Marine
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Marine Renewables in Canada
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
In November, Ian Davies joined an SDI mission to the annual meeting of Marine Renewables Canada in Ottawa. The trail had already been blazed by Phil Gilmour and Rob Watret who had visited Ottawa in the last couple of years. Canada has considerable potential for marine renewables, with wave power in the west and the...
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Deep Water Wind Farms Seminar – London
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
David Bova from the MS Licensing Operations Team attended a Deep water wind farms seminar focusing on the technical and commercial viability of deep water offshore wind. The event was organised by IBC Energy as part of their Offshore Wind Series of seminars and conferences; and was held at Dexter House, Royal Mint Court, London....
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£3m joint industry programme to accelerate the deployment of the UK offshore wind programme
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
The Carbon Trust’s offshore wind accelerator (OWA) has been commissioned by the leading offshore wind developers in the UK, The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to form the Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP). The programme has been created to reduce the consenting risks for large-scale offshore wind...
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Renewable Grid Initiative Workshop on Projects of Common Interest – 22nd Oct 2013
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
Ian Davies and David Pratt went to the above in Brussels. The recent EC Regulations covering Projects of Common Interest (PCI) outline the framework for progressing key European energy infra-structure projects with an interest from two or more Member States, ensuring they progress through the planning and licensing processes in a streamlined and efficient manner....
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas (MESMA) project – Final Conference, 8-10 October 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
A 3-day conference of the “Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas” project (MESMA) took place in Lisbon, Portugal to celebrate successful completion as well as to disseminate final findings and products. MESMA was a 4-year EU project worth of € 8.5m. MESMA’s objective was to develop integrated management tools (concepts, models and guidelines) for...
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EMEC – 10 year celebrations
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
To celebrate the 10thanniversary of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), a symposium was held in Orkney with a programme of site visits prior to and after the main event. EMEC was established in 2003 and is currently the only test centre of its kind in the world, providing 14 berths for both tidal and...
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MeyGen tidal development granted consent
4th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
On 16th September 2013, the Minister for Energy, Enterprise & Tourism Fergus Ewing announced that he had awarded consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to MeyGen Limited to construct and operate a tidal array situated in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth. The first phase of the development has a total...
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Summary Report on Wave & Tidal Demonstration Zone Identification Process has been released
3rd December 2013 by Andronikos Kafas
The Crown Estate published a report which gives details of the seabed areas which has been defined as demonstration zones for the leasing process for wave and tidal test and demonstration projects from 2013 onwards. Seven demonstration zones have been defined across the UK: Four of the zones are in places with tidal current resources,...
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Floating Statoil wind farm planned off coast of Peterhead
3rd December 2013 by Andronikos Kafas
The Hywind project will see the five turbines operate in waters several miles from land in a move towards creating an economically viable scheme. It comes after the Crown Estate granted an agreement to Norwegian firm Statoil. Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has welcomed the deal, saying it was a step towards harnessing a big...
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Scottish Renewables Marine Conference, 16-17 Sept 2013
3rd December 2013 by Andronikos Kafas
Staff from MSS and LOT attended the Scottish Renewables Wave and Tidal conference in Inverness on the 16th and 17th of September. This is a condensed conference with 24 hours of exhibits, meetings, technology updates and state of the industry revelations squeezed across two days. This year there were 34 stands and 350 attendees, so,...
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