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  • WWF Scotland Director Named Champion at Scottish Renewables’ Awards

    1 December 2014

    WWF Scotland Director Lang Banks has been named 2014 Champion of Renewables at Scottish Renewables’ Green Energy Awards. The environmentalist, described by judges as “an outsider who makes people understand why renewables are so vital”, bagged the coveted trophy at a 1,250-guest ceremony in Edinburgh last night (Nov 27). The awards, now in their 12th […]

  • Scottish Enterprise to Boost Ocean Renewables with GBP 450,000 Fund

    2 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Scottish ocean energy companies will be able to bid for a share of a new €7 million funding pot, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will say today. At the Ocean Energy Conference in Paris, Mr Ewing will announce Scottish Enterprise will contribute £450,000 towards the first joint call of the Ocean Energy European Research Area Network […]

  • Dalby Preferred for Whitby Offshore Renewables O&M Base

    25 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Whitby Harbour Board and Scarborough Borough Council have given their backing to making local company, Dalby Offshore Services Ltd, the preferred tenderer to develop proposals for a new offshore business to be located at Endeavour Wharf, Whitby. Following an open market tender process held during the summer for a lease of a proportion of the […]

  • Areva’s Discontinued Renewables Activities Cost it EUR 373 Mln

    1 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    French energy company, Areva, was hit by the loss of EUR 373 million from discontinued renewables activities. It comes as a result of provisions for losses at completion on wind, including offshore, and solar contracts. Chief Executive Officer Luc Oursel said: “The group continues to restructure its operations in renewable energies by entering into partnerships […]

  • IEA: Policy Uncertainty Threatens to Slow Renewable Energy Momentum

    2 September 2014
    R&D

    The expansion of renewable energy will slow over the next five years unless policy uncertainty is diminished, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its third annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report.  According to the report, power generation from renewable sources such as wind, solar and hydro grew strongly in 2013, reaching almost 22% of global […]

  • UK’s National Audit Office Scrutinizes Renewable Energy Contracts

    27 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) issued a report Early Contracts for Renewable Electricity today. The NAO said that it is not convinced that the Government sufficiently protected consumers’ interests by awarding without competition £16.6 billion worth of early contracts to eight renewable generation projects at risk of investment delay. This decision may provide higher returns to contractors than […]

  • UK’s Southern Businesses Invited to Invest in Marine Renewable Energy

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Businesses across the UK’s south coast are being called upon to develop innovative technologies which will provide renewable energy for the UK. More than 100 firms have been invited to an event today (Thursday 26 June) to identify new methods and opportunities for harnessing the power of the English Channel/Manche. The conference, held at Butlin’s in […]

  • U.S. Atlantic Coast States Choose Renewables over Drilling

    29 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has recently released a draft strategy for offshore oil and gas leasing, which has shown that a significant number of officials representing eastern coastal states disapprove the plan, recommending renewable energy, especially wind power, as a better solution that would create more jobs and energy than drilling.  Atlantic region in the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Has USA Went BANANAs? Renewables Opponents Halt Progress

    5 May 2015
    Authorities

    Thomas J. Donohue, the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has written a post on the Chamber’s official webpage, advising that the permitting process for renewable energy projects should be swift and safe, taking the Cape Wind case as an example of a lengthy process hindered by environmental reviews and legal challenges.  He highlighted that […]

  • Support Schemes to Affect Renewables Growth by 2020, Report Says

    25 August 2015

    Renewable energy support schemes, such as Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), quota obligations, capital grants, and subsidies, will continue to be instrumental in promoting Europe’s renewable energy industry growth by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that of the various support mechanisms in Europe, FiTs have emerged as a particularly […]

  • Scottish Marine Plan to Make Offshore Renewables’ Life Easier

    27 March 2015
    Authorities

    Scotland’s first ever National Marine Plan was published today by Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead. The plan sets out a single statutory planning framework for all marine activity in Scottish waters. This will include policies for the sustainable management of a wide range of marine industries, including those which are long established such as fishing and […]

  • HSH Nordbank to Allocate EUR 1 Billion for Renewables in 2016

    21 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Hamburg-based HSH Nordbank will, for the first time ever, set aside more than EUR 1 billion to finance clean energy projects in 2016, the state-owned lender told Bloomberg. HSH Nordbank was the biggest lender to green companies in 2014, and has distributed around EUR 900 million in loans to renewable energy projects in 2015, Lars Quandel, […]

  • Study: Offshore Wind Key for Europe’s Renewable Energy Strategy

    2 December 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Europe’s power industry sees the growing share of renewables in the energy mix as the most important issue in the short-term and the second most important in the long-term, with offshore wind regarded as of high significance to the sector in the short and long-term, according to the first POWER-GEN Europe Confidence Index launched by PennWell. The Index, the result […]

  • BNP Paribas Sets Aside EUR 15 Billion for Renewables

    25 November 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    French multinational bank BNP Paribas will more than double the financing resources allocated to the renewable energy sector, from EUR 6.9 billion in 2014 to EUR 15 billion in 2020, and strengthen its policies for the management of carbon risk. The bank will also continue to promote Green Bonds to institutional investors, a market in which the bank […]

  • DNV GL Issues Recommendations for Novel Materials in Renewable Energy

    15 February 2016

    DNV GL’s Materials Research Programme has published a new position paper that looks at the latest developments in materials and shows the need for establishing long term reliability of novel materials deployed in renewable energy systems. Attention has focused to a large extent on cost and efficiency and to a lesser extent on the key […]

  • DONG Energy Sets Up Renewable Balancing Reserve Service

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has launched Renewable Balancing Reserve service to help balance its own generation at times when the wind doesn’t blow. DONG Energy’s service works by offsetting drops in wind strength with its business customers’ demand. Large business customers will be invited to either turn down consumption or increase on-site generation production when the wind blows more […]

  • WindGrip Wins Renewable Energy Health & Safety Award 2016

    29 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Windcat Workboats has won the Renewable Energy Health & Safety Award 2016 with its WindGrip system. The award winner was announced on 27 January in Birmingham, on the eve of the 12th annual RenewableUK Health & Safety Conference. This award scheme, devised by RenewableUK and the Crown Estate, aims to promote the development, implementation and sharing of best practice in health and […]

  • SEAI: Ireland Can Fight Dependence on Imported Energy with Renewables

    15 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Ireland can tackle its heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels by developing own indigenous and renewable energy resources, according to Dr. Eimear Cotter, Head of Low Carbon Technologies at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  According to the “Energy Security in Ireland” report published by SEAI, Ireland imported 85% of its energy in 2014, at a cost of […]

  • EU Renewables Industry Calls for Post-2020 Binding Target

    20 July 2016

    European renewable associations have issued a joint statement saying legislative proposals must now deliver on the binding renewable energy target.  In October 2014, 28 EU Heads of State agreed that a binding target for renewables should be set at the EU level to meet their collective climate and energy ambition. Since then, the European Parliament […]

  • James Fisher Renewables Successfully Implements Ship-to-Turbine System

    15 April 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    James Fisher Renewables, the UK’s provider of marine services, has conducted an innovative trial of Ship-to-Turbine (STT), an oil change system set to significantly improve safety, efficiency and reduce down time in offshore wind turbine gearbox oil changes. The company has successfully implemented an innovative oil transfer system for the direct extraction and refill of […]

  • French Renewable Energy Projects Get EUR 750 Mln

    7 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the launch of a programme, through which it will provide EUR 750 million for the implementation of renewable energy projects to take place between 2014 and 2016 on the entire French territory. Selected sites will develop wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energy. The beneficiaries of this funding can […]

  • Port of Tyne to Utilize Its Existing Assets for Renewable Energy

    12 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    In 2013, the Port of Tyne saw cargo volumes increase by 25% to 8.1m tonnes, and turnover rose 16% to £73 million compared to 2012. Andrew Moffat, Port of Tyne Chief Executive Officer, said that 2013 had been another record year, and looking back over five years, the Port had achieved substantial growth not only […]

  • Reflex Marine’s Personnel Transfer Device Enters Norwegian Market

    17 March 2014

    Reflex Marine’s brand new personnel transfer device, the FROG-XT4, was positively received at a recent launch event in Stavanger, Norway. The new four-person device was unveiled at Reflex Marine’s regional partner EnerMech’s fifth birthday party. The development of the FROG-XT range has been a direct response to customer demands and the product has been developed […]

  • 1,000 European Cities Support 30 Pct Renewables Target

    24 February 2014
    Authorities

    Over 1,000 European cities have written a joint open letter to the European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, calling for a 30% renewable energy target for 2030, alongside a 40% energy efficiency target. Energy Cities, the alliance representing the 1,000 cities, is hoping the EU Heads of State, who meet on the topic on 20-21 […]

  • EMEC to Take Part in Renewable UK’s Wave & Tidal Event

    17 February 2014

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd will be exhibiting at one of the leading ocean energy events, Renewable UK’s Wave & Tidal Conference and Exhibition. Celebrating its 11th year, the event continues to attract 600+ delegates. The event will be held in Belfast on 26-27th February 2014. EMEC’s Commercial Director, Oliver Wragg, along with […]