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AUV Maps Seafloor for Tidal Energy Development

Pinpointing the best location for tidal energy turbines and providing a picture of seafloor conditio...

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99 Pct of Birds Avoid Offshore Wind Turbines, Study Says

Collisions between birds and turbines are seen as one of the key impacts of offshore wind farms. A n...

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1 Gigaton Coalition Formed in Lima

A coalition recently launched at the climate talks in Lima aims to boost efforts to save billions of...

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Lima Talks Set World on Track to New Universal Climate Agreement

A new 2015 agreement on climate change, that will harness action by all nations, took a further impo...

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Scotland Releases National Marine Plan

Scottish Government has unveiled the first National Marine plan ensuring sustainable economic growth...

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Borssele OWF Site Assessed under New Rules

Dutch independent Commission on EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) has announced that itĀ finds th...

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HiDef Revenues Increase 47 Pct

Technology service provider HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) announced results of their latest...

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Scottish Greens Call Gvt for Better Wave Energy Support

Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian, has written to Energy Minister Fergus Ewing calling for urg...

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Vattenfall Assists Kentish Flats Oyster Survey

Vattenfall has assisted local fishermen Andy Riches and Matt and Steve Barnes to harvest Whitstable ...

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Forewind Investigates Harbour Porpoises in North Sea

Forewind is one of five international offshore wind energy developers to jointly initiate an ambitio...

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Offshore Wind Wise Investment for North Carolina

The carbon pollution from five coal plants could be eliminated in North Carolina if wind power is de...

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Wales Wants to Stop Fracking and Use Its Offshore Renewable Resources

Wales must have the same powers to ban the controversial practice of fracking for onshore gas as is ...

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Offshore Wind Giants Unite to Protect Harbour Porpoises

A consortium of five international energy companies has taken the initiative to launch the DEPONS (D...

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Pondera, Arcadis to Prepare EIA for Dutch Offshore Grid Connection

Pondera Consult, together with Arcadis, has been asked by TenneT (TSO) to support the entire EIA pro...

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Offshore Wind: Importance of Bird Density and Breeding Season Definitions

Andrew Tongue, a Senior Research Assistant with the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, has writte...

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RSK Continues Its Work on Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

RSK continued to work for E.ONĀ during the pre-construction period after having completed the environ...

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RSK Conducts Environmental Impact Assessment at WoDS

RSK took partĀ in the development of the West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) offshore wind farm, which the Se...

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Bird Density at BARD Offshore 1 Site Mapped

Maps showing the density of bird populations in and around a major wind farm in the German North Sea...

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