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  • Eelume beefing up its subsea robot

    23 February 2021
    Collaboration, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Equinor has awarded a contract to Eelume, Kongsberg Maritime and DNV GL to develop an environmental monitoring and survey module for the existing Eelume robot platform. The module will enable the autonomous range of Eelume robots to contribute and add value within Equinor’s environmental monitoring program. With this new sensor module, Eelume robots come with […]

  • Report: Commercial Pressures Put OSV Crews at Risk

    10 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Some 50% of crews working on offshore support vessels (OSVs) are willing to compromise safety rather than say ‘no’ to clients or senior management, while nearly 80% believe commercial pressures could influence the safety of their working practices, according to a report commissioned by operations and maintenance management software specialist Helm Operations. The findings from the […]

  • Development of Particle Tracking Technology

    17 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development, Technology

    Jack Poleykett, PhD Researcher at the Centre for Global Eco Innovation (Lancaster University), is leading an innovative project entitled ‘Development of Particle Tracking Technology’. The aim being to improve particle tracking methodologies to increase flexibility and improve data collection for industry based studies, which will also reduce related costs. The project uses unique dual signature […]

  • CEDA/WODA: Making Noise in Paris!

    21 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The recent WODA (World Organization of Dredging Associations) workshop in Paris presented the latest knowledge on the acoustic impacts of dredging on aquatic species. Entitled ‘Underwater Sound in Relation to Dredging’ and held on March 26th 2015, the workshop was based on the work of the two working groups that drafted the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) […]

  • Damen Opens Small Vessel Factory in China

    27 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    On the 28th of October 2013, the ‘golden month’, the new Small Vessel Factory was opened at Damen Shipyards Changde (China). The Production Hall for workboats up to 26 metres, was opened by the yard’s Managing Director, Mr. Liu Xiangping. The date was especially chosen, as it was exactly 19 years ago that the cooperation […]

  • SCHOTTEL Turbines Ready for Action

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

    In the last months SCHOTTEL successfully tested its hydrokinetic turbines in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The full-scale tests included 260 operating hours under realistic conditions. The results show that one turbine with a rotor diameter of four meters generates 50 kW per second at a rated water velocity of 2.75 meters per second. 10 hours […]

  • Scientists Use AUVs for Seabed Shoot

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have used advanced photographic tools in an unmanned Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to make major advancements in estimating deep-sea ecosystem diversity at ‘landscape’ scales. By using a camera on the Autosub6000 AUV to take a continuous stream of high resolution photographs of life on the sea floor, this […]

  • FloWave Names New Business Development Manager

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility has appointed marine specialist Dr. Jamie Grimwade as their new Business Development Manager. Dr Grimwade’s role is to further develop FloWave’s growing pipeline of commercial and academic test clients in wave, tidal, offshore wind and vessel design. Jamie comes with a wealth of experience within the marine renewables industry, having […]

  • NOAA Expands Boundaries of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    NOAA released a final rule and environmental impact statement expanding the boundaries of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron from 448 square miles to 4,300 square miles. The new boundaries now include the waters of Lake Huron adjacent to Michigan’s Alcona, Alpena and Presque Isle counties to the Canadian border. The expansion is […]

  • ¡VAMOS! Demonstration in Silvermines, Ireland

    6 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The ¡VAMOS! partners, together with Advisory Board members and interested external parties, were present at the ¡VAMOS! technology Demonstration Day, on October 24, at the Magcobar flooded mine pit, in Silvermines, Ireland. In total 85 visitors participated in the field demonstration to raise awareness of the innovative technology with stakeholders and local communities. The ¡VAMOS! (Viable Alternative […]

  • DNV GL Revises RP for Free Spanning Pipelines

    27 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    DNV GL has updated its recommended practice (RP) on free spanning pipelines with project and research experience from the last decade on free span dynamic response, particularly on structural modelling. The DNVGL-RP-F105 is said to enable significant costs savings, both in the newbuilding and operational phase. The scope of the RP is to provide rational […]

  • Paul G. Allen’s R/V Petrel Explores USS Ward Wreck

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen’s expedition crew of research vessel (R/V) Petrel has documented the USS Ward in its final resting place near Ponson Island in the Philippines. The expedition team released video images just prior to the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Ward was a Wickes-class destroyer that […]

  • IWCF Initiates Course to Cut Human Error in Oil and Gas Incidents

    25 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A new training initiative to help prevent oil and gas incidents by focusing on human behaviours has been launched free to industry by the International Well Control Forum (IWCF). Experts in human factors and strategic leadership developed the online training course with IWCF, the independent, not-for-profit organisation which sets international training standards for well control. […]

  • Kongsberg Propeller Design for Silent Seas

    9 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Kongsberg Maritime has adapted a propeller concept used in naval applications and is now offering the same operational and environmental benefits to commercial shipping. While the naval sector has been using Kongsberg Blade Air Emission technology for a number of years, with several navies deploying it to limit vessel signature, the process is now being […]

  • Minesto Signs MoU with Florida Atlantic University

    23 June 2014
    Research & Development

    Swedish marine energy technology company Minesto, developer of innovative tidal and ocean current power plant Deep Green, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Florida Atlantic University. The purpose is to examine the technical, environmental and economic feasibility to install demonstration and commercial power plants in the Florida current. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is […]

  • Top news, March 7 – 13, 2016

    13 March 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 7 – 13, 2016. Tidal turbine produces first power off Shetland The Shetland Tidal Array, a joint enterprise between Scottish Nova Innovation and Belgian ELSA, has successfully produced and exported the power from the first Nova M100 tidal turbine […]

  • Wave for Energy: ISWEC device ready for production

    10 August 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave for Energy, an Italian wave energy developer, has deployed ISWEC wave energy device off Pantelleria island, Italy. ISWEC (Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter) device has been successfully deployed on August 8, after several delays starting from March this year. Tidal Energy Today spoke to Paolo Gherra, Project Manager at Wave for Energy, who said […]

  • Holland Home of Wind Energy Established New Export Association for Wind Energy in The Netherlands

    18 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      The new Association Holland Home of Wind Energy has been established in Rotterdam. The goal of Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) is to promote the Dutch wind energy sector on existing and new emerging wind energy markets. The first target country will be China and the Southeast Asian region. The worldwide market for […]

  • Digby Welcomes Tidal Turbines (Canada)

    18 April 2011

    The tidal turbines are coming and Digby wants to be at the centre of the action. The town has launched a campaign to position itself as a service centre for the tidal energy industry that is beginning to evolve in parts of the Bay of Fundy. “We are the largest port on the Nova Scotia […]

  • Top news, July 4 – 10, 2016

    10 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 4 – 10, 2016. Tidal joins forces with wind for more efficient grid use An agreement has been reached between Atlantis Resources’ majority owned MeyGen project and a the developer of a nearby wind farm Lochend Wind Energy that […]

  • Distribution of R&D efforts for wave energy converters

    23 March 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    Current development of wave energy technologies has been slower in comparison to tidal energy converters, 2014 JRC Ocean Energy Status Report states. The report uses the EMEC classification by which the devices are classified by their operating principle. The location at which device is designed to operate plays a role on how a WEC (wave […]

  • REBIRTH OF UK MANUFACTURING: NORTH EAST ON BOARD

    19 February 2010
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    BWEA (RenewableUK), the UK’s leading trade association, welcomed today’s announcement from US company Clipper Windpower on plans to build the world’s largest turbine blade in Newcastle, for its proprietary 10 megawatt (MW) Britannia wind turbine. Each Britannia turbine will be able to satisfy the annual electricity consumption of over 6500 households. The factory building the […]

  • DNV GL Inaugurates New HQ in Singapore

    27 February 2014

    DNV GL, the world’s leading ship classification society and one of the world’s leading risk and sustainability service providers with more than 500 employees in Singapore, consolidates its operations in its new headquarters to meet the growing demand for its services in the region. The new headquarters was officially opened today by Mr S Iswaran, […]

  • AIMS, Shell, Inpex to Monitor Marine Environment Off NW Australia

    18 February 2014

    The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Shell Development (Australia) and Inpex Operations Australia, subsidiary of Inpex Corporation, announced a partnership to develop comprehensive environmental baselines to monitor the health of waters off North Western Australia. This partnership also incorporates comprehensive plans for monitoring the marine environment in the unlikely event of loss of containment from […]

  • SeaTwirl Adds Niche Markets on Path to Large-Scale Floating Wind

    24 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    SeaTwirl, Unitech Offshore and Novaton Erneuebare Energien have signed a Letter of Intent to offer hybrid offshore wind and solar power solutions to islands, remote seaside villages, fish farms and desalination plants, which will also give a boost to SeaTwirl in reaching its main target of making its floating wind technology part of the future floating wind market.