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PRESS RELEASE

15 September 2018
Joint Press Release - issued by Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy and Alderney Renewable Energy Ltd Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy (ACRE) and Alderney Renewable Energy (ARE) have of…

Tidal Stream Array Enters Operations Phase

30 April 2018
MeyGen Phase 1A has completed construction phase and officially enters 25 year operations phase. Atlantis announced that the MeyGen project, the world’s largest tidal stream array, has formally the…

Successful study gives positive outlook for Alderney’s seabirds

2 February 2016
A four year field research study by the University of Liverpool has reached completion. The Study was supported by the Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy (ACRE), the Alderney Wildlife Trust, It…

Pioneering Tidal Energy Project

3 September 2015
MeyGen’s pioneering tidal energy project is underway The world’s first multi-turbine tidal stream energy project located off north-eastern Scotland in the Pentland Firth has commenced work to lay…

Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy

9 April 2014
The completed Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy: Environmental Report is now avaialble to download from the Library section. Please contact us if you have any queries.

Commission Project Assistant - Update

27 January 2014
The Project Assistant to the Commission, Melanie Broadhurst will complete her contract at the end of February, 2014. Melanie has assisted the Commission on a number of research and regulatory the of…

Consultation on the Commission's REA Environmental Report

7 November 2013
The Commission’s Regional Environmental Assessment (REA) draft Environmental Report is under formal consultation by relevant Statutory and Stakeholder consultees. The consultation period of this is…

Commissioner Appointment

7 October 2013
The Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of a fourth Commissioner, Mr Mark Wordsworth, as of September, 2013 who is a resident of Alderney. Mr Wordsworth read law at Cambridge University…

Completion of Alderney South Banks study by Southampton University

5 June 2013
The University of Southampton has successfully completed a research study of Alderney’s South Banks. The three year study aimed to assess the impact of proposed tidal energy arrays upon the sand To…

New REA Project for Alderney underway in 2013

23 March 2013
A Regional Environmental Assessment (REA) is currently being undertaken by ABPmer Ltd, on behalf of the Commission. The assessment is designed to assist renewable energy developers to understand the…

New Project Assistant Appointment

2 March 2013
The Commission is pleased to welcome Melanie Broadhurst as Project Assistant on a fixed term contract basis from March. Melanie is a marine ecologist who has an MSc in Wildlife Biology and and is the…

ADCP surveys

21 November 2012
The Commission has successfully completed two Acoustic Doppler Current Profile (ADCP) surveys. These ADCP surveys are part of an on-going data gathering programme to provide accurate information on a…

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