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  • Romax, University of Sheffield to Open Drivetrain R&D Centre (UK)

    7 June 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, following its successful second round Regional Growth Fund (RGF), Wind Innovation Programme bid, is helping to sustain the UK’s leading position in the offshore wind sector by bringing together offshore market leaders with world-class technology providers and academia in the UK to develop and commercialise new technologies. Romax Technology, […]

  • Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to invest in FLOW offshore wind energy project

    11 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Today, the outgoing Economic Affairs Minister Van der Hoeven granted funding of €19.5 million for the Far and Large Offshore Wind (FLOW) innovation project. The subsidy matches the same level of funding previously announced by the companies in the FLOW consortium. The budget will be spent on the first phase of the FLOW project. This […]

  • EU-Funded Project Brings New Coating Solution to Market

    22 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    An aluminium-based coating for offshore energy installations, developed under the EU-funded ACORN project and is said to provide better protection and to be more environmentally friendly, has reached commercial stage.

  • DTU Develops New Wind Turbine Monitoring Method

    5 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have developed a simple method for monitoring wind turbines using the symmetry created by the wind turbine when the blades rotate.

  • MMT elects acting CEO as search for permanent replacement goes on

    15 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Sweden-based marine surveys specialist MMT has appointed an acting chief executive officer (CEO) as of January 1, 2018.

  • MMT to Exhibit at Oceanology International

    26 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Sweden’s marine survey specialist, MMT, will be showcasing at Oceanology International at London ExCel, on March 15-17, 2016. MMT, which celebrates 40 years in the marine survey business this year, will showcase their latest developments and results on its Surveyor Interceptor ROV. The Surveyor Interceptor (SROV) was launched in 2015 after a period of intense research and […]

  • Major Improvements for Port Dover Harbor

    30 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Diane Finley, Member of Parliament for Haldimand-Norfolk, has announced an investment to improve safety and working conditions for fishermen at Port Dover Harbor in Port Dover, Ontario.  This two year project involves rehabilitation of the concrete decks of the west pier and fishing piers, as well as the concrete parapet on the east basin wall. […]

  • French start-up poised to catch the wave to real sea trials

    25 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    With the support of several European Union-funded research projects, the French wave energy start-up Seaturns has made significant advancements in the development of its wave energy technology, brining it only one step short of demonstration in real sea environment.

  • Great Lakes Center Study Confirms: Lake Erie Is Still Sick (USA)

    2 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    The Nearshore and Offshore Lake Erie Nutrient Study (NOLENS) concludes this month, following a year of research headed by principal investigator Chris Pennuto, a research scientist with the Buffalo State College Great Lakes Center and professor of biology. The fundamental question of the study was, “Why didn’t Lake Erie’s health improve as expected when the […]

  • EPFL: Air Bubbles to Keep Rivers Open

    15 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have shown how air bubbles could keep sediments from obstructing bends in river waterways such as the Rhine River, which has to be dredged regularly to stay open for freight ships. The Rhine River is a crucial transport artery, carrying hundreds of millions of tons of freight […]

  • Scientists Embark on Gulf of Alaska Survey

    16 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Researchers from NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) and University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) have departed on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown to survey ocean chemistry and its connections to the base of the food web in the Gulf of Alaska. “This cruise offers the unique opportunity for data to be collected throughout the Gulf […]

  • BOEM, Rhode Island to Evaluate Sand Resources for Coastal Resilience and Restoration Planning

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As a part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of Rhode Island signed a two-year cooperative agreement totaling $200,000 to evaluate sand resources for coastal resilience and restoration planning. Under this agreement, the […]

  • New Zealand: CRP Announces Board Expansion with Three New Directors

    1 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Chatham Rock Phosphate is appointing three new directors who will contribute valuable expertise and experience to the company in the run up to applying for a marine consent later this year and on-going financing of operations. They are senior Royal Boskalis executive Ko de Blaeij, marine mining entrepreneur Robert Goodden and eminent ocean scientist Dr […]

  • USA: First Data Comes on Great Lakes Wind

    25 May 2012
    Technology

    The first direct measurement of wind over the Great Lakes at the height of commercial turbines comes from a six-ton buoy loaded with scientific equipment. The buoy was deployed at three locations in the lake: two points near the Muskegon shoreline and about 35 miles off shore.  The project was led by Grand Valley State University’s Michigan […]

  • Antarctic Sea Ice Cover Increased Under Effects of Climate Change

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The first direct evidence that marked changes to Antarctic sea ice drift have occurred over the last 20 years, in response to changing winds, is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scientists from NERC’s British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena California explain why, unlike the dramatic losses reported […]

  • Baltic Sea Organisms Better Prepared for Climate Changes

    13 March 2014
    Research & Development

    Marine scientists from Kiel have researched that organisms living in The Baltic Sea are better prepared for climate change than others. They found that barnacles from Kiel Fjord are much better able to deal with future environmental conditions than their counterparts from less “stressful” habitats. Since carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are rising worldwide, the ocean is […]

  • UH Mānoa on Subsea Volcano Expedition

    25 June 2014
    Equipment, Research & Development

    Starting June 25, UH Mānoa will lead an expedition to Loihi Seamount, southeast of the island of Hawaii, whose base remains largely unexplored. Dr. Brian Glazer, lead scientist and Associate Professor of Oceanography, his team from UHM, and colleagues from the University of Minnesota, IFREMER Centre de Brest and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), will […]

  • Kongsberg simulators to aid with Arctic emergency ops training

    8 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Kongsberg Digital and Nord University in Norway have established a new partnership in an attempt to increase maritime safety and prepare for emergency operations in the Arctic regions. Kongsberg said on Thursday that the cooperation will be based on developing a common technical platform based on Kongsberg simulators. The company won the tenders issued by […]

  • Archaeologists Discover Historic Shipwreck at Channel Islands (USA)

    23 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seventy years after it was scuttled off Los Angeles, Calif., government archaeologists have found the wrecked remains of a rare Pacific Coast schooner that was employed in the lumber trade during the early 1900s. Today, Robert Schwemmer, maritime archaeologist for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, presented a scientific paper on the George E. Billings […]

  • Australian wave energy prototype passes survival mode testing (Video)

    21 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Moored MultiModal Multibody (M4) wave energy converter (WEC) has passed a survival mode test, demonstrating its endurance in harsh offshore conditions.  During testing on November 18, 2024, the device endured waves up to 2 meters high, achieving a maximum hinge angle of 39.8 degrees while withstanding mooring loads exceeding […]

  • TDI-Brooks vessel en route to its first offshore wind job after retrofit campaign

    31 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks has added a 2000-built research vessel to its fleet, which is currently on its way to kick off an offshore wind job after it had undergone a retrofit campaign. The R/V Nautilus, formerly known as Nautical Geo, is currently on its way to the U.S. East Coast to provide support for offshore wind […]

  • Fugro to monitor offshore wind biodiversity by using eDNA samples

    3 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has launched the BeWild project, aimed at measuring biodiversity at offshore wind farms. Fugro, together with project partners, will focus on developing methodologies and technologies for remotely collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in the North Sea. The collected data will assess the impact of offshore wind farms on biodiversity and […]

  • Arrecife Energy starts wave energy device tank trials

    27 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Bilbao-based marine energy start-up Arrecife Energy Systems has started testing the scale model of its wave energy device as part of the second phase of EuropeWave project.

  • Ireland and Germany formalise cooperation on green hydrogen

    2 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    The Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the German Federal Research Ministry have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) on cooperation in the field of green hydrogen. The Irish Department said that realising the full potential of offshore renewable energy resources in Ireland will be a major opportunity for green hydrogen […]

  • Fund application to kickstart Dutch electrolyser manufacturing industry

    8 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    The consortium De Nederlandse Waterstof Delta (The Dutch Hydrogen Delta) has submitted a plan to Dutch MPs Bontenbal, Boucke, and Erkens to kickstart the electrolyser manufacturing industry and thus accelerate the hydrogen economy. According to the Port of Rotterdam, the plan, which ensures that the Netherlands increases its autonomy and starts making its own plants […]