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  • SSE, Scottish Enterprise Announce Launch of Hunterston Offshore Wind Test Centre

    10 October 2012
    R&D

    SSE and Scottish Enterprise (SE) are to invest up to £20 million to create an offshore wind turbine test centre, capable of hosting three full scale wind turbines designed for offshore deployment. SE has committed up to £4.3 million from the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund towards the joint venture with SSE which will in turn […]

  • UK Ranks Fifth on Potential Renewable Energy Markets List

    29 February 2012

    Projects in Scotland have helped the UK climb to fifth on a list ranking the potential renewable energy markets of 40 countries. The UK had been sixth on Ernst & Young’s quarterly Renewable energy country attractiveness indices. Announcements on what has been described as the world’s largest offshore wind farm and also marine projects helped […]

  • UK Renewable Industry to Create 50,000 Jobs Says UK Knack Group

    11 January 2011
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Prestige executive careers consultancy UK Knack Group has announced the gathering in the Granite City of more than 30 captains of industry for a summit meeting on renewable energy. Energy Minister Alex Salmond was at pains to point out that Scotland’s offshore energy capacity could create 50,000 jobs in the next 10 years and inject […]

  • Scottish FM Opens Renewable Energy Skills Training Academy

    24 August 2012
    Authorities, Training & Education

    A cutting-edge skills academy for Scotland’s renewable energy sector has been officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday during a visit to Steel Engineering as part of a programme of events to mark the Scottish Cabinet visit to Renfrew. Sixty modern apprentices will be trained during the first year of the Renewable Energy Skills […]

  • Scottish Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition Kicks Off

    29 January 2013

    Today, Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition kicks off at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) for the third year running. The conference will debate, discuss and define the next chapter of the industry. The two-day conference runs this week on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th January 2013 and over 1000 delegates […]

  • Proeon Introduces New Communication Tech for Offshore Industry

    15 June 2016
    Technology

    Proeon Systems has presented an integrated solution to complement changes in offshore working practices providing multi-level lines of communications to the shore. The company yesterday held an open event at their facilities in Norfolk, to showcase a technology collaboration with Danish company SAABand BARTEC. Dorian Hindmarsh, Proeon’s Business Development Manager, said: “The offshore industry is really starting […]

  • Xodus Group to Carry Out EIA for Statoil’s Potential Floating Wind Farm (Norway)

    18 May 2011
    R&D

      Aberdeen headquartered energy consultancy Xodus Group today announced that it will plan and carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Statoil for a potential pilot park for the world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine. Xodus made the announcement at the All Energy conference in Aberdeen and First Minister Alex Salmond welcomed the news. […]

  • Carbon Trust to Run Scottish GBP 18 Million Marine Energy Scheme

    24 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Carbon Trust will help run a new multi-million pound fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercial wave and tidal power arrays. Addressing the AllEnergy conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond launched Scotland’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF). The First Minister said: “Europe’s greatest wind, wave and tidal resources are heavily concentrated in the waters around […]

  • Scottish Government Launches Smart Grid Strategy

    2 August 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Government has launched a smart grid strategy to capitalise on its expertise in this technology and to support the country’s transition to become a low carbon economy. The strategy plans to create 12,000 new jobs in this sector by 2020 by encouraging smart grid adoption and developing Scotland as a leading international provider […]

  • Scotland Needs More Investments to Go 100% Renewable by 2020

    11 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland will miss its 100% renewable electricity target set for 2020 without further investments in offshore and onshore wind, according to a new report published by Scottish Renewables. The study shows Scotland is on course to generate the equivalent of 87% of its annual demand for power from renewables by 2020, and highlights the need for further support […]

  • Scotland’s Renewable Energy Investment Fund Opens for Business

    10 October 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A multi-million pound renewable energy investment fund (REIF), geared to stimulating greater levels of private finance into innovative green power and renewable district heating projects in Scotland, was opened for business by First Minister Alex Salmond today. As senior figures from green energy, finance and government gathered in Edinburgh for the Scottish Low Carbon Investment […]

  • Extension Works Launched at Port of Cherbourg

    13 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    On March 2, Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA)’s elected representatives officially launched large- scale extension works of the port of Cherbourg’s main roadstead, which will be a milestone in the history of the port’s development. Due to the allocation of ALSTOM’s industrial unit for offshore wind activities on harbour land, and EDF’s assembly hub for the […]

  • AREVA Signs MoU for Its Factory in Scotland

    19 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    On the occasion of Mr. Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister’s, visit to Paris, the AREVA group and Scottish Enterprise, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on industrial site development for the manufacture of wind turbines in East Scotland. The MoU is a step towards establishing an AREVA factory in Scotland that will manufacture its 5MW […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes AREVA’s Wind Turbine Factory

    20 November 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed AREVA’s announcement that it plans to build a wind turbine factory in Scotland, creating 750 jobs. The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the company in Paris today, to find a site for the […]

  • UK: 2-B and SE to Deliver Cutting-Edge Offshore Wind Technology

    5 April 2012
    Authorities

    Renewable energy company 2-B Energy has joined forces with Scottish Enterprise (SE) to deliver cutting-edge offshore wind technology with the potential to reduce costs by up to 45%, First Minister Alex Salmond announced today. The organisations will work together to support commercialisation of 2-B’s unique two-bladed offshore turbine concept through development of offshore test and […]

  • Liquid Robotics Acquires USD 22 Million in Funding (USA)

    7 June 2011

    Liquid Robotics®, developer of the award-winning Wave Glider® self-powered hybrid sea-surface/underwater robotic vehicle, and cloud-based data service provider, has closed a Series D $22 million financing round led by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the company’s first institutional investor, together with participation by oilfield services provider Schlumberger. The company has additionally announced the appointment of Bill Vass, […]

  • Scotland to Fund Offshore Wind Cost-Cutting Project with GBP 2.2 Mln

    14 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind developers with over 72% (31GW) of the UK’s […]

  • First Minister Launches Scottish Energy Laboratory

    9 February 2011
    Authorities

    A new Scottish Energy Laboratory (SEL) was launched by the First Minister today to strengthen collaboration across 50 energy research, test and demonstration facilities and underpin Scotland’s leading position in low carbon energy development. The SEL will be a hub for national and international companies to identify and access the most appropriate of Scotland’s test […]

  • UK: Highland Ports Prepare to Attract GBP 100 Million Investments with HIE’s Support

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has signed joint working agreements with four of the region’s leading ports to support the development of the offshore wind sector. The partnership aims to help the Ports attract a potential £100m of investment to the Highlands. The First Minister Alex Salmond, announced the Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in his […]

  • USA: Renewables to Make Scotland ‘Silicon Valley’ of Marine Energy

    20 June 2012
    Authorities

    Renewable resources will make Scotland the “Silicon Valley” of marine energy in the same way that hi-tech industries transformed Northern California, the First Minister said in the keynote speech of his American trade mission. First Minister Alex Salmond made the claim during a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, the oldest public affairs forum in the United States. In a […]

  • ABB Brings Renewable Energy Infrastructure to Life With Augmented Reality, Scottish First Minister and Energy Secretary Sample AR

    17 November 2010

    ABB Power Systems UK has become the first engineering company to use cutting-edge Augmented Reality (AR) technology to showcase an example of critical energy infrastructure. Among the first people to try out the new animation were Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne. Produced by leading […]

  • Nigg Attracts £6.5 Mln Investment and Potential OW Development

    2 May 2014
    Authorities

    Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced £6.5 million for the development of the new quayside during a visit to Nigg Energy Park to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) and Global Energy Group. The MoU will see the two companies enter discussions on a wide variety […]

  • IMarEST to Exhibit at RenewableUK’s Annual Event

    15 October 2012
    R&D, Technology

    The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) will be exhibiting at RenewableUK’s 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition being held in Glasgow on 30 October – 1 November. As a supporting organisation of the long-running event, organised by the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, the Institute is looking […]

  • Voith Wins Award for World’s First Commercial Wave Power Plant (UK)

    22 December 2011

    Inverness, Scotland: Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Scottish Voith subsidiary for wave energy, has won an award for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy. With the award the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) recognized the delivery of the world’s first full life commercial wave power plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain. Mutriku’s breakwater now […]

  • Samsung Heavy Chooses Fife for its First European Offshore Wind Project (Scotland)

    31 January 2012

    First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the news that Korean giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 new jobs in Scotland. The announcement came at the Scottish Offshore Wind and […]

  • Tata Steel Supplies Steel Plate for Aquamarine Power’s Wave Energy Device

    9 August 2011

      Tata Steel has supplied an order for offshore grade steel manufactured in Scunthorpe and Motherwell to a pioneering wave energy device. Aquamarine Power’s device, which is capable of generating 800kW of electricity, was unveiled last month by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond in Fife. The machine, called the Oyster 800, will now be transported […]