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  • USA: Cuyahoga County Invites Proposals for Wind Power Study

    9 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    As the North American Windpower news portal reports, agencies and organizations interested in providing offshore wind research and geotechnical survey in Lake Erie, have been invited by the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Department of Development to submit their proposals. The department noted that there is no pre-proposal conference and that the deadline for submitting proposals is […]

  • FloWave marks its 10th anniversary 

    20 May 2024
    Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    The £12 million (approximately $15,2 million) facility, funded by EPSRC, is utilized for testing scaled-down prototypes of emerging commercial technologies and for academic research related to ocean activities. 

  • Project to develop world’s largest offshore floating solar power plant takes off

    4 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The consortium behind the Nautical SUNRISE project has started work to develop the world’s largest offshore floating solar power installation. The €8.4 million project, supported by €6.8 million of the Horizon Europe program, started in December 2023 to execute research and development on offshore floating solar (OFS) systems and its components. The outcomes of the […]

  • NREL puts out free analysis tool for small wave energy converters

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

    Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released the Small WEC Analysis tool, whose goal is to provide baseline information about the performance of different types of wave energy converters in various ocean settings free of charge.

  • EMEC aids POM West Flanders’ Blue Accelerator development

    5 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been selected by POM West Flanders to aid the development of the ‘Blue Accelerator’ test platform into an international hub for blue growth. Blue Accelerator is a maritime innovation and development platform, located approximately 500 meters from the eastern breakwater of Ostend, Belgium. Operated by POM West Flanders, the […]

  • How Can Wave and Tidal Energy Devices Affect Animals?

    25 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Leading renewable consultancy companies TÜV SÜD PMSS (PMSS) and SMRU Marine Ltd with their academic partner the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) have recently delivered a series of position papers which have gathered evidence from published research and interviews with key industry representatives regarding how wave and tidal energy devices may affect birds, fish […]

  • New Wave Energy Device Placed Offshore Italy

    10 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The Politecnico di Torino and the spin-off Wave for Energy have developed the first Italian 1:1 scale device for the production of electricity from sea waves. The device has been moored 800 meters from the coast of Pantelleria. The research activities, started 10 years ago and conducted by the group led by Giuliana Mattiazzo and […]

  • Oceana Completes Survey of Area Off Almeria (Spain)

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

    As part of the European LIFE+ INDEMARES project, the Oceana Ranger has filmed this seamount off the shore of Almería (Spain) for three years. The analysis of the information obtained will be completed in 2013, and will serve to protect the area by means of its inclusion in the Natura 2000 network. The Oceana Ranger […]

  • USA: OceanServer Supplies FKCC with Iver2 AUV

    18 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OceanServer Technology, Inc. has received a contract from Florida Keys Community College (FKCC) for an Iver2 AUV equipped with an L-3 Klein 3500 Side Scan Sonar. This purchase will provide students and researchers with a modern AUV platform to further ongoing academic initiatives in marine biology, underwater archeology and marine science. The Iver2 AUV will […]

  • Wind-Powered Freighters Herald New Era

    6 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Prompted by the global trend toward reduction of environmental impact of ocean liners a Norwegian engineer has designed a cargo ship that is powered by wind and gas, dubbed the VindskipTM. The concept highlight introduced by Mr Terje Lade, managing director of the company Lade AS, is that the hull of the freighter serves as a […]

  • Minimal Ballast Water Ship VLCC Design Gains ClassNK Approval

    6 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Leading classification society ClassNK announced that it has granted AIP (Approval in Principle) to the MIBS (Minimal Ballast Water Ship) VLCC design developed by Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in cooperation with the Shipbuilding Research Centre of Japan. Although the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention has yet to enter into force, installation of ballast water treatment […]

  • US DOD to Quadruple Renewable Energy Installations by 2025

    28 January 2013

    The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) currently spends approximately $20 billion per year directly on energy, consuming 3.8 billion kilowatts hours (kWh) of electricity and 120 million barrels of oil per year. The effort to reduce energy costs and reliance on fossil fuels – often purchased from countries hostile to U.S. interests – and increase […]

  • AdBm Closes USD 1.3 Mln Funding

    3 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    AdBm Technologies, an underwater noise abatement technology company raised $1.3 Million, led by the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN). Other investors include Green Park & Golf Ventures as well as the Houston Angel Network (HAN) and the North Texas Angel Network (NTAN). AdBm, a portfolio company of Austin Technology Incubator’s (ATI) Clean Energy Incubator, also […]

  • EMEC, CENSIS Team Up on Sensor Innovation

    28 May 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and CENSIS, the Innovation Centre for Sensor & Imaging Systems, are collaborating to support innovation and development of new sensor technologies. By helping innovative sensor technologies develop through technology readiness levels (TRL) and providing independent performance verification as technologies enter the market, the partnership aims to fast track novel […]

  • LOC Renewables Inks Taiwanese Offshore Wind MoU

    7 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four other parties to work together on furthering offshore wind farm development and construction in Taiwan.

  • Renewable Energy Companies Discuss SET Plan with France’s Minister

    30 October 2019

    A delegation of six companies has met Cyril Forget, deputy head of Cabinet of Elisabeth Borne, Minister for Ecological and Solidary Transition, to discuss EU funding for research and innovation in clean energy technology. The delegation members attending the meeting were Groupe Bouygues (Fabrice Bonnifet directeur Central Développement durable & QSE, et Paul Cartuyvels directeur […]

  • Norway: Kongsberg Develops System to Make Wind Turbines More Effective

    20 April 2012
    Research & Development, Technology

    Kongsberg Maritime is the owner of the ‘Windsense’ project, which aims to develop a new and flexible instrumentation system for wind turbines. The system will help to make wind power more economically competitive. The project, which amounts to 22 million NOK, has been initiated through collaboration within the instrumentation cluster NCEI (Norwegian Centres of Expertise […]

  • NWEI Successfully Installs Wave Energy Device in Oregon, USA

    5 September 2012
    Technology

    After a multi-day installation operation, Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI), a Portland-based company, has successfully installed a wave energy device off the coast of Newport, Oregon. The device, known as Wave Energy Technology-New Zealand (WET-NZ), is now deployed at the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center’s (NNMREC) open ocean test facility. “This is a huge milestone […]

  • Competitive Industry

    24 February 2017

    What can be done to achieve lower costs? Which technology is required and where can companies and industries collaborate? Offshore WIND spoke to ECN’s expert in wind energy Peter Eecen on new insights that follow from ECN’s work within FLOW, the Far and Large Offshore Wind collaborative research programme.

  • German partners reveal plans for 10 MW offshore electrolyzer demo at Alpha Ventus

    27 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    German offshore wind and hydrogen developers plan to build an offshore electrolyzer demonstrator at the Alpha Ventus wind farm in the North Sea.

  • Terra at Aqua: Even in Tough Economic Times, R&D Investments Continue

    18 March 2011

      Dredging forms the basis for many important aspects of our civilised World and is indeed vital to social and economic development, particularly to the construction and maintenance of much of the infrastructure upon which our economic prosperity and environmental well-being depend. The world’s population relies heavily on dredging solutions for creating and maintaining ports for global trade, […]

  • UK needs 27 GW of wave energy to reach cost-effective net-zero energy system, report says

    5 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    To deliver a cost-effective net-zero energy system and with electricity consumption potentially trebling by 2050, the UK should seek to harness 27 GW of wave energy, according to research by Finland’s LUT University. LUT University investigated a series of potential scenarios for the UK and Ireland to successfully transition towards a 100% renewable energy system […]

  • Biden budget to support BSEE with over $253 million

    31 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The Biden administration has submitted to Congress the budget for the fiscal year 2022, which includes $253.4 million to support the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

  • Policy and Innovation Group releases 2020 ocean energy review report for UK

    19 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    The University of Edinburgh’s Policy and Innovation Group, in collaboration with Wave Energy Scotland, has published the UK Ocean Energy Review 2020 report.

  • Industry heavyweights join forces to accelerate development of solid oxide fuel cells

    18 January 2021
    Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Alfa Laval, DTU Energy, Haldor Topsoe, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping are entering into a joint project to accelerate the development of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. Funded by a grant from Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP), the project, SOFC4Maritime, will target optimal utilization of […]