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  • USA: NNMREC Selects Newport for Pacific Marine Energy Center

    15 January 2013
    Research & Development

    The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, or NNMREC, which is based at Oregon State University, has chosen Newport, Ore., as the future site of the first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States – the Pacific Marine Energy Center. The Pacific Marine Energy Center, or PMEC, will test energy generation potential […]

  • ‘World’s first’ remotely operated electric ferry wraps up trial in Sweden

    7 October 2024
    Innovation, Vessels

    MF Estelle, the ‘world’s first’ autonomous electric ferry, has completed its journey between two major islands in central Stockholm, demonstrating the potential for unmanned, sustainable transport, the RISE Research Institutes of Sweden has unveiled. MF Estelle’s trial in Stockholm Designed and built by Norway’s ferry builder Brødrene Aa, MF Estelle was launched in June 2023, […]

  • PHOTO: NUI Robot in Arctic Survey

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

    The AWI marine expert Antje Boetius and a team of scientists from the US-American Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) presented first results from test dives of a new innovative under ice robot at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The new vehicle, called Nereid under Ice (NUI) was designed and built […]

  • MAN Diesel & Turbo Presents Its ME-GI Gas Engine (Denmark)

    20 May 2011
    Equipment, Research & Development

      At a major event at its Diesel Research Centre in Copenhagen Thursday, MAN Diesel & Turbo presented its ME-GI gas engine to a 300-strong invited audience of customers, licensees and journalists. The unveiling of the two-stroke engine represents the culmination of many years’ work that began in the 1990s with the company’s prototype MC-GI […]

  • USA: NNMREC Selects Newport for Pacific Marine Energy Center

    15 January 2013
    Research & Development

    The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, or NNMREC, which is based at Oregon State University, has chosen Newport, Ore., as the future site of the first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States – the Pacific Marine Energy Center. The Pacific Marine Energy Center, or PMEC, will test energy generation potential […]

  • New global initiative aiming to transform net zero hydrogen production

    19 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vision

    Cranfield University has announced it is leading the UK’s collaboration on an international partnership, the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Center (HyPT), to make low-cost, large-scale, net zero hydrogen production a reality. The HyPT is a £14.1 million ($17.45 million) five-year project which seeks to accelerate net zero hydrogen technologies to make it available at low […]

  • Deltares: “Rebuild by Design” Announced in New York (USA)

    21 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rebuild by Design has announced in New York which ten teams have been selected to go ahead with the development of their proposals for making the East Coast of the United States climate-resilient. The selected teams include a strikingly high number of Dutch participants. The Dutch research centre Deltares is a member of two of […]

  • SELKIE guides drones to cheaper tidal energy surveys

    2 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The partners in the EU-backed SELKIE project are making progress on the development of drone methodology, set to improve the measurements of surface currents at tidal stream sites.

  • US allocates $100M for transformative clean energy solutions

    15 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    In support of the Biden Administration’s climate innovation agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has set aside up to $100 million in funding for transformative clean energy technology research and development via ARPA-E OPEN 2021 funding opportunity.

  • Report: Over 77,000 trained on-site workers needed in emerging offshore wind markets by 2024

    16 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance

    The offshore wind industry will need 77,000 GWO-trained on-site workers to deliver forecast installations in six key emerging markets for offshore wind between 2020-2024, a new report has found. Published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Global Wind Organisation (GWO), Powering the Future: Global Offshore Wind Workforce Outlook 2020-2024 provides a qualitative analysis […]

  • SeeByte Software Could Boost Marine Robots Tracking Ability

    20 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    SeeByte, ASV and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have carried out trials on a software that could better enable a fleet of robotic vehicles to work together to perform tasks such as seeking and tracking whales and dolphins. This software acts like a ‘central brain’, making decisions about where the robots should go based on the […]

  • Clarksons: Shipyards Struggling to Remain Active

    16 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The number of ‘active’ shipyards globally has more than halved since the start of 2009, falling to around 400 shipyards at the start of September 2016, with rapid growth in the total followed by steep decline all within the last decade, according to Clarkson Research. Global contracting surged by 78% from 2002 to peak in 2007, […]

  • SGI Launches ‘Real Map’ of Inishbofin (Ireland)

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Marine scientists from the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) have created a new offshore map of the island of Inishbofin, County Galway. The map was developed from work carried out as part of Ireland’s national marine mapping programme, INFOMAR, and will result in increased awareness of the island’s surrounding marine landscape. Dubbed the ‘Real Map’ of […]

  • MPA, Fujitsu Test AI Ship Collision Risk Prediction Technology

    3 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    MPA Singapore and Japan-based Fujitsu conclude a field trial in analyzing marine traffic risks in the Singapore Strait.

  • Plymouth University to Build First Ever Unmanned Ship

    6 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    U.K.’s Plymouth University, autonomous craft specialists MSubs, and yacht designers Shuttleworth Design, have launched a pioneering project to design, build and sail the world’s first full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean. The Mayflower Autonomous Research Ship, codenamed MARS, will be powered by renewable energy technology, and will carry a variety of drones […]

  • AGL: NSW Could Face Gas Supply Shortages from Winter 2016

    17 March 2014

    Economists at AGL Energy Limited have released a new research paper ‘Solving for ‘x’ – the NSW Gas Supply Cliff’, revealing that New South Wales (NSW) could potentially experience around 20 days of gas shortages from winter 2016 . Written by AGL’s Chief Economist and Griffith University Professor of Economics, Paul Simshauser, and AGL’s Head […]

  • Report Says Demand for Natural Gas in India Rising Significantly

    14 March 2014

    The demand for natural gas is increasing significantly in India due to various factors such as rising concerns towards carbon emissions coupled with the country’s increasing production and infrastructure development. In India, the major natural gas application areas include power generation, transportation, domestic fuel, and fertilizers. Over the next five years, the demand from these […]

  • WESE Project Addresses Wave Energy Environmental Concerns

    20 February 2019
    Research & Development

    Wave Energy in Southern Europe (WESE) project, aimed to improve the current knowledge on the potential environmental effects of wave energy, has been officially launched along with a corresponding website. The WESE Consortium, led by the RD&I Basque center AZTI, includes a multidisciplinary team of partners bringing together technology device developers (bimep, IDOM, AW Energy), […]

  • UK: Ocean Energy Projects to Proceed in Harmony with Local Fishing Activities

    31 January 2013

    Today The Crown Estate is launching plans to conduct a new research study that will explore how the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters wave and tidal projects can proceed in harmony with local fishing activities, ensuring that local communities benefit from both industries. This study will be conducted in partnership with Scottish Government’s Marine Scotland […]

  • OWI-Lab: 3D Printing Brings Offshore Wind R&D Costs Down

    18 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    3D printing of a mold for the wind turbine blades can lead to cost-savings within the product development cycle, and the technology also makes it easier, and cheaper, to add more functionality into components, the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab) reports. Wind turbine blades produced for research purposes can easily be more than 12 meters […]

  • EU Regions Call for Greater Ocean Energy Support

    15 October 2015
    Authorities & Government

    The EU Committee of Regions (CoR) has called for greater public and private support for ocean energy to boost economic growth and secure jobs in the EU’s regions. CoR argues that greater commitment would boost energy security and enable the European Union to retain its competitive advantage in a pioneering sector. The opinion, which was drafted […]

  • Ocean Power Technologies in New Deals with Enel Chile

    19 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies has signed two new contracts with Enel Green Power Chile (EGP), a subsidiary of Enel Chile, part of the Enel Group, for the sale of a PB3 PowerBuoy and the development and supply of an integrated Open Sea Lab. The combined value of the contracts exceeds US$1.9 million, and represents OPT’s first […]

  • NREL outlines great potential for floating solar systems

    28 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers have produced the first estimate of the floating solar photovoltaic potential in the United States, revealing that by installing floating solar on the man-made reservoirs could generate about 10% of the nation’s annual electricity production.

  • U.S. DOD to Spend More on Renewables During Next Decade, Says Report

    24 September 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Energy is the lifeblood of the U.S. military. The various branches of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) combine to form the single largest consumer of energy in the world, surpassing the consumption totals of more than 100 nations. Driven by a combination of legislation, national and international policy, strategic imperatives, and operational requirements, clean […]

  • Kraken to Deliver ThunderFish AUV to Government of Canada

    25 March 2019
    Equipment

    Kraken Robotics Systems has been awarded a contract valued at $1 million with the Government of Canada for the ThunderFish 300 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Kraken expects to deliver the ThunderFish 300 to its test partner, Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC), in Halifax in Q2 2019. Karl Kenny, Kraken’s president and CEO said, “We […]