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  • USA: EPA Protects Wetlands in California and Arizona

    19 February 2014

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the award of $1,565,140 in 2013 Wetland Program Development Grants to six tribes in California and Arizona and four California organizations to conduct research designed to prevent and eliminate water pollution. EPA also announces it will begin accepting applications for the 2014 Wetland Program grant cycle. Work under […]

  • One Dead, Three Injured in Floating Dry Dock in Livorno

    26 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    One person died and three were injured after the research vessel Urania suddenly heeled portside and listed some 30 degrees while dry docked in a floating dock in Livorno, according to Italy’s National Research Council (Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche), the operator of the vessel. According to the initial reports, one of the beams supporting the Italian-flagged […]

  • Law of the Sea Treaty Could Prevent U.S. from Stopping Terrorists

    10 August 2006

    The United States may have more difficulty capturing terrorists, intercepting weapons of mass destruction and conducting routine military operations at sea if the U.S. Senate ratifies the Law of the Sea Treaty, according to a just-released report by The National Center for Public Policy Research. The report, “Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty: […]

  • Snohomish PUD CEO retires

    12 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Steve Klein, Snohomish County Public Utility District CEO/General Manager, has announced his retirement, effective May 1, 2015. Steve Klein has led Snohomish PUD for nine years, where he played a central role in the research and development of multiple renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass/biogas and small hydropower. During the period Klein led Snohomish […]

  • USA: MREC Wins Government Grant for Ocean Energy Technology Development

    24 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded $535,000 grant to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s New England Marine Renewable Energy Center, according to Cape Cod Times. The aim of this grant is to develop ocean energy technology offshore Massachusetts in a 27-square-mile technology test zone. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth researchers also want to build a multi-use […]

  • WAMSI to Present Dredging Science Node Synthesis Report

    8 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) is to release a synthesis of research report on one of the largest single-issue environmental science programs in Australia that gained unprecedented access to industry dredging data. The Dredging Science Node has been recognized by industry and government as a ground breaking step forward for environmental regulation. This […]

  • Second Season of Rothera Wharf Works

    26 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    BAM Nuttall has just announced that a major modernization program at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Rothera Research Station begins its second ‘summer season’ this month with the arrival of a 40-plus person team from BAM. As reported, construction work on a new 74m long wharf resumes, and initial groundworks for a new science and operations […]

  • Cape Sharp Tidal Gets Nod for Turbines Deployment

    21 June 2016
    Research & Development

    Department of Environment has approved the proposed monitoring program for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) and Cape Sharp Tidal Venture. Approval on the plan allows FORCE to proceed with the initial phase of the tidal demonstration project, which is to deploy two turbines in the Minas Passage for research purposes. “We are […]

  • Scientific Instrumentation Installed Onboard R/V Sally Ride

    19 May 2016

    The research vessel (R/V) Sally Ride has been re-floated following the installation of the scientific instrumentation onboard the vessel. The installation required the drydock of the vessel in order to work on sensors mounted on the hull beneath the waterline. Before being re-floated on Tuesday, the vessel underwent two-and-a-half week of works during which the […]

  • China: Jiaolong Submersible to Set New Diving Record

    29 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    China’s manned submersible Jiaolong will attempt a 7,000-meter dive in the Mariana Trench, stated the State Oceanic Administration. This year the submersible managed to reach 5,188 meters below the sea during its deepest dive in the Pacific Ocean. Head of the State Oceanic Administration, Liu Cigui, stated that China wants to construct deep-sea technologies and […]

  • Oceanographic Ship Yantar Launched in Russia

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Project 22010 oceanographic ship with unlimited operational zone was put afloat today at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, reports Business-TASS. “Lead oceanographic ship being built by Yantar shipyard under crucially new Project 22010 is designed for deep-water researches of the World Ocean and its bottom”, said the yard’s press secretary Mr. Mikhailov. Project 22010 was developed […]

  • USA: Alaska Studies Tidal Power Potential

    8 October 2012
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    A research project has commenced to study the potential power of ocean currents in False Pass, Alaska. Two acoustic current Doppler profilers were placed in False Pass last week. They will collect data on the volume and speed of water moving through for about five weeks. The Dutch Harbor Fisherman cites Bruce Wright, a senior […]

  • TenneT Investigates Borssele Zone Export Cable Route

    12 October 2015
    Research & Development, Storage

    TenneT has started investigating the soil along the export cable route of the planned wind farms in the Borssele zone off the coast of Walcheren. The condition of the soil and the identification of possible obstacles such as unexploded ordnance or shipwrecks is important in building an offshore grid and connecting it to the existing high-voltage grid on […]

  • EMEC to Present Three Marine Energy Posters at EIMR

    24 April 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is attending the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR) Conference in Stornoway on 30th April – 1st May 2014. Jennifer Norris (Research Director), Christina Bristow (Research and Consents Officer) and Michael Butler (Acoustic Engineer) will be attending the event. EMEC is presenting three posters at the EIMR […]

  • Fundy FORCE Works on Its Onshore Electrical Infrastructure

    28 August 2014
    Storage, Technology

    After Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) published a photo of ongoing works on an onshore electrical infrastructure, Offshore WIND contacted the Center to find out more about this phase of the project. The photo shows the installation of the last cable vaults, which will house the shore end of FORCE’s 34.5kV subsea power […]

  • Workshop on Transmission Networks for OW Power Plants to Start in Berlin

    10 November 2014
    Research & Development, Storage

    The 13th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants will be held in Berlin, Germany, from 11 – 13 November 2014, directly after the 4th International Workshop on Integration of Solar Power into Power Systems. The workshop provides an International […]

  • France launches €3 million marine energy R&D call

    8 March 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    French National Research Agency (ANR), in collaboration with France Energies Marines (FEM), has launched a second call for marine research and development projects. The call for projects in 2016 has a total budget of €3 million and is part of the SET-Plan set by the European Commission. ANR will co-finance 50% of eligible project expenses, […]

  • NPD names head of Harstad office

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has appointed Stig-Morten Knutsen (49) as head of the NPD’s Harstad office. His duties will include responsibility for the annual Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA). He will be part of the management team under exploration director Sissel Eriksen. Knutsen has broad experience from various aspects of the petroleum activities. He is […]

  • Sealegs Ushers in Its SLG-100 Amphibious Technology

    2 October 2013

    Sealegs International unveiled its new generation SLG-100 amphibious technology which can be installed onto significantly larger craft that operate in the commercial, professional and government sectors at the Annual General Meeting of Sealegs Corporation Limited on Friday, 20 September 2013. Maurice Bryham, Sealegs Founder and Chief Technology Officer, said: “We are very pleased with the […]

  • Flame: Europe Should Use More Gas to Meet Emission Targets

    20 May 2014

    Flame, Europe’s leading gas and LNG conference, officially opened on Monday, 20th May, at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam. After the opening speech by Jonathan Stern, Natural Gas Research Programme and Senior Research Fellow, OIES; Statoil’s Senior Vice President Rune Bjornson addressed the conference where he talked about the upstream perspective of the European gas […]

  • FORCE seeks environmental lead

    10 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) is looking for a Science Director to oversee all components of its environmental monitoring program.

  • NREL advances data collection tools to accelerate development of marine energy industry

    7 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have made progress with the development of data-gathering tools to help accelerate the development of marine energy technologies.

  • Scientists Study Tropical Oceans OMZ Growth

    22 December 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Long-term observations indicate that the oxygen minimum zones in the tropical oceans have expanded in recent decades. The reason is still unknown. The scientists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Collaborative Research Centre 754 “Climate – Biogeochemical Interactions in the Tropical Ocean” have found an explanation with the help of […]

  • Rosneft: Kara-Summer 2013 Expedition Completes Its Voyage

    19 August 2013

    The Kara-Summer 2013 expedition organized by Rosneft in partnership with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute completed its voyage on August 16, 2013. Experts spent 30 days at sea aboard the Akademik Fyodorov survey vessel owned by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. They conducted a large scale met-ocean survey in the Kara Sea, monitored […]

  • Piracy in Sub-Saharan Africa Needs to Be Addressed on Land

    11 November 2014

    Given the tremendous social and political conflict occurring in many piracy prone countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, counter-piracy efforts at sea will likely fail, as indicated in a recent research paper of the Office of Naval Research in the United States on the trends in maritime piracy. Extant research shows state fragility, economic deprivation, population, and geographic opportunity are […]