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  • UK: Global AUV Fleet Set to Increase Substantially

    27 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The global AUV fleet is increasing and demand for autonomous underwater vehicles is expected to show steady growth over the period to 2016 according to a new report by Douglas-Westwood. Report author Paul Newman commented, “Many of the factors in the drive to using unmanned military aircraft, the so-called ‘drones’ also apply to both military […]

  • Japan: MOL Presents Technology to Eliminate Particulate Emissions from Vessels

    6 February 2012

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the start of a demonstration test of the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) system installed on the diesel engine used for power generation on an MOL Group-operated ocean-going vessel. This is the world’s first application of the self-cleaning DPF on an ocean-going ship. With research support from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai […]

  • MERMAID Project Developing Multi-Use Offshore Platform (VIDEO)

    22 May 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    MERMAID project, running under the European Union’s Ocean of Tomorrow program, aims to develop concepts for the next generation of offshore platforms which can be used for multiple purposes, including energy extraction, aquaculture and platform related transport. Researchers who are developing the project are studying various combinations of offshore energy and aquaculture systems comprised on […]

  • LM, ORE Working on Reducing Blade Test Time

    20 November 2015
    Research & Development

    LM Wind Power and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult are collaborating on a new blade testing method that could help reduce overall blade test times by up to 25% and potentially almost halve the time for the fatigue-testing alone.  Testing of critical components, like wind turbine blades, often lasts several months to simulate 20-25 years of […]

  • Guernsey Continues Feasibility Study on Local OW Project

    8 September 2015

    Commerce and Employment’s (C&E) Renewable Energy Team (RET) and Guernsey Electricity Limited (GEL) have formalised and extended the feasibility work that they are jointly undertaking to research an offshore wind project for Guernsey electricity consumption in local waters. This joint work will look more closely at a 30MW offshore wind project for Guernsey only consumption. […]

  • Scotland: Natural Power Develops Framework for Consenting OWFs

    10 July 2013

    International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has collaborated with academia to develop a new framework to inform the impact assessment and consenting of Offshore Wind Farms in Scotland. With over a decade of Planning and Development experience, Natural Power’s principal consultant Nancy McLean has been actively involved in a collaboration which has published a novel […]

  • Report on Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 Available (Ireland)

    28 June 2013

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 – Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment” report to their offering. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the wind energy maintenance market in four global regions, namely Asia Pacific, Europe, North […]

  • USA: Governor LePage Signs Offshore Wind Bill

    1 July 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Governor Paul R. LePage signed LD 1472, “An Act to Provide for Economic Development with Offshore Wind Power.” The Governor advocated for an amendment to the bill which requires the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to conduct a second round of competitive bidding for offshore wind projects. A Norwegian multi-national oil and gas company, Statoil, […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia Seeks Feedback on Tidal Energy Regulations

    22 August 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The province of Nova Scotia 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 […]

  • NEMMO Project to Reduce Cost of Tidal Energy

    17 July 2019
    Research & Development

    A new project, set to revolutionize tidal turbine blades, has started developing a computer model to simulate blade wear and tear. The simulations will be used by the NEMMO (Next Evolution in Materials and Modelling for Ocean energy) project team to deliver a more performant class of turbine blade. The NEMMO project will both improve […]

  • MegaRoller builds on VTT instrumentation expertise

    2 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy has started the design work for the MegaRoller project with the partners from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland who will contribute to the scheme with their expertise on instrumentation.

  • Cape Sharp Tidal’s monitoring up for third-party analysis

    12 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The preliminary third-party analysis of the data collected from the monitoring equipment on OpenHydro tidal turbine, installed in the Bay of Fundy, has begun.

  • FORCE makes new appointments

    21 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has welcomed a new board director, and a new board chair to its team.

  • New marine hub consolidates Cornish marine renewables sector

    23 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The new hub for marine renewables, Marine Hub Cornwall, has been established to provide a seamless coordinated offer to the marine renewable energy sector.

  • AXYS Technologies Buoys Measure Wave Energy Potential Offshore Chile

    1 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has recently delivered two TRIAXYS™ Next Wave Directional Wave Buoys to Instituto Nacional de Hidráulica (INH) in Santiago, Chile. INH is developing the study, “Catastro del Recurso Energético Asociado a Oleaje Para el Apoyo a la Evaluación de Proyectos de Generación de Energia Undimotriz” to measure offshore wave characteristics for the […]

  • Japan: Wing Maritime Service, Keihin Dock to Construct Environment-Friendly Tugboat

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Two NYK Group companies — tugboat operator Wing Maritime Service Corporation (WMS) and tugboat builder Keihin Dock Co. Ltd. — have teamed with Niigata Power Systems to construct an environment-friendly tugboat. The new tugboat will feature the hybrid propulsion system that Niigata Power Systems has developed and manufactures, and will be the first tugboat in […]

  • Swansea tidal to house international watersport centre

    30 July 2015
    Environment, Research & Development

    Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay (TLSB) has submitted a planning application to Swansea Council to build an international watersport centre that will also house operations, maintenance and research facilities supporting TLSB’s commitments to monitor the lagoon’s environmental impacts. The application has been submitted following the exclusion of recreational facilities from the Development Consent Order for the […]

  • Top news, December 21 – 27, 2015

    27 December 2015

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from December 21 – 27, 2015. FloWave spins tidal arrays UK’s Exeter and Edinburgh universities have tested up to 15 tidal device arrays at FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility. Momentum Reversal Lift (MRL) concept was tried for 11 days in a […]

  • GlobalData Announces Global Wind O&M Market Report (USA)

    3 January 2012

      Wind Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Market – Global Market Size, Share by Component, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020” is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists that offer comprehensive information and understanding of the Global Wind O&M market. The research provides an understanding of the technology, key drivers and […]

  • New Zealand to Harness Tidal Power

    10 April 2012

    New Zealand’s abundant potential for development of tidal energy may finally be harnessed in full capacity, since there has been a turn in the overall approach to exploitation of tidal power in the country, Maritime Journal writes. That is to say, local energy companies, such as Crest Energy, winner of planning permission to produce up […]

  • Australia, Singapore embark on $20M initiative to reduce maritime emissions

    18 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Australia and Singapore have partnered on a $20 million initiative to help reduce emissions in the maritime sector.

  • BPA, UKMPG: UK gov’t needs to supercharge ports to meet net-zero goal

    24 June 2022
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    The UK ports sector has called on the government to supercharge the delivery of energy network infrastructure to ports with new research and a transformational funding programme.

  • USACE, Partners Host Stream Restoration Workshop (USA)

    31 July 2013

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Philadelphia Water Department hosted a stream restoration workshop July 22-24. The multi-agency and disciplinary group included staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Water […]

  • Canada to Host Upcoming IOCE

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

    During the first week of November the world’s leaders in marine renewable energy development will embark on Halifax for the 5th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE). This will be the first time ICOE has been held outside of Europe, a major accomplishment for Canada that presents new opportunities for companies and researchers to build […]

  • Deep­sea Ecosystem May Take Decades to Recover from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    25 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The deep­sea soft-sediment ecosystem in the immediate area of the 2010’s Deepwater Horizon well head blowout and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will likely take decades to recover from the spill’s impacts, according to a scientific paper reported in the online scientific journal PLoS One. The paper is the first to give […]