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  • VIDEO: Marine Life Thrives on America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    15 February 2018
    Environment

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), based at the University of Delaware, released a new video that features never-before-seen underwater footage of fish feeding at America’s first offshore wind farm, as well as testimonials from local recreational fishermen and charter captains.

  • Sabella’s 1MW tidal turbine starts exporting power in France

    3 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    French company Sabella has started exporting power to the Ushant Island’s grid, following the redeployment of its D10 tidal turbine in the Fromveur Passage.

  • Nanaimo Berths First Container Ship

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The arrival of the M/V Westwood Pacific at the Nanaimo Port Authority’s Duke Point terminal on August 19 marks the first container ship to berth at the Port’s facilities, providing the Canadian port with a direct link to Asia. This trial call, with express service to Japan and Korea, and feeder service to other Asian ports, is […]

  • Environment Improved at Ifield Mill Pond

    15 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Salix, together with Crawley Borough Council and Jacksons Civil Engineering, is about to complete the Ifield Mill Pond & Water Gardens project, the area’s most important wetland and a designated Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI). The 12-month program of improvements began in April 2014 and includes:   the construction of a new dam and spillway near […]

  • Popular news, November 17 – 23, 2014

    23 November 2014
    Exploration & Production

    The articles you have read the most this past week include the one on Halliburton’s take-over of Baker Hughes; the production kick off at Tubular Bells; two Greenpeace activists injured in protest against offshore drilling; Repsol starts drilling offshore Canary Islands; Gulf of Mexico platform blast and more…  Halliburton takes over Baker Hughes for $34.6B Halliburton Company […]

  • USA: LIPA Issues Two Requests for Proposals

    21 October 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) issued two, separate requests for proposals (RFPs), asking developers to propose projects to be part of Long Island’s future energy supply. One proposal is for variable-sized renewable energy projects and the other is to begin replacement of Long Island’s fleet of “peaking” generation facilities, installed as early as the […]

  • Mariners Should Use Caution near Buoy Site (USA)

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies deployed a data buoy off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island, three years ago to gather information on wave action for a Corps study and the scientific instrument has been providing useful information to scientists, mariners and the general public since that time. One of […]

  • USA: Gerald R. Ford Takes on Distinctive Profile of an Aircraft Carrier

    27 January 2013

    Huntington Ingalls Industries celebrated significant progress yesterday, Jan. 26th, as the 555-metric ton island was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The island will serve as the command center for flight deck operations aboard the first of the next-generation class of aircraft […]

  • SWMEP, CIMREG to Collaborate on Marine Renewables Development

    2 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Representatives from the South West Marine Energy Park (SWMEP) and the Channel Islands Marine Energy Group (CIMREG) met in London at the International Tidal Energy Summit on Wednesday to finalise details of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two organisations. The MoU, signed today between the Channel Islands and the South West of the […]

  • Byron Energy wins four new blocks in Gulf of Mexico

    12 June 2018

    Byron Energy has been awarded four blocks by BOEM at the Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Sale 250.

  • Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in the Gulf

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Historic Egmont Key will soon receive critical sand thanks to maintenance on the Tampa Harbor channel. The small island has experienced large-scale erosion and structural damage on its western shoreline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $13.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., to […]

  • PLOCAN takes the baton for MUSICA project

    24 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been confirmed as the new coordinator of the EU-backed MUSICA project that aims to develop a multi-use platform combining renewable energies, aquaculture, water desalination, energy storage and green support services.

  • Fox River Dredging Sets Stage for Brighter Future

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The ongoing cleanup of the lower Fox River – the largest removal of contaminated sediments ever attempted anywhere – is a momentous project, but it is also part of a larger story, environmental officials said. Major efforts are underway to restore near-shore fisheries and wildlife habitat in the lower bay of Green Bay; innovative approaches […]

  • Canada: AOE Proves Wave Energy Technology

    18 September 2013

    With founders and potential investors looking on; Jim Matei, COO of AOE pulled the test buoy out into a calm ocean, secured it to the anchoring system and with mechanically generated waves began compressing air. Gauges on the dock launching area read almost 10 PSI after only a couple small waves. The AOE system is […]

  • Conservation groups file lawsuit over Hilcorp’s Arctic oil project

    18 December 2018

    U.S. conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent approval of Hilcorp’s Liberty project, the first offshore oil drilling development in federal Arctic waters. Hilcorp’s project envisions the construction of a nine-acre artificial gravel island in the shallow waters of the Beaufort Sea, about 20 miles east of Prudhoe Bay and about […]

  • Worley to Design Revolution Wind Substations

    30 April 2019
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    Ørsted has awarded Worley with a contract to engineer and design two offshore wind topside substations for the 700MW Revolution Wind project off the Rhode Island coast, US. The project started in March 2019, with the installation expected in 2022, Worley said. “This project is directly aligned to our strategic priority of supporting our customers through […]

  • Oil Leaking from Overturned Car Carrier near Brunswick

    24 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Skimming operations in Golden Ray’s engine room were started in order to allow access to the main fuel tanks.

  • BC Ferries’ Queen of Burnaby Back in Service

    29 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has completed the required repairs to the propeller hub of its ferry, the Queen of Burnaby, and will bring the ship back into service on the Comox – Powell River route starting from July 29. Due to the necessary maintenance works on the vessel, BC Ferries reshuffled its other vessels to support the route until the […]

  • Sri Lanka Navy Saves 18 Indian Fishermen in Distress

    21 December 2011

    Naval personnel attached to SLNS Wasaba of the Northern Naval Command rescued 12 Indian fishermen when their trawlers were run aground in the seas off Delft Island on 19th December 2011 while Naval personnel attached to SLNS Elara of the same Command rescued 06 Indian fishermen in a trawler run aground in the seas off […]

  • Tidal turbine victim of hack attack? Yes.

    22 March 2016
    Research & Development, Technology

    Last October, the French tidal energy developer Sabella was a victim of a hacker attack which temporarily rendered the computer managing Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine and accompanying equipment unusable.

  • New Video on the Progress of Eko Atlantic

    19 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Eko Atlantic city, a creative and ambitious development project, is about to change the face of Africa, transforming the Lagos State into a megacity. The city, currently under construction off Bar Beach, Victoria Island, will become the new financial epicenter of West Africa by the year 2020.  The newly released video update on the continuing development of Eko Atlantic […]

  • North Portsea Planning Application Gets OK

    1 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The next phase of plans to protect North Portsea Island from the risk of coastal flooding are underway following approval of the planning application for the first package of work in the Kendall’s Wharf area of North Portsea Island. The principal design for Phase 4 of the North Portsea Island Coastal Defense Scheme is now […]

  • Hydro Group nets contract for Korea’s wind-wave energy hybrid

    5 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Aberdeen-based subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group has been awarded a £750,000 contract with Korea Research of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) for wind and wave energy platform works.

  • Army Corps Returns to Full Operations (USA)

    18 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has returned to full operations following the passing of the continuing resolution by Congress. Effective today, Rock Island District-operated campgrounds, day-use parks, visitor centers and boat ramps are reopening to the public. All other District services reduced or curtailed during the federal government shutdown, including individual […]

  • Valco Orders Jackets and Topsides for Gabon Project

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., announced today that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island, L.L.C., it has signed a contract for the fabrication of (2) 4-pile jackets and associated topsides with Vaalco Energy, Inc. The platforms will be destined for Gabon, West Africa. Terms of the contract remain undisclosed. The company said that revenue and man-hour backlog […]