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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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Review of Noise Effects of Operational Offshore Wind Turbines including noise transmission through various foundation types
3rd December 2013 by Andronikos Kafas
MS published a review of the acoustic output of operational off-shore wind turbines and its dependence on the type of foundation structure used. Three foundation types are examined in this report: jacket, monopile and gravity foundation. The acoustic output from each of these foundation types is then compared to curves representing the hearing and behavioural...
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Study on habitat modelling for harbour porpoises in the Moray Firth has been published
3rd December 2013 by Andronikos Kafas
MSS has recently deployed 30 CPoDs on the east coast of Scotland. The aim of this network is to allow us to monitor the bottlenose dolphin population during wind farm construction. Data from the same device have been used in a recently published study by Dr. Kate Brookes, to validate a habitat association model for...
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Launch of the Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP)
15th November 2013 by Marine Scotland Communications
Marine Scotland are delighted to be part of Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) – as a joint industry project involving the Carbon Trust, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate and offshore wind developers. The aim is to ensure that research work is commissioned to tackle the evidence needs associated with...
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