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Atlantis to test world's biggest tidal turbine
Atlantis :: South Africa | 2 days ago
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Atlantis Resources Corp is to test the world's biggest tidal turbine in the rough waters off the Orkney Islands next year in preparation for Scotland's plan to use ocean energy for half a million homes by 2020. Tim Cornelius, chief executive officer...
Tags: Britain, North Sea, Tim Cornelius, tidal turbines, Orkney Islands, EMEC, Atlantis Resources Corp, South Africa, Atlantis, Environment, Marine Current Turbines, SeaGen, Tidal power, Pentland Firth, European Marine Energy Centre, Wave power, Tides, Renewable energy in Scotland
Huge ice age river carved the English Channel
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility The scientists said they have found the sediments carried by the river, known as the Fleuve Manche, in the Bay of Biscay where seabed excavations have revealed the sequence of geological events that ultimately led to Britain becoming an island. Professor...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Environment, Doggerland, Artois, Phil Gibbard, English Channel, Sussex, Picardy, Picardie, Weald, Rhine, Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta, Ice ages, Pleistocene, Glaciology, North Sea
Katy Guest: The shipping forecast: cocoa for the ears
Plymouth :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility In a small treat for Surrey vicars, fans of Victoria Wood and those who get excited when they find a pattern on their kitchen roll, middle England was last week offered an exciting glimpse of what Radio 4 listeners sound like when they are outraged. The...
Tags: Shipping Forecast, Radiohead, United Kingdom, Plymouth, Sailing By, Weather, Dogger, North Sea, Rockall, German Bight
Radio 4 makes shipping forecast blunder
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay: south-westerly gale eight to storm 10, occasionally violent...” The problem with this particular shipping forecast was that it warned of a tempest which took place the day before. For almost 90 years,...
Tags: ship forecast, Radiohead, Rockall, United Kingdom, London, North Sea, This Is a Low, Gale warning, Dogger Bank, Shipping Forecast, Weather, The Weather Channel
Smart meters can't wait until after election, says energy boss
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
Credibility North Sea gas was discovered, and legislation enabling their use should be pushed through parliament before the general election, says the head of the Energy Retail Association (ERA). Garry Felgate said he expects an announcement on the roll-out of smart...
Tags: smart meter, uk government, Garry Felgate, energy companies, sea gas, North Sea, peak periods, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Electricity meter, Energy Retail Association, Scottish Power, Gas meter, Electric power, Electricity distribution, Electricity, Environment
Dutch build more dunes against rising seas!
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 11 days ago
Credibility Updated on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:05 IST Monster (Netherlands): On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding.
Tags: Netherlands, sea level, rise sea, Tineke Huizinga, Amsterdam, North Sea, Sand, Current sea level rise, Sedimentology, Coastal geography, Dune, Environment
Storm warning issued for North Sea coast
Schleswig :: Germany | 14 days ago
Credibility Widespread damage to buildings is possible,� said the DWD, referring to coastal region stretching from the Frisian Islands near the Netherlands to Germany's border with Denmark. �Trees could be uprooted and roof tiles, branches or other objects could...
Tags: North Sea, Germany, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach am Main, Storm warning, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment
Endeavor: Treat it like a pure one-shot exploration play
Oslo :: Norway | 15 days ago
Credibility I have a position in END and for the life of me cannot figure out what’s keeping the stock price at these levels. I suspect that the overhang of the Smedvig debt instruments might have something to do with it, but would very much appreciate any light...
Tags: North Sea, Norway, Oslo, Smedvig, Debenture, Cent, Business Finance
Petrofac wins £100m deal as BP reviews contracts
London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
Credibility North Sea oil services contract with BP, work previously held by Wood Group and PSN. London-based Petrofac provides maintenance services at all of BP's offshore assets in the UK region of the North Sea, as well as its Dimlington gas terminal in Yorkshire.
Tags: North Sea, Wood Group, PSN, Petrofac, United Kingdom, London, Business Finance, BP, Tony Hayward
Yahoo! News: Germany paves way to offshore wind farms
Berlin :: Germany | 2 months ago
Credibility The German government on Wednesday agreed a plan to set aside special zones off its northern coast for a host of wind farms that could provide energy for more than eight million homes...Wind parks should play a significant role in this," said Wolfgang...
Tags: North Sea, wind farms, Germany, Berlin
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