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  • FloWave Launches Global Ocean Energy Prize

    3 November 2014

    The ocean energy pioneers of tomorrow have been offered the chance to compete for a week of free testing – worth £38,000 ($61,000) – at FloWave, the world’s most sophisticated ocean energy simulator. The FloWave Prize – or ‘FPrize’ – is aimed at young researchers studying for PHDs and beyond, who must put forward their […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK provides guarantees on EU funding post Brexit

    15 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The HM Treasury will underwrite funding for approved Horizon 2020 projects applied for before the UK leaves the European Union in a commitment aimed at providing reassurance to applicants from the UK’s research and innovation base when applying for EU research funding.

  • ORE Catapult Gathers Industry to Discuss Blades Challenges

    20 September 2017

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult gathered offshore wind farm developers, turbine blade manufacturers and researchers in Blyth this week to address key challenges in the test and certification process for offshore wind turbine blades.

  • UK Companies to Help Boost Chinese Offshore Wind

    8 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new research programme aiming to accelerate Chinese offshore wind development with the help of UK companies.

  • UK Companies to Help Boost Chinese Offshore Wind

    8 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new research programme aiming to accelerate Chinese offshore wind development with the help of UK companies.

  • OOCL Resorts to Artificial Intelligence

    24 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    OOCL is looking to boost its performance by applying Artificial Intelligence to its operations.

  • SHI to set up R&D center in Busan

    14 June 2023
    Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vision

    South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has revealed plans to establish a new research and development (R&D) center in Busan as part of its strategy to enhance its marine engineering expertise and design capabilities. The company signed an investment memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Busan City on June 12. Under the MOU, Busan Metropolitan […]

  • Most Severe Coral Bleaching Documented on GBR

    30 March 2016

    Aerial surveys of more than 500 coral reefs from Cairns to Papua New Guinea reveal that the most pristine section of the Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing the worst, mass bleaching event in its history, James Cook University informed. “This has been the saddest research trip of my life,” says Prof. Terry Hughes, convenor […]

  • EIB Finances Repsol R&D Plans with €200 Mln

    17 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance Repsol’s research and development plan (R&D) with 200 million euros. The agreement between  the European institution and the company was signed this morning at Repsol’s headquarters. The EIB Vice-President, Magdalena Alvarez and Repsol’s Chairman, Antonio Brufau, signed an agreement by which the EIB will finance a number of projects of the Repsol research […]

  • Australia: Improved Dredge Material Management Report Introduced

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    WWF stated that the ‘Fight for the Reef’ campaign has seized on a new report on the impact of dredging on the Great Barrier Reef as further evidence that the practice of dumping dredge waste should be banned. The Improved Dredge Material Management for the Great Barrier Reef Region report is one of a number […]

  • Congressman Announces USD 471,500 for NJSGC (USA)

    19 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) yesterday announced that New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) was awarded $471,500 for research, extension and education programs on coastal issues. Sea Grant is a nationwide network administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of 32 university-based programs that work with coastal communities. The New Jersey Sea Grant […]

  • Smartbay Subsea Observatory off Galway comes online

    1 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    The SmartBay Subsea Observatory will begin feeding data today from the seabed for researchers, businesses, scientists and policy makers in the marine sector.

  • NSRI names new director

    13 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has appointed Tony Laing as its new director of research and market acceleration.

  • ASTUTE 2020 helping MPS de-risk wave energy technology

    30 August 2016
    Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) has engaged with Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE 2020) to undertake research in finite element simulations that will allow MPS to de-risk the build and test-stage of the WaveSub power take off float.

  • OCEANERA-NET COFUND Launches €6.8M Ocean Energy Call

    9 January 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Energy ERA-NET Cofund (OCEANERA-NET COFUND) has opened its second Joint Call for collaborative research and development projects in the field of ocean energy. Funding for this Joint Call is provided by seven funding organisations from four countries (Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden), three regions (Flanders (Belgium), Pays de la Loire (France) and Scotland (UK)). […]

  • FORCE Issues 2nd Environmental Effects Monitoring Report

    24 June 2015
    Research & Development

    FORCE has released its second Environmental Effects Monitoring Report, containing summary information on data collected from 2011 to 2013. The report will be used to help design an enhanced program to monitor effects from tidal turbines deployed at the FORCE site in the Minas Passage. “We need to understand what effects tidal technology may have […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ireland’s Marine Renewables Could Reach EUR 9 Bln, Say Minister White

    30 January 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Ireland’s marine renewable energy sector could ultimately be worth as much as €9 billion by 2030, and be supporting thousands of jobs on the island, according to Energy Minister Alex White. Speaking at the Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Industry Day, in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Minister White also said his department’s support for research and […]

  • FloWave Launches Global Ocean Energy Prize

    3 November 2014

    The ocean energy pioneers of tomorrow have been offered the chance to compete for a week of free testing – worth £38,000 ($61,000) – at FloWave, the world’s most sophisticated ocean energy simulator. The FloWave Prize – or ‘FPrize’ – is aimed at young researchers studying for PHDs and beyond, who must put forward their […]

  • BOEM: Oil and gas production can increase with economic policy changes

    4 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy

    New research by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), with support from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), has indicated that certain economic policy changes are required to increase oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) using deepwater infrastructure already in place.

  • BOEM to Support Oregon’s Offshore Wave Energy Project

    20 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken an important step toward issuing a research lease for a facility to test utility-scale wave energy devices in federal waters off Oregon. The non-competitive lease would be for the offshore area where the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University (Center) would site […]

  • UK: Predicting Wave Power to Double the Output

    27 June 2012

    The energy generated from our oceans could be doubled using new methods for predicting wave power. Research led by the University of Exeter, published in the journal Renewable Energy, could pave the way for significant advancements in marine renewable energy, making it a more viable source of power. The study was carried out by a […]

  • BOEM Seeking Comments on Environmental Assessment

    14 March 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it is seeking public comment as it prepares an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze potential impacts from proposed wind energy research activities offshore Virginia. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) has requested a research lease and proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a […]

  • Canada: AAAS Elects Two WHOI Scientists for 2012 Fellows

    2 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Senior Scientists Lloyd Keigwin and Robert Weller have been elected 2012 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. With nearly 120,000 individual and institutional members and 262 affiliates, AAAS is the world’s largest […]