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  • US community-centric wave energy project secures $3.6M backing

    7 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $3.6 million in funding to a project that aims to determine the best way to harvest wave energy for coastal communities at Beaver Island, Michigan, and Nags Head, North Carolina, in the U.S. The University of Michigan-led project aims to provide renewable energy solutions tailored to the specific […]

  • Navy ‘Mine-Hunter’ Reliant AUV Sets Mission Endurance Record

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, executed a record setting 507 kilometer (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission using its heavyweight-class mine countermeasures autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Reliant. NRL’s Reliant AUV, when equipped with a low frequency broadband (LFBB) sonar system, is perhaps best known as the prototype for the […]

  • Great Barrier Reef is Effective Wave Absorber, Study Shows

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    New research has found that the Great Barrier Reef, as a whole, is a remarkably effective wave absorber, despite large gaps between the reefs. This means that landward of the reefs, waves are mostly related to local winds rather than offshore wave conditions. As waves break and reduce in height over reefs, this drives currents […]

  • Michel Samson: The tremendous opportunity of tidal

    13 May 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment

    Nova Scotia Energy Minister, Michel Samson, shares his views on the opportunities the emerging tidal energy sector is offering.

  • Monitoring wind to find best spots for offshore wind turbines (USA)

    7 October 2010

    In the still and humid morning air Wednesday, researchers on a platform at the mouth of Winyah Bay hoisted the meteorological equivalent of… (postandcourier) [mappress] Source: postandcourier,October 07, 2010;

  • Marine Industries Play a Big Role in UK Economy

    11 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Speaking at a parliamentary event to promote the findings of the economic research in his capacity as co-chair of the Council, Minister of … (webnewswire) [mappress] Source: webnewswire, February 11, 2011

  • TÜV SÜD PMSS Stresses Importance of Phased Approach to Wave and Tidal

    26 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The steady, phased deployment of wave and tidal projects, together with thorough environmental survey data collection and analysis will enable the emerging marine energy sector to avoid the pitfalls currently being experienced in offshore wind. Moreover, with regulatory project approval and consent having slowed significantly in recent months, it’s only through demonstrating a truly flexible […]

  • Hawaiian O‘ahu Consists of Three Shield Volcanoes, Study Says

    19 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de L’Environment in France and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California recently discovered that O‘ahu actually consists of three major Hawaiian shield volcanoes, not two, as previously thought. The island of O‘ahu, as we know it today, is the remnants […]

  • Advantages of Battery Hybrid Systems on Board Ships

    10 April 2013

    Battery hybrid ships are believed to be an alternative energy system mix for the shipping of tomorrow. Recent results of a joint DNV and Grieg Star hybrid ship crane project show less than a year’s payback time and fuel savings of 30 % – and that you should get your battery on board sooner rather […]

  • Qatargas Official Delivers Keynote Speech at Doha Carbon and Energy Forum

    12 November 2013

    Qatargas Chief Operating Officer – Administration, Ghanim Al-Kuwari, delivered a speech at the inaugural session of the second Doha Carbon and Energy Forum, being held under the patronage of His Excellency Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry at the Qatar National Convention Centre from 11 – 13 November. Qatargas is a strategic […]

  • Wind inspires wave energy shape-shifter

    12 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Sourcing the inspiration from the pitch control of wind turbine blades, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers have developed a new design for wave energy converters.

  • USA: ABS Study to Help BSEE Evaluate Floating Structures’ Technical Viability

    6 June 2012
    Research & Development

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has concluded a study on the technical feasibility of floating wind turbines for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The goal of the study was to determine how floating structures and moorings would be affected by the strong interactions among the […]

  • Namibia’s discoveries seen as silver lining: Global drilling costs up but exploration success rate down

    25 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    High-impact exploration average discovery size is declining while costs have risen for the fifth consecutive year.

  • Australian wave energy prototype reaches marina, waiting for offshore deployment 

    7 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Moored MultiModal Multibody (M4) wave energy prototype has been transferred to the Albany Waterfront Marina. According to the UWA Oceans Institute, the device was transported from the MCB Construction yard and arrived at Albany Waterfront. With final preparations underway, the M4 will soon be lifted into the water and […]

  • U.S. DOE Secretary: Wave energy is ‘the elixir that we need’

    10 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Wave energy is “the elixir that we need” to address climate change by ending the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels, said the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm during the visit to the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University (OSU). Granholm, together with Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and […]

  • BOEM, BSEE looking to boost Gulf of Mexico oil and gas output

    23 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) are advancing research regarding policies which could help increase oil and gas production from deepwater infrastructure already in place in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • WHOI Sponsors Ocean Observatories Event in New Bedford Whaling Museum (USA)

    7 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the backdrop for a free community event “Pioneering New Ocean Science Frontiers” on Saturday, September 17, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., co-sponsored by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. The Whaling Museum is located at 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Mass. […]

  • Alcatel-Lucent Breaks World Record for Undersea Data Transmission

    17 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Alcatel-Lucent has broken a new record for the amount of data that can be transmitted over transoceanic distances on a single optical fiber. In a test carried out at Alcatel-Lucent’s Innovation City campus in Villarceaux near Paris, researchers from Bell Labs successfully sent data at speeds of 31 Terabits-per-second (Tbps) over 7200km – a capacity […]

  • Woodside opens Innovation Centre in Australia

    15 June 2016
    Equipment

    Australia’s Monash University and Woodside have launched a new Innovation Centre that combines the University’s research and design capabilities with Australia’s oil and gas company. The University informed on Wednesday that the Woodside Innovation Centre was opened by the Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia. The centre incorporates cutting-edge technology with engineering […]

  • BAM to Build New Wharf in Antarctica

    6 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    A ship loaded with 4,500 tonnes of equipment needed for building a new wharf at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica has begun its month-long journey to the white continent, announced BAM International. The new wharf, being built over the next two Antarctic seasons, will provide safe berthing and efficient unloading for the new polar research […]

  • Intertek Teams Up with Universities for Tidal Power Study

    14 November 2017
    Research & Development

    Intertek has teamed up with Cardiff University, the University of South Wales and the University of Edinburgh to conduct a study focused on the implications of misaligned flow on tidal turbines. The study, to be published in Renewable Energy journal, will provide vital information to tidal turbine developers in terms of performance, fatigue and to […]

  • PTTEP, Mermaid Maritime to Jointly Develop AUV Technology in Thailand

    25 November 2015
    Research & Development

    Thailand-based PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) and Mermaid Maritime have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Cooperation on Research and Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) at Energy Complex Building. The MoU was signed by Phongsthorn Thavisin, Executive Vice President, Technology and Sustainability Development Group of PTTEP and Chalermchai Mahagitsiri, President […]

  • MBARI Tests Deep Environmental Sample Processor (USA)

    18 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) announced that the Deep Environmental Sample Processor (D-ESP) is being tested in MBARI’s test tank this week. The test are being executed in preparation for a six-month deployment on the Monterey Advanced Research System (MARS) cabled observatory. With funding from NASA’s ASTEP program (Astrobiology Science and Technology for […]

  • UK: Salvage & Marine Operations Invites Tenders for WWII Wrecks Consultancy Services

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Salvage & Marine Operations Team announces tender invitation for WWII Munitions Study and Marine Research Services in the UK, with duration of 6 months from contract award. Salvage and Marine Operations are responsible for the management of the Ministry of Defence-owned potentially polluting or dangerous ship wrecks. During WWII, many ships sank with a considerable […]

  • NOC: Learn About Oceans at Southampton Boat Show

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The mystery of what lies beneath the ocean surface is revealed aboard the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton-based state-of-the art research vessel, Callista, at the PSP Southampton Boat Show from 16-20 September. Callista is the University of Southampton’s purpose built catamaran that is designed to give researchers the best possible platform to carry out science, as […]