NOC Completes Scottish Roadmap for Offshore Wind Environmental Monitoring
Oceanography Centre (NOC) has delivered a roadmap to guide the observation of ocean to increase the understanding of the potential impacts of expanding offshore wind developments on the marine environment.The Scoping an Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme report was commissioned by the Scottish Government’s Scottish Marine Energy Research (ScotMER) program, to help inform the planning of significant offshore wind farm expansion within, but not limited to, the Scottish sector of the North Sea.The report and its recommendations come at a pivotal moment, particularly for floating offshore
World’s First Floating Wind Innovation Centre Opens
Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone, ORE Catapult’s £9 million National Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC), delivered in collaboration with ETZ Limited, is designed to help supercharge the development of floating offshore wind technology in the UK, with funding from both the Scottish Government and Innovate UK.Floating offshore wind represents a huge economic opportunity, with more than 19GW of potential projects in the pipeline through the ScotWind Leasing process, a new leasing round on the horizon in the Celtic Sea, and the prospect of transferring skills and knowledge from oil
Mocean Energy Raises Funds for Blue Star Wave Energy Technology
Challenge Fund grant, targeted specifically at the detailed design, build, and testing of key subsystems for their small-scale Blue Star wave energy machine.The low-carbon fund is administered by Scottish Enterprise and is part of Making Scotland’s Future, a partnership between the Scottish Government, public agencies, industry, and academia that aims to secure a strong, sustainable future for the country’s manufacturing businesses.The new funds will help the Edinburgh and Aberdeen-based company commercialize and secure first orders for Blue Star which will be built in Scotland
Floating Platforms of the Future: WES Explores Shared Infrastructure for Wave Energy, Offshore Wind
campaigns. It’s great to see a focus now on an ambitious new approach as they complete their own tank testing to inform the future development path of versatile platform designs.”Elva Bannon, research and engineering manager with WES, said: "Recent reports, and support from Scottish Government, show the vast opportunity for collaboration and cross-over between floating wind and wave energy. We are taking the initiative to carry out research in the area by completing a testing campaign to progress the sector’s understanding of how these versatile platforms may perform, which
CCS, Hydrogen Challenges a Focus at SPE Offshore Europe 2023
to be met. However, numerous technical challenges need to be overcome to enable hydrogen to be deployed at scale.Kamel Ben-Naceur is the SPE Offshore Europe Conference Chairman 2023Environmental Resources Management will present the results of industrial trials commissioned by the UK Government, Scottish Government and Scottish Ports to investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of exporting hydrogen from offshore wind in the North Sea by using liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) to industrial European demand centres.A paper by Kent plc will present recent modelling work carried out supporting
Colette Cohen to Step Down as CEO of Net Zero Technology Centre. Myrtle Dawes to Take Over
is standing down as CEO of the UK-based Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC). Myrtle Dawes has been announced as NZTC new CEO.Colette Cohen launched the center, then known as the Oil and Gas Technology Centre, in 2017.Created as part of the Aberdeen City Region Deal, with £180 million of UK and Scottish government funding, the center has co-invested more than £253 million with industry in technologies from effective well plugging and abandonment, asset integrity to autonomous robotics and renewable power systems. It has screened over 1,810+ new technologies, progressed 175 field trials, and helped
National Subsea Centre Opens in Dyce, UK
The National Subsea Centre (NSC), a center of excellence for subsea research and technology development, has been officially opened today in Dyce, Aberdeen.The center was opened byMichael Matheson, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport and UK Government Minister for Scotland, Malcolm Offord.The multi-million-pound center has been developed through a partnership between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), as part of the Aberdeen City Region Deal (ACRD).Its goal is to provide advanced research to accelerate the transition to net zero
Carnegie Wins European Wave Energy Deal
, availability, and affordability characteristics of the proposed systems, Carnegie said Wednesday.With almost €20 million in funding for the 3 phases of the program, which runs from 2022 to 2026, the EuropeWave PCP is a collaboration between Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a subsidiary of the Scottish Government’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Basque Energy Agency (EVE).Subject to signing contracts, CETO Wave Energy Ireland will be paid €291,000 (A$463,000) to deliver required Phase 1 activities including undertaking tank testing and delivering a CETO concept design for deployment
Nova VOLT gets $2.8m injection from Scottish government
Nova Innovation was awarded a $2.8m cash injection from the Scottish Government to advance its tidal turbine manufacturing to a global level.The funding, delivered through Scottish Enterprise, is directed at Nova’s VOLT (VOlume Manufacturing and Logistics for Tidal Energy) project that aims to develop the first European assembly line to mass manufacture tidal turbines, and trial innovative techniques and tools to ship, deploy and monitor turbines around the world.The project will examine how to improve turbine performance, logistics for mass manufacture, and develop new techniques to ensure
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