGL is expected to be completed within the next few months, subject to closing conditions. TGL is at the forefront in the […]

  • UK: Aegir to Benefit from Viking Wind Farm Approval

    4 April 2012

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today granted consent for the 370MW Viking wind farm on Shetland. The wind farm will allow the construction of an interconnector cable between the Shetland Isles and the Scottish mainland, allowing the export of electricity to the national grid. This interconnector is vital for the Aegir wave farm being developed […]

  • AWS Wraps Up Initial Wave Power Generator Testing

    22 July 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy has taken a major step forward with the successful deployment and initial testing of a half-scale AWS-III wave power generator. The test programme took place at Lyness in Orkney, Scotland, and will help the company develop its energy technology for variable applications – small-scale use (for example in offshore fish farms) […]

  • Two Wave Rider Buoys Deployed at Pelamis’ Scottish Site

    23 December 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Two waverider buoys are deployed 9km off the north coast of Scotland at Farr Point to support the development of Pelamis wave power farm project. The buoys are 0.9m in diameter, yellow and fitted with a flashing light. They are moored by a slack line and can move in a 200m radius watch circle. The […]

  • UK: Partrac Completes 2nd Year of Surveys for SSE

    18 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Partrac Ltd were awarded the framework contract by SSE Renewables to provide metocean survey services in support of wave and tidal energy developments in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters, following the award of Agreement for Leases by The Crown Estate in 2010. Now approaching the second year of survey, the Partrac Marine team have […]

  • EMEC, FORCE Host Workshop at ICOE

    10 November 2014

    Ocean energy test sites spanning Europe, Asia, and North America have committed to coordinate procedures and standards to ensure consistency in testing marine energy converters across the globe. Bringing together operational and planned test sites from around the world for the second time, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and the Fundy Ocean Research Centre […]

  • UK: Vattenfall Secures Last Berth EMEC

    15 March 2012

    Vattenfall today announced that it had signed up the last remaining berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world leading ocean energy research and development centre on Orkney to test a Pelamis wave energy converter. Vattenfall’s announcement stated that they hope to start testing a Pelamis machine in 2014, and confirmed previous statements […]

  • Converteam Wins Deal to Supply Electrical Equipment for 1MW Tidal Turbines (UK)

    7 March 2011

    Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected to supply major elements of electrical equipment for a 1MW tidal turbine known as HS1000. The contract awarded by Hammerfest Strøm UK Ltd includes the subsea generator and the shore based systems including a power converter, transformers and switchgear. The turbine will be deployed […]

  • Nautricity Gets Tidal Test Berth at EMEC

    25 February 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Nautricity has secured a grid connected tidal test berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), following successful sea trials at EMEC’s non-grid connected site last year. In 2014, Nautricity tested its CoRMaT tidal energy converter and Hydrobuoy mooring system at EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site gaining experience of operating in real sea conditions. The […]

  • Inverness Hosts Scotland’s Largest Marine Energy Conference

    17 September 2013

    Scotland, and in particular the Highlands and Islands, is continuing to lead the world in the development of marine energy devices – according to the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Alex Paterson opened the annual Scottish Renewables Marine Energy Conference at Eden Court, Inverness yesterday (16 September). Up to 300 delegates and […]

  • DP Energy Acquires SSE’s Tidal Energy Project

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cork based DP Energy is set to become Europe’s largest independent developer of tidal stream projects following SSE Renewables’ transfer of an Agreement for Lease (AfL) with The Crown Estate. The transfer will see DP Energy take on the development of the Westray South project in Orkney, Scotland, with the potential to install up to […]

  • Alstom’s Tidal Turbine Generates 1GWh

    7 November 2014

    As part of their testing programmes at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, Alstom’s tidal devices have now generated over 1GWh of electricity, in actual operating conditions, to the Scottish grid. Alstom’s 1MW tidal turbine, deployed in 2013 as part of the ReDAPT project, at EMEC’s tidal test site, has demonstrated its […]

  • Scotrenewables’ CEO Receives ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award (UK)

    10 July 2013
    Technology

    Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited’s CEO, Barry Johnston, was recently awarded the 2013 Lennard – Senior Prize in recognition of outstanding individual achievement in the field of Marine Renewable Energy. The Lennard prize, awarded by The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), a multi-disciplinary learned society that brings together organisations and individuals with a common interest in […]

  • Aquamarine Replaces Oyster Cylinder Module

    1 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has successfully replaced the cylinder module on their Oyster 800 wave machine as their comprehensive summer refit passes the half way mark. The 23 tonne module was refitted to the 800kW test machine – located at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney – in an operation which took just […]

  • Finland: Wello Starts Series B Funding

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has  announced it has started Series B funding. Power Fund II (managed by VNT Management) and Finnvera Venture Capital have agreed on 3 Million euros funding package as part of the Series B funding. Discussions with additional investors to close further funding have also been initiated. Wello is planning […]

  • UK: Wello’s Penguin Wave Energy Converter Ready for EMEC

    1 March 2012
    Technology

      Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, announced yesterday its Penguin wave energy converter is ready for full-scale deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, following successful testing. Wello’s 0.5 MW Penguin device, which produces sustainable power through wave energy conversion, has been granted permission for full-scale deployment by Marine Scotland after […]

  • UK: SRSL to Conduct Operational Noise Assessments for OpenHydro

    23 September 2013
    Environment

     The potential ecological impact of the introduction of anthropogenic sound to the marine environment has received increasing attention in recent decades. Most interest has focused on acoustically sensitive or ecologically or commercially vulnerable species. Potential impacts vary in severity from direct physical trauma and hearing damage through to behavioural disturbances, exclusions, fright responses and the […]

  • Alstom, ScottishPower Sign MoU for Tidal Power Devices

    16 September 2013

    Alstom and ScottishPower Renewables have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to incorporate Alstom’s tidal power devices within the Sound of Islay project. The tidal array, between the islands of Islay and Jura on the west coast of Scotland, will include up to four of Alstom’s 1 MW tidal devices, one of which is currently on […]

  • Gray Fabrication to Manufacture 64m Floating Hull for Scotrenewables’ Tidal Turbine

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Scotrenewables Tidal Power, the developer of floating tidal turbines based in Orkney (in Scotland), has awarded a key fabrication contract for the superstructure of the SR2000 tidal turbine to Gray Fabrication based in Cupar, Fife.   The 2MW turbine, the SR2000, will be the culmination of more than 12 years of research, design and testing at increasing scales […]

  • Pelamis P2 Wave Machines Reach 10,000 Hours of Grid-Connected Operation

    5 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Two Pelamis P2 machines, currently deployed at the wave test site of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, have this week collectively reached a milestone 10,000 hours of grid connected operations. The machines, which are undergoing a progressive test programme at the Billia Croo wave test site, hit the 10,000th hour on Tuesday […]