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  • Shell joins SCCS JIP that aims to extend life of North Sea oil fields

    2 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A joint industry project to investigate mechanisms for creating a CO₂-driven enhanced oil recovery (CO₂-EOR) industry in the North Sea has welcomed Shell as a new industry partner. CO₂-EOR has the potential to bring benefits for the UK offshore industry by improving recovery from depleted oil fields using CO₂ captured from power plants and industry. […]

  • Forewind Investigates Harbour Porpoises in North Sea

    9 December 2014
    Environment, Research & Development

    Forewind is one of five international offshore wind energy developers to jointly initiate an ambitious research programme into how the harbour porpoise population in the North Sea is likely to be affected by the construction of offshore wind farms. The programme, called Disturbance Effects on the Harbour Porpoise Population in the North Sea (DEPONS) will […]

  • RI Delegation Allocates Funds for Marine Resources

    3 April 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline have announced over $1.6 million in federal funding from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the Rhode Island Sea Grant Program. Rhode Island Sea Grant will use the funds to continue work on the state’s Shellfish Management Plan. In […]

  • Spain: IREC Hosts Event “Animation Event for Thematic Field Renewable Energy”

    25 January 2013

    The aim of the event has been to present the call for innovation projects of InnoEnergy KIC 2013. The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has hosted the conference “Animation Event for Thematic Field Renewable Energy “organized by KIC InnoEnergy, in its headquarters in Barcelona. The aim of the conference has been to present the […]

  • Reducing Offshore Wind Cost through Forecasting (TU Delft)

    17 June 2016
    Research & Development

    Advanced meteorology helps reduce the costs of offshore wind turbines and improves the power production forecast, thus making the operation more profitable, according to research by Maarten Holtslag from TU Delft. Holtslag, who has a master’s degree in meteorology, conducted a PhD research in wind energy at the FLOW research program on Far and Large Offshore Wind energy, which aims […]

  • Aura Offshore Wind Training Centre Secures GBP 5.5 Million Boost

    4 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    A UK consortium led by the University of Hull has won a GBP 5.5 million funding for the Aura Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) aimed at boosting offshore wind skills and investment. The bid, which the university’s Energy & Environment Institute secured from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), […]

  • NREL Nets USD 300,000 for Floating Wind R&D

    9 September 2019
    Research & Development

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has selected the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to carry out a project focused on reducing costs and improving the economic feasibility of floating wind technology. NREL has been awarded USD 300,000 for its Shared Mooring Systems for Deep Floating Wind Farms project, in which it […]

  • Niestern Sander Launches Geo Ranger

    9 March 2020

    Royal Niestern Sander has launched yard number 864, the hydrographic research vessel ‘Geo Ranger’. In April 2019, Royal Niestern Sander and Geo Plus signed the contract for the construction of the Geo Ranger. After the start of construction in September 2019, the ship was transported early February from the construction hall to the quay side […]

  • Carnegie Cashes In $3.9 Mln Tax Rebate

    29 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, received a Research and Development Tax Incentive cash rebate from the Australian Tax Office of $3.9 million. The R&D Tax Incentive is a market driven program accessible to all industry sectors. It provides a targeted tax offset to encourage more companies to engage in research and development. Carnegie […]

  • UK: First Subsea Receives ABS 2009 Approval for Mooring Connectors

    30 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Subsea mooring connector (SMC) equipment supplier, First Subsea, has been awarded the American Bureau of Shipping’s ABS 2009 Approval for specialist subsea mooring connectors. It is the first manufacturer of offshore mooring connectors to achieve this type approval for the design and manufacture of large scale forgings over 500mm in diameter. The ABS 2009 Certification […]

  • Wave Energy Gets Australian Government’s Boost

    6 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Western Australian Government’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has awarded $15.75 million grant funding to Carnegie’s CETO technology and Albany wave energy project. In addition, the WA Government has awarded $3.75 million to the University of Western Australia to establish and manage an associated Wave Energy Research Centre in Albany, Western Australia. Carnegie’s managing […]

  • OGIC Innovation Zone to Host Developers at Subsea Expo

    30 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    New oil and gas technologies and research capabilities of Scottish Universities are set to be highlighted at Subsea Expo by the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC). OGIC will host companies developing new technology and two Scottish Universities with energy-related research and development strengths at its innovation zone at the event in Aberdeen this week. […]

  • EU Provides Grant to Odyssea Project

    24 May 2017
    Research & Development

    The European Union (EU) has awarded the international Odyssea consortium €8.4 million to develop an interoperable and cost-effective platform that integrates networks of observation and forecasting systems across the Mediterranean basin. The Odyssea platform will collect information from databases maintained by agencies, public authorities, research institutions and universities. The 4.5-year project is aimed at making Mediterranean […]

  • UK: Scientists Develop New Technology to Detect Deep Sea Gas Leaks

    14 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

      A new ultra-sensitive technology which can monitor leaks from underwater gas pipelines has been developed by scientists at the University of Southampton. The research has shown that potentially environmentally and financially disastrous gas leaks from pipelines, and methane naturally leaking from the seabed, could in future be detected using changes in acoustic signals. Using […]

  • Community Benefits Consultation on GBP 19 Million Funding Begins (UK)

    15 December 2011

    Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, through independent market research company Cogent, is seeking Flintshire residents’ views on how £19 million of community funding should be allocated across North Wales. The funds, £768,000 per year, index linked to inflation, will become available once the 160 turbine wind farm is fully operational in 2014. The […]

  • VIDEO: Laying the FORCE Subsea Data Cable

    19 December 2013
    Technology

    Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has installed a data cable designed to connect to a recoverable underwater research platform – the first subsea cable ever installed in the Minas Passage. The cable installation provides valuable knowledge and experience in planning the deployment of four subsea power cables in 2014, which will connect tidal […]

  • IREC Participes in EMERGE Project (Spain)

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      IREC participes in EMERGE, a research project aimed at developing a system for generating offshore wind energy. The project has been allocated a budget of 3,910,275.80 euros It is partly financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and co-financed with ERDF funds as part of the INNPACTO 2010 Project. Also involved in the […]

  • UNO gets $3.6M grant for ship-welding robot technology

    1 October 2006

    The University of New Orleans received a $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects agency last week to develop automated tools for programming robots to weld ship components. The grant is funded by the Office of Naval Research. “The shipbuilding industry can never find enough welders, and welding is a core competence of […]

  • DRASSM Invites Tenders for Dive-Support Boat Supply

    25 December 2015
    Project & Tenders

    French Department for Underwater and Undersea Archeological Research (DRASSM), based in Marseilles, is looking for a contractor for the supply of a boat for underwater archeology services. DRASSM requires a boat with an intermediate operational unity between their vessel ‘André Malraux’ and fast pneumatic boats with semi-rigid hulls. The boat will be conducting archaeological research […]

  • MERIKA Project Officially Launched

    29 April 2014
    Research & Development

    The Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator (MERIKA) Project was officially launched by the Project Manager Damian Collins last night at the EIMR conference in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. MERIKA is an ambitious initiative by University of the Highlands and the Islands (UHI), located in Scotland and the UK’s outermost region. The […]

  • Kogas, Woodside join forces on hydrogen fuel

    3 July 2018

    South Korean LNG importing giant Kogas and Australian LNG producer Woodside signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in the research and development of hydrogen as fuel. The deal was signed on the sidelines of a gas conference recently held in Washington, USA. The duo agreed to expand joint research into producing hydrogen fuel from […]

  • Decreasing Emissions of Black Carbon, Methane and Other Pollutants Makes Difference

    15 April 2013

    With coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels, new research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow sea level rise this century. Scientists found that reductions in four pollutants that cycle comparatively quickly through the atmosphere could temporarily forestall the rate of sea level rise by roughly 25 to 50 percent. The […]

  • Esau: Scoping Period to Determine End Date of Deep-Sea Phosphate Mining Moratorium

    19 December 2013

    The Namibian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, the Hon. Bernhard Esau, made the following announcements relating to the Moratorium on Deep-sea Phosphate Mining in an interview with NAMPA (Namibia Press Agency) earlier this week: In September 2013 his Ministry had made a submission to Cabinet to place an 18-month moratorium on deep-sea phosphate mining […]

  • DSME to form int’l R&D alliance for eco-friendly, smart shipbuilding tech

    23 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Vision

    South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has decided to form a global research and development (R&D) alliance focused on the development of innovative shipbuilding technologies.

  • Kraken Names Chief Scientist

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Kraken Robotics Systems has appointed Dr. Jeremy Dillon as the company’s chief scientist. As an original member of Kraken’s Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) team, Dillon developed the signal processing algorithms for the AquaPix SAS imaging and bathymetry software. He also invented Kraken’s AquaTrak Correlation Velocity Log, participated in numerous sea trials and was the principal […]