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  • USA: New Bill to Prepare Mississippi River for Panama Canal Expansion

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) reintroduced the DREDGE Act – Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports Act. The bill would give the Army Corps of Engineers the authorization to dredge the Mississippi River to 50 feet so that larger vessels transiting the expanded Panama Canal can access the River. In addition, the bill […]

  • Oyster Secures R&D Funds

    15 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Aquamarine Power and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) have together secured an €800,000 (£580,000) EU Horizon 2020 grant to improve the performance of Aquamarine Power’s Oyster wave energy converter. The company has already built and operated two full-scale Oyster machines at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. The new Brussels-backed programme – […]

  • UK: New Project Pass ‘First Hurdle’ in Securing Government Infrastructure Guarantee

    22 October 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Energy, road and rail projects worth £33 billion have passed the first hurdle in getting a government infrastructure guarantee, Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced today. Forty projects are now at the stage known as pre-qualification, meaning they are eligible for the UK Guarantee scheme. Over half that have pre-qualified are energy projects, helping ensure […]

  • Ocean Energy ready for 500kW wave device build-out

    18 October 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Irish wave energy developer Ocean Energy plans to begin with the manufacturing of its up-scaled wave energy device this month in the United States.

  • DTC Focuses on Changing Climate and Resilient Business

    2 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Our first Dredging Today Conference (DTC), under the theme ‘Changing Climate, Resilient Business’, took place at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center in October 2017. The two-day event, collocated with the Offshore Energy and Exhibition Conference (OEEC), gathered expert conference speakers and panelists to discuss how the world in which the dredging industry operates is changing. Indeed, […]

  • DECC Releases UK Energy Statistics

    20 December 2012

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 20 December 2012 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides an analysis of the year on year changes, and now includes a section on renewables. Quarterly Energy Prices […]

  • Busy 2016 for Partrac

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Partrac Ltd, a Glasgow based marine, coastal survey and consultancy company, has reported a strong 2016. “Following a review of our 2016 performance, we have taken time to reflect on what was an exciting year for the Partrac team. We delivered monitoring, survey and consultancy projects for offshore wind, dredging, tidal energy and major water […]

  • Thirteen marine energy projects secure $2.1M support through US research program

    11 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has approved funding of $2.1 million for 13 projects through its thirteenth Request for Technical Support (RFTS). According to TEAMER, the selected projects will receive support for testing, access to numerical modeling, and various testing facilities, including laboratory or bench testing, tank/flume testing, […]

  • Marine-i to present at Ocean Energy Europe

    9 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Marine-i, the EU funded scheme which provides support for the marine sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, will be represented at the Ocean Energy Europe conference in Nantes, France later this month. Members of the team form part of a delegation from Marine Hub Cornwall. Matt Hodson, Marine Hub Operations Director at Cornwall […]

  • DECC Assessing Future Offshore Wind Leasing

    3 March 2016
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan to enable future leasing for offshore wind, as well as wave and tidal devices. The authority published the UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 3 (OESEA3) report, and opened the consultation period which closes on 29 […]

  • Cemre revealed as preferred bidder for CMAL’s ferry pair

    26 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Vessels

    Scottish state-backed ferry owner Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) has selected Cemre Marin Endustri A.S shipyard in Turkey as the preferred bidder for the construction of two new ferries. The two new vessels are intended to support the communities at Uig, Lochmaddy and Tarbert (Harris). “This is a big step forward in procuring two new vessels […]

  • Verdant Power getting close to 300MWh of tidal power fed to U.S. grid

    24 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Verdant Power’s grid-connected tidal power demonstration project in New York City has exceeded performance projections by every measure as it reaches the record for the most marine renewable energy produced in the United States.

  • Port of Nigg gets £8.3M boost to accommodate growth of renewables

    28 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Regional development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved investment of up to £8.3 million in Scottish government funding for the development of East Quay at Port of Nigg to help meet the needs of growing renewable energy sector.

  • USA: Snohomish River Dredging Begins

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor is scheduled to begin Snohomish River federal navigation channel maintenance dredging today. American Construction Company will remove up to 127,000 cubic yards of material from the channel by clamshell dredging. The Corps’ Seattle District awarded a $1.25 million dredging contract to the Tacoma-based company. The project is expected to […]

  • Ecosse Subsea to Deploy SCAR Plough System on Baltic Wind Farm (Germany)

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded its largest boulder clearing and multi-pass trenching contract to date by Siem Offshore Contractors. ESS will deploy its SCAR plough system for clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on a 90km route on the EnBW owned Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Baltic 2 is an 80 turbine development […]

  • Norway: New Contract for Borghom Dolphin Rig for Andrew field Operations (Worth up to $79.5 million)

    22 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a contract for the provision of the accommodation semi-submersible Borgholm Dolphin with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The contract is for a nine month period commencing first quarter 2011 supporting operations on the Andrew field in the UK sector. Estimated contract value […]

  • Oceanera-Net launches €17 million ocean energy call

    20 March 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A new €17 million ocean energy call to support the development of ocean energy technologies has been launched by Scottish Enterprise on behalf of the Oceanera-Net Cofund project consortium.

  • ONS: UK Offshore Wind Generated GBP 5.7 Billion Turnover in 2014

    29 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The offshore wind sector accounted for 6.8% of the total turnover from the low carbon and renewable energy (LCRE) economy in the UK in 2014, equating to GBP 5.7 billion including both direct and indirect activity, according to the latest data from the country’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). For the UK offshore wind sector, 45.6% of […]

  • Report: ConocoPhillips hires AHTS quartet for ‘Safe Caledonia’ move

    5 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Oil major ConocoPhillips has reportedly hired four anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to move Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia flotel.

  • Converteam To Supply Subsea Systems For Innovative Scottish Tidal Energy Generator (UK)

    4 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected to supply major elements of electrical equipment for a 1MW tidal turbine known as HS1000. The contract awarded by Hammerfest Strøm UK Ltd includes the subsea generator and the shore based systems including a power converter, transformers and switchgear. The turbine will be […]

  • Magallanes Tech Could Help Achieve European Green Deal

    16 December 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    At this year’s International Tidal Energy Summit 2019 (ITES 2019), Magallanes Renovables presented the results of its first six months connected to the Scottish grid. During this period, it has been possible to generate blue energy thanks to the ATIR platform, 1.7 MW, generating energy continuously and autonomously. These first results have demonstrated that Magallanes […]

  • Silver Award for Team Van Oord

    27 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Team Van Oord has been awarded a silver award in the ‘Innovation’ category for the Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme, delivered on behalf of the Environment Agency. The company is listed as a Green World Award winner alongside governments and organizations from countries including South Korea, Poland, Malaysia, UAE, Colombia, New Zealand, Germany, Bahrain, Singapore and Brazil. […]

  • Orbital Marine’s tidal tech wins design award

    17 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Futuristic designs of Orbital Marine Power’s tidal stream turbine technology have received recognition at iF Design Awards which celebrate well-designed industrial products.

  • Alstom Presents 1.4MW Tidal Turbine

    1 October 2014
    Technology

    Alstom has improved the design of its 1 MW tidal stream turbine and now offers the Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW: a turbine even more efficient, cost-effective and easy to maintain. With a rotor diameter of 18 metres, the Oceade tidal stream turbine has a nominal power of 1.4MW and three variable pitching blades. It is […]

  • Wello nets 10MW wave energy order for Bali

    28 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Gapura Energi Utama (GEU), an Indonesian infrastructure construction company, has placed an order to Finnish wave energy company Wello to supply it with a 10MW wave energy park equipped with Penguin devices.