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  • Op-ed: Tony Lewis on the exciting potential of wave energy

    28 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    In an op-ed piece, Tony Lewis, chief technology officer at OceanEnergy, sheds more light on the potential of wave energy and the expectations from the WEDUSEA project, being coordinated by the Ireland-based company.

  • Iceland: Newly Discovered Current Could Affect North Atlantic Climate Picture, Says WHOI

    22 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways. The current, called the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ), contributes to a key component […]

  • Maersk: Booking a Container Becomes as Easy as Booking a Flight Ticket

    1 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has introduced instant booking confirmation for containers.

  • Top news, November 13 – 19, 2017

    19 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 13 – 19, 2017.

  • USACE Updates Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion CPP

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced yesterday that it has updated the environmental and regulatory coordinated project plan (CPP) for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. In accordance with Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, the CPP includes a comprehensive schedule for completing all environmental reviews and authorization decisions needed […]

  • EnQuest to operate Bressay field as Equinor halves interest

    31 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has agreed to sell a 40.8125 per cent interest in and transfer operatorship of the Bressay oil field development on the UK continental shelf to EnQuest.

  • Scotland to Fund Offshore Wind Cost-Cutting Project with GBP 2.2 Mln

    14 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind developers with over 72% (31GW) of the UK’s […]

  • Green Light for ReFLEX Orkney Project

    10 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    ReFLEX Orkney project has progressed through the first stage of the project, following a review meeting with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Funded by UKRI through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, ReFLEX Orkney is aiming to integrate electricity, transport and heat networks in Orkney using advanced software to balance demand and supply. Moving into phase […]

  • Top news, June 8 – 14, 2015

    14 June 2015

    Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 8 – 14, 2015. UK: Planning consent granted for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon UK Secretary of State, Amber Rudd, has granted the planning consent for construction of the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Separately from the […]

  • Draka Offshore Awarded Baltic 2 Wind Farm Subsea Array Cable Contract (Germany)

    25 November 2010

    Draka announces that it has been awarded the array cabling contract for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting. The Baltic 2 contract, valued at approximately € 23 million requires Draka to deliver approximately 95 kilometers of 36kV subsea power cable for use in the project. The first delivery on […]

  • KBAT, PDA Team Up on Diving Courses in Singapore

    5 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    KBA Training Centre (KBAT) and the Professional Diving Academy (PDA), Dunoon, Scotland have signed a MOU to train commercial divers in Singapore to the UK HSE offshore diving standard. Delegates who have successfully completed the nine-week inland/inshore commercial diving training with KBAT can thereafter apply to PDA to attend a bespoke training programme that will […]

  • Industry majors, oil & gas players shortlisted for French floating wind tender

    16 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Equinor, Shell, Eni, and TotalEnergies have been selected to participate in France’s first tender dedicated to floating wind.

  • Oil industry players help Underwater Centre turn a corner

    10 May 2018
    Equipment

    Scotland’s subsea training and trials center, The Underwater Centre, located in the Scottish Highlands, has said it has “turned a corner” after receiving industry support.

  • Restoration Efforts Underway at Rhode Island’s Sachuest Point

    24 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy are working to restore and strengthen salt marsh habitat at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge to better withstand impacts of sea-level rise and coastal storm surge. The project focuses on the Maidford River marshlands, adjacent to Third Beach. The work is part of a $1.98 […]

  • Carnegie reserves site for CETO wave energy device deployment in Spain

    8 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    CETO Wave Energy Ireland (CWEI), a subsidiary of Carnegie Clean Energy, has inked an assignment agreement that ensures its access to a berth reservation agreement within the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP).

  • UK: Tidal Turbine in Orkney Producing Electricity

    17 May 2012

    An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator was installed last December, in some […]

  • In focus: Oil & gas players taking lead roles in energy transition

    16 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    A number of energy transition-related updates hit our headlines this week, from new developments in the renewables sector to further initiatives in ship decarbonisation – and oil & gas companies’ new moves in both of those, and more.

  • Report warns ‘business as usual’ will not decarbonize UK by 2050

    4 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    A consortium of ten universities, led by the University of Plymouth, is warning that urgent action is required for the UK to meet its 2050 Net Zero target, with significant acceleration needed in tidal, wave, and offshore wind energy growth.  The latest report, ORE Outlook 2040, from the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub highlights […]

  • UK: Alstom, GDF Suez Join Forces to Equip Raz Blanchard Tidal Power Pilot Farm

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Alstom and GDF Suez will prepare a common project to respond to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms announced by the French President, François Hollande in Cherbourg. Jérôme Pécresse, Alstom’s Renewable Power President and Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez, signed a cooperation agreement concerning this, in the Lower Normandy Region […]

  • Most viewed photos of 2017

    2 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled photo galleries that you viewed the most in 2017.

  • Subsea in May

    7 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The greatest highlight last month, and so far this year, was the merger announcement between the largest provider of subsea equipment to the industry, FMC Technologies, and the Europe’s biggest oilfield-services provider Technip. Harkand […]

  • Orbital Marine forms ‘game-changing’ partnership with TechnipFMC for tidal energy scale-up

    18 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Scottish company Orbital Marine Power has established a strategic partnership with one of the leading offshore energy players TechnipFMC to accelerate the global commercialisation of its pioneering tidal energy technology.

  • Bombora welcomes former chairman of Scottish Renewables

    9 April 2020
    Human Capital

    Ocean energy company Bombora has appointed Ronnie Bonnar to its board of directors. Ronnie Bonnar is a former chairman of Scottish Renewables, and currently holds several non-executive directorships focused on renewable energy, including the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He brings over 15 years of senior management experience in the renewables sector, enhancing Bombora’s leadership team […]

  • France: Alstom Teams Up with GDF Suez for Blanchard Tidal Power Project

    30 September 2013

    Alstom and GDF Suez will prepare a common project to respond to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms announced by the French President, François Hollande in Cherbourg. Jérôme Pécresse, Alstom’s Renewable Power President and Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez, signed a cooperation agreement concerning this, in the Lower Normandy Region […]

  • Sea of Energy

    8 April 2015

    In 2010 the European Commission introduced Energy 2020 – a strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy, which contains among others the intention to reduce the European greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2020 and increase the use of renewable energy to 14 per cent. This has led to increased development […]