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  • UK: Investment to Boost Offshore Wind Development

    25 July 2012
    Research & Development

    Researchers at the University of Strathclyde will help Scotland to meet its ambitious renewable energy targets by improving the performance of offshore wind farms, following investment from Scottish Enterprise. The funding has helped to secure a new experimental rig facility to test offshore wind condition monitoring technologies, allowing researchers to develop innovative techniques to improve […]

  • WHOI Robot Takes First Known Automated Sample from Ocean

    9 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A hybrid remotely operated vehicle developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) took the first known automated sample performed by a robotic arm in the ocean. Last month, an international team of researchers used one of WHOI’s underwater robots, Nereid Under Ice (NUI), to explore Kolumbo volcano, an active submarine volcano off Greece’s famed Santorini […]

  • USA: URI Scientists Develop Method for Measuring Pace of Life in Deep Sediments

    28 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Life deep in the seabed proceeds very slowly. But the slow-growing bacteria living many meters beneath the seafloor play an important role in the global storage of organic carbon and have a long-term effect on climate. A team of scientists from Aarhus University (Denmark) and the University of Rhode Island have developed a new method […]

  • BOEM Opens Door for Wave Energy Testing Offshore Oregon

    20 June 2014
    Authorities & Government

    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 […]

  • New Tech Used in WWII Aircraft Wreck Find

    7 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    An endeavor to employ a suite of oceanographic research instruments to find downed World War II aircraft and the remains of troops listed as missing in action for nearly 70 years are the subject of a film by camera maker GoPro and the CBS. Supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, Scripps […]

  • ORE Catapult, ORCA Hub join forces for robotics in offshore renewables

    14 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) Hub will collaborate on translating UK robotics innovation and research expertise into products and services for the offshore renewables’ industry. ORE Catapult and ORCA Hub will utilise both their research expertise and test and demonstration facilities to carry out joint […]

  • First Congress on the Marker Wadden Project

    8 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Marker Wadden, an archipelago of nature islands in the Markermeer lake, is one of the largest nature projects in Western Europe. The contractors are using sand, silt and clay to create new islands and, in the process, open up opportunities for knowledge development and innovation. The Marker Wadden Knowledge and Innovation Program (KIMA) organised […]

  • Ocean Infinity Partners with NOAA on Deep-Water Exploration Tech

    10 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Infinity has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER).  The four-year agreement focuses on expanding deep-water autonomous technologies to advance the transmission of ocean information in real time, as well as developing new data-collection and processing methods to […]

  • BHGE Partners with AFRC to Improve Its Services

    10 October 2018
    Research & Development

    The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), have joined forces to explore how some of the latest manufacturing tools and processes can drive more efficient, smarter ways to reduce cost and increase productivity across BHGE’s operations. BHGE will work with the AFRC’s team of engineers and […]

  • OceanServer Provides Tallinn University of Technology with Iver2 AUV

    28 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OceanServer Technology has recently delivered an Iver2-580 EP42 (Expandable Payload) AUV to Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) in Estonia. TUT has a long track record of utilizing new technology for research into real world applications. The researchers at the University expect to use the Iver2 platform to develop and demonstrate software solutions supporting AUV autonomy […]

  • Douglas-Westwood Expects 42 Pct Increase in AUV Fleet by 2018

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that the global AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) fleet will increase 42% in the 2014-2018 period, compared to the previous five years. The fleet is forecast to total 825 units in 2018, led by strong demand in the military sector. The military sector makes up 50% of AUV demand, with North America accounting […]

  • Registration Opens for Marine Measurement Forum (UK)

    23 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Xylem Analytics UK has announced that registration is now open for the 53rd Marine Measurement Forum. The event will take place on Thursday 28th November 2013 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. The format for the day is a series of 15-20 minute talks on topics covering scientific research, instrumentation, survey projects etc. In […]

  • RV Tangaroa Conducts Survey Off Otago

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    According to Radio New Zaeland News, survey is being conducted off the coast of Otago. A governmant research vessel is inspecting the seabed in preparation for oil and gas exploration. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research vessel Tangaroa is expected to cover about 25,000 square kilometres of underwater landscape to depths of five kilometres […]

  • MARIN: Free Testing for Six Innovative Concepts

    13 February 2014
    Research & Development

    Half a year ago, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) launched an initiative to offer six free slots for invited maritime start-ups. This way the Institute encourages maritime innovation in the Netherlands, said MARIN director Bas Buchner. Out of twenty applicants, six received a symbolic cheque as winners. Each basin testing is worth € 40,000, which […]

  • WindGuard Wind Tunnel Hits 100 m/s (Germany)

    2 December 2011
    Research & Development, Technology

    The research team of Deutsche WindGuard Engineering GmbH has managed to reach flow velocities of 100 m/sec in its wind tunnel. It allows research with Reynolds numbers of more than 6,000,000. Dr. Knud Rehfeldt, CEO of German WindGuard Engineering GmbH said that the wind tunnel fulfills all the requirements of the wind energy sector. The […]

  • First Frame Lowered into Place for the New Antarctic Wharf

    15 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A major milestone has been reached on the new Antarctic wharf project at Rothera Research Station. Following two months of deconstructing the old Biscoe wharf, the first frame of the new 74-meter long structure has been lowered into place. Over the weekend, divers completed the final part of the wharf deconstruction along the sea bed, […]

  • Shipping Sector Sailing in a Changing Climate

    14 September 2017

    The shipping industry must cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50% by 2050, according to a research effort ‘Shipping in Changing Climates’. Rising trade and demand means this will require substantial efficiency improvements in the average ship, which will have to reduce in carbon intensity some 60-90% by mid century, the research showed. […]

  • Changing tides could impact tidal renewable energy sites

    5 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The study of the impact of global sea-level rise on tides has found that tidal changes will have implications for existing and proposed tidal renewable energy sites.

  • Annual Spending on Transmission Systems to Reach USD 46.7Bn in 2025

    8 February 2017

    Annual global spending on transmission system infrastructure for large-scale renewable energy integration is expected to grow from USD 36.7 billion in 2016 to USD 46.7 billion in 2025, according to a new report from Navigant Research.

  • Carnegie to Work with University of Adelaide on Control Systems Project

    25 July 2014
    Storage

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited will partner with the University of Adelaide on a $1.8m project part funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant to research and develop control strategies for wave energy converters. The three year project will specifically focus on understanding and developing novel control strategies tailored for submerged […]

  • USA: DOE Launches Report on Environmental Effects of Marine Energy Development

    10 February 2013
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    As part of an international collaboration with the International Energy Agency, the Energy Department has launched a new database that includes results of environmental monitoring and research efforts on wave, tidal, and current energy development worldwide. Called “Tethys,” after the Greek titaness of the ocean, the database will help industry regulators and energy project developers […]

  • OWI-Lab to Take Part in EWEA Workshop

    4 December 2014
    Research & Development

    OWI-Lab will participate in the EWEA Workshop ‘Analysis of Operating Wind Farms 2014’ taking place next week 8 and 9 December in Malmö-Sweden. It we will give an overview of its current research topics, challenges, results and future perspectives. OWI-Lab is a Belgian R&D initiative for offshore wind energy and infrastructure. One of the main […]

  • UK: BMT Robotic Fish Returns to Science Museum

    6 December 2011
    Research & Development

    The robotic fish is making a return to the Science Museum in London as part of a robotics exhibition. The robotic fish appeared in a similar exhibition at the Science Museum for six months in 2010 and was extremely well received by visitors. The fish will again be appearing in the museum’s Antenna gallery and […]

  • Naming Ceremony for Oceanic Sirius in Ulsteinvik, Norway

    3 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Yard nr. 286 from Ulstein Verft, Oceanic Sirius, was named in an official ceremony in Ulsteinvik, Norway, on 1 October. Lady sponsor of the vessel is Mrs. Danielle Malcor, wife of Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO of CGGVeritas.   Oceanic Sirius, an advanced seismic research vessel of the SX120 type from Ulstein Design & Solutions, will be […]

  • Jamaica Shows Big Interest for the Sand Motor

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Jamaica has indicated that it is interested in the Sand Motor, an innovative method of coast protection and maintenance. The beach near the holiday resort of Negril is being affected by erosion. The government has proposed a ‘hard solution’ to tackle the erosion: two large breakwaters measuring 800-1000 meters. But the resort and the local […]