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  • OES spotlights ocean’s 20

    20 June 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published a new document which highlights worldwide key projects and political initiatives driving the ocean energy sector forward.

  • MHI Vestas Rules 8MW+ Turbine Realm

    27 March 2019
    Research & Development

    Wind turbines rated 8MW or higher comprised more than 40% of offshore order capacity in 2018, with MHI Vestas accounting for 64% of this ratings segment, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. The Global Wind Turbine Order Analysis: Q1 2019 report writes that the industry announced almost 8GW of offshore order capacity in 2018, […]

  • Lake Erie Recreationists Fancy Offshore Wind

    26 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Water-based recreationists around Lake Erie have widespread support for offshore wind development in the U.S., according to a study conducted by the University of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania State University.

  • WindEurope Outlines Floating Wind Potential

    3 October 2018

    The costs of floating offshore wind in Europe could decrease from the current EUR 180-200 per MWh to EUR 40-60 per MWh by 2030 with the right visibility in terms of volumes and industrialization, according to WindEurope’s Policy Blueprint.

  • Ontario Sticks With Offshore Wind Ban

    23 December 2016
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development

    The government of Canada’s province of Ontario has extended the moratorium on offshore wind projects imposed in 2011, according to local media. The province’s environment ministry said that after recently receiving results of two studies, one on the decommissioning requirements and the other on the above-water noise produced by offshore wind farms, it was decided that […]

  • UK SMEs Can Score with New GBP 6 Million Offshore Renewables Fund

    21 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    OrbisEnergy today launched a GBP 6 million fund which provides grants of up to GBP 50,000 through the SCORE programme to support small and medium sized businesses developing new technologies in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Oil and gas companies looking to diversify into offshore renewables are of particular interest to SCORE programme managers. Johnathan Reynolds, of […]

  • Guernsey Taking New Offshore Wind Steps

    1 December 2015
    Research & Development

    Commerce and Employment’s (C&E) Renewable Energy Team (RET) and Guernsey Electricity Limited (GEL) have appointed Xodus Group Limited and Exeter University to undertake a number of workstreams to investigate the feasibility work that they are jointly undertaking to research an offshore wind project in Guernsey’s local waters. The workstreams include analysing imported electricity prices, understanding the best […]

  • Jennifer Garson appointed WPTO director at US DOE

    17 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    After nearly a year serving as acting director, Jennifer Garson has been named the official director of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) at the US Department of Energy (DOE).

  • Obama Visits Vacon, Sees IHC Merwede’s MV Drive (USA)

    23 January 2014

    On Wednesday 15 January, US President Barack Obama made a visit to Vacon’s Research and Development Centre in Durham, North Carolina, where he came into contact with an example of IHC Merwede’s advanced equipment. During his tour of the impressive facility, the President was shown a pilot version of the company’s Medium Voltage (MV) Drive. […]

  • WESE rolls out ecological risk assessment tool for wave energy

    13 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy in Southern Europe (WESE) project, whose goal is to improve the current knowledge on the potential environmental effects of wave energy, has released an open access ecological risk assessment tool for wave energy converters.

  • K Line joins international CCS think tank

    2 February 2022
    Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has joined Global CCS Institute (GCCSI), an international think tank.

  • USACE Launches Seven Mile Island Living Laboratory

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has announced the launch of the Seven Mile Island Living Laboratory. According to USACE, this is an initiative designed to advance and improve dredging and marsh restoration techniques in coastal New Jersey through innovative research, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and practical application. USACE has partnered with the State of […]

  • OceanGate to Expand Its Submersibles Fleet

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    OceanGate has said it plans to build two new submersibles using its innovative carbon fiber and titanium design. The Everett-based company has begun the construction planning for the next two Cyclops-class subs (Cyclops 3 and Cyclops 4), which are planned to be rated for up to 6,000 meters. The company said it is in discussions […]

  • More Money for Alabama and Mississippi Coasts Protection Programs

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Government agencies, research institutions, and conservation groups are another step closer to creating a streamlined process for Alabama and Mississippi residents and contractors looking to protect against shoreline erosion without the use of harmful bulkheads and sea walls. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of South Alabama, Weeks Bay Reserve, Alabama Department of Conservation and […]

  • WAMSI: Avoiding or Reducing Dredging During Sensitive Periods

    10 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) has just announced an article named ‘Can Environmental Windows be effective in managing effects of dredging?’.  An examination of whether dredging operations suspended during generic windows of environmental sensitivity could reduce the impacts on marine life has found the marine invertebrates, seagrasses and macroalgae too diverse to be covered […]

  • ASV Growth Continues with USA Campaign

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd has announced the company’s plans to break into the North American Unmanned Marine Systems industry.  The move comes as the result of unprecedented success in the European and Asian markets where ASV has established itself as the lead Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) supplier. Equipped with the latest advancements in autonomous […]

  • Kongsberg: Survey Suite for German Universities’ New Survey Vessel

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the contract to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel currently under construction and for use by a consortium of German universities. The universities are the first to specify the high-end 0.5º x 1º configuration of the EM 122 multibeam echo sounder system. The contract, an open tender won […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia Seeks Feedback on Tidal Energy Regulations

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The province is asking Nova Scotians for their thoughts on a discussion paper about the approval process for larger-scale tidal devices. This fulfills another commitment of the province’s Marine Renewable Energy Strategy. “The Marine Renewable Energy Strategy outlines how we plan to work together for research, development and regulation to guide tidal development in the […]

  • Destruction of Coral Reefs Increases (Indonesia)

    18 July 2012
    Research & Development

      Overfishing, ocean acidification and pollution are pushing coral reefs into oblivion, an ecologist Roger Bradbury writes in the New York Times Opinion Pages. It is about time to stop turning a blind eye to the fact that the consequences of unbalanced fishing and negligence when it comes to damage-mitigation of pollution frenzy, are about […]

  • Skipsteknisk Makes Breakthrough in the Chinese Offshore Sector

    24 June 2013

    Skipsteknisk was recently awarded the design contracts for 4 newbuildings by China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) making the breakthrough in the Chinese Offshore market. Skipsteknisk started to work on the Chinese market in 2007 and signed the first contract for design of a large seismic research vessel of ST-327L design with COSL in 2008. The […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime to Supply Survey Suite for German Universities’ New Survey Vessel

    17 December 2012

    Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the contract to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel currently under construction and for use by a consortium of German universities. The universities are the first to specify the high-end 0.5º x 1º configuration of the EM 122 multibeam echo sounder system. The contract, an open tender won […]

  • UK: Hydro Group Gets Funding for Product Development

    24 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based Hydro Group, a designer and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for global subsea, topside and onshore applications, has been awarded £1million in financial support from the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency (REA). The company predicts a 20% increase in turnover in the next five years as a result winning this funding. The funding, […]

  • Europe needs to solve problem of toxic gases in cargo

    24 September 2010

    A new platform is trying to find solutions: TGAV. Research suggests that some 10 to 15 percent of all import containers may have too high a concentration of hazardous gases or vapours. This could for example be due to pest control-related fumigation, but increasingly it turns out that the gases and fumes in question were […]

  • ClassNK, USMRC Join Forces

    10 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC) in Middletown, Rhode Island and Japan’s classification society ClassNK, have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on joint research and development activities for the maritime industry. The initial joint project will focus on the development of practical LNG bunkering simulation tools to further enhance USMRC’s existing niche portfolio of LNG […]

  • Ramp RFID and Woodside test first LNG Smart Tag

    4 July 2014
    Equipment

    Ramp RFID & Woodside have trialled the first Woodside LNG Smart Tag (or W-Tag). Testing of the W-Tag was a collaboration between Woodside’s Martijn Truijens and RAMP’s Alastair McArthur. The W-Tag is an IECEX certified dual technology, smart tag, suitable for the oil and gas industry. The ability to read and write to the tag […]