The delays in building electricity transfer links cause the risk for Scotland’s planned offshore tidal, wave and wind power plants, the renewable energy developers announce. According to the founder and director of Pelamis Wave Power, Richard Yemm, wave and tidal energy projects are reliant on the new links to deliver electricity from Orkney, Shetland and [...]
January 14, 2013 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Research & Development |
Read More »
Rapidly-growing subsea specialist ROVOP has been recognised for its remarkable achievements in offshore renewables by winning the Business Growth award at Scottish Green Energy Awards. Within just 18 months of its inception, ROVOP has fast become a leading industry player after successfully carving out a niche for itself as an independent company that is 100% [...]
December 7, 2012 | Posted in
Company News,
Conferences & Exhibitions,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Top Stories |
Read More »
The Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference 2012 is a leading international forum for emerging renewable energy and other low carbon markets. At this year’s conference Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, held a speech about delivering the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), Electricity Market Reform (EMR) and the Green Deal. [...]
October 12, 2012 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Conferences & Exhibitions,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Research & Development |
Read More »
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing invited applications for funding from a £10 million fund to support innovation in the Oil and Gas sector. Increasing investment in the Oil and Gas sector was a key component of the Scottish Government’s Oil and Gas strategy, developed in conjunction with industry and published earlier this year. Mr Ewing announced [...]
Oceanflow Development Limited has been successful in winning WATERS-2 (Wave and Tidal Energy R&D Support) funding from Scottish Enterprise for the development of a twin-turbine variant of its floating, tethered Evopod technology. This latest award follows WATERS 1 funding in 2010 to demonstrate Oceanflow’s mono-turbine device, a quarter scale version of which is currently being [...]
August 29, 2012 | Posted in
Company News,
Equipment & Technology,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Research & Development,
Top Stories |
Read More »
The Grand Challenge phase of the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize officially began today, with a launch event in Orkney hosted by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The Saltire Prize is a £10 million marine energy challenge, which will be won by the team that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output in Scottish waters over [...]
The citizens from Shapinsay, Scotland, will receive clearer, fresher water supplies thanks to a subsea pipeline project, Trenchless International reports. This £3.1 million Scottish Water Solutions project included drilling of a 300 mm diameter hole under the seabed over a distance of 2 km. This is considered to be the longest subsea pipeline for water [...]
Scottish Power completed preliminary trials of a 30-meter turbine anchored to the seafloor off the Scottish coast. The results show that the turbine produced one megawatt of electricity, which is enough to power 500 homes and businesses. Alan Mortimer, head of innovation at Scottish Power Renewables states: “We’re very pleased with the initial results and [...]
June 1, 2012 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Equipment & Technology,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news |
Read More »
Commenting as Scottish Power announces the completion of successful initial testing of an underwater tidal turbine in Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrat Energy spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said: “This is further proof of the impressive progress being made in marine renewables and hopefully a stepping stone to yet more success. “It also illustrates the invaluable role [...]
May 18, 2012 | Posted in
Also in the news,
Company News,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Research & Development |
Read More »
Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, the First Minister today said the Scottish Government [...]
May 17, 2012 | Posted in
Company News,
Europe & Eurasia,
Featured,
News,
News by topic,
NEWS category,
Operations,
Press releases,
Regional news,
Research & Development,
Top Stories |
Read More »
