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  • Minesto Looks at Wales for Deployment of Its Marine Power Plant Deep Green

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Nordic marine energy technology leader Minesto, has identified Wales as a possible location for a full-scale deployment of its marine power plant Deep Green. Deep Green is the only known marine power plant in the world that is able to cost effectively produce electricity from low velocity tidal and ocean currents. Welsh waters are very […]

  • Rystad Energy: 55 CO2 carriers needed by 2030

    4 September 2023
    Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    A fleet of 55 carbon dioxide (CO2) carriers will be required by 2030 to meet the upcoming demand from the offshore storage projects, according to Rystad Energy, which estimates that more than 90 million tonnes per annum (tpa) of CO2 will be shipped by the end of the decade. The estimated volume will require 48 […]

  • AMSA: Serving on ships beyond 11 months won’t be permitted from February 2021

    16 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    The interim COVID arrangements which have permitted seafarers to serve longer than 11 months on-board ships will end from February 28, 2021, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. Under the Maritime Labour Convention, the normal maximum period that a seafarer can serve aboard a vessel without leave is 11 months. Due to the COVID-19 […]

  • OEEC: Proving technology reliability a key step to advance marine energy sector

    27 October 2016
    Research & Development

    Marine Energy Event, held on Wednesday at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2016 in Amsterdam, gathered a number of government and industry experts who provided the attendees with the latest information on the marine energy developments across the world.

  • AUV SeaBED Maps Antarctic Sea Ice

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements from areas that were previously too difficult to access. The results, published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience, step up the […]

  • Carbon Trust: Why Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Must Now Take Precedence (UK)

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the following article, Phil de Villiers, Head of Offshore Wind at the Carbon Trust, looks at why the UK offshore wind industry must embrace cost reduction to reduce uncertainty:  It’s been a busy few weeks for the UK’s offshore wind industry. David Cameron provided a welcome boost by generating some long overdue positive headlines […]

  • UK: 2012 Another Remarkable Year for EMEC

    25 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre has never been higher as the pioneering Orkney based facility gears up for its tenth anniversary year. All 14 of EMEC’s test berths – at its Billia Croo and Fall of Warness wave and tidal sites – are now contracted […]

  • China: Rongsheng Heavy Wins Order to Construct Two 6600 TEU Container Vessels

    9 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group HoldingsLimited,announced that it has recently secured orders for 2+2 6600TEU containerships from a major European shipowner. Mr. Chen Qiang, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries, said, “This is the third group of shipowners that has ordered 6600TEU containerships from China Rongsheng Heavy Industries within the […]

  • Court to decide on New Jersey coast seismic survey

    4 July 2014
    Project & Tenders

    The Christie Administration, New Jersey, USA,  is taking legal action to halt a federally approved seismic ocean survey that is scheduled to start this month off the New Jersey coast, and which could adversely impact the state’s vital tourism and fishing industries, and marine life, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin announced yesterday. […]

  • Denmark: Offshore Wind Farms and Fish Live in Harmony

    11 April 2012
    Environment

    The first Danish study into how one of the worlds largest wind farms affects marine life is now completed. It shows that the wind turbines and the fish live quite happily together. Indeed some species of fish have actually increased in number. As work is just beginning on Denmark’s newest and so far largest offshore […]

  • USA: Interior Department Forms Two New Bureaus to Manage Offshore Drilling

    20 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar(right) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich(left)  announced the structures and responsibilities of two new, independent agencies that will carry out the offshore energy management and enforcement functions once assigned to the former Minerals Management Service (MMS). Salazar and Bromwich also announced […]

  • Smithsonian Supports Panama’s New MPA Proposal

    12 January 2015
    Research & Development

    Two extensive, unexplored submarine mountain chains are proposed as new open-water marine protected areas by the Republic of Panama based on scientific expertise from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Submarine mountain chains are recognized by the United Nations as conservation priorities. The MPAs would dramatically increase Panama’s total marine protected area from 3.54 percent to […]

  • Seaturns opens fundraising round to scale wave energy technology

    8 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    French wave energy developer Seaturns has launched a fundraising campaign to support the scale-up of its wave power generation technology, following several years of research, development, and testing. According to Seaturns, the fundraising will first open on April 22 with 24-hour priority access for shareholders of Team for the Planet (TFTP), a climate-focused investment initiative. […]

  • EU Commission Approves EUR 86.6 Mln for Alstom’s SuperGrid Institute

    31 October 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The European Commission has concluded that the €86.6 million aid, granted by France to the “Supergrid Institut pour la transition énergétique” for a research project aimed at developing a new generation of long-distance energy transmission networks, complies with the EU rules on State aid.  Joaquín Almunia, Commission Vice President responsible for competition, stated: “Securing energy […]

  • Report: Highlands and Islands in Marine Potential Spotlight

    11 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The Highlands and Islands is said to have an enormous potential in developing the marine economy according to a new study. The ‘Maximising the Marine Economy in the Highlands and Islands’ (MAXiMAR) study focuses on supporting the growth of aquaculture, wave and tidal energy and marine biotechnology which are the most highly innovative sectors. Highlands […]

  • The Netherlands, China to Jointly Develop Large Tidal Power Scheme

    3 October 2012

    In an agreement between China and the Netherlands signed in Beijing on September 27, both countries have agreed on the joint development of an entirely new method to generate energy from the tides. The method, known as Dynamic Tidal Power (DTP), can potentially deliver clean and predictable energy for millions of homes. DTP involves construction […]

  • Vestas Takes 11th Place Among World’s Most Innovative Companies (Denmark)

    20 September 2011
    Research & Development

      Published by Harvard Business Review Press, the book took the authors Clayton Christensen, Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen six years to study some of the world’s biggest and most innovative companies to discover which companies were placing innovation at the forefront of success. From this analysis Vestas was ranked 11. The authors said Vestas […]

  • Report: US-China dispute could delay Magnolia LNG start

    16 August 2018

    Edison, an investment research and advisory company, notes that the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China could potentially delay the start of LNG Limited’s Magnolia LNG project in Louisiana. 

  • Offshore Wind in Northeastern USA Powerful but Unstable

    15 August 2016
    Research & Development

    University of Delaware (UD) researchers, who studied wind conditions at the Cape Wind offshore site, have found that offshore wind in the northeastern United States may be more powerful, yet more unstable than expected.  The findings could have important implications for the future development of offshore wind farms in the U.S., including the assessment of how much […]

  • IEA-OES: Ocean energy advancements made across the globe in 2022

    16 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a technology collaboration program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has provided an overview of key achievements and progress made in the ocean energy sector in its new annual report for 2022.

  • Thailand offers two offshore blocks under first ever PSC regime

    26 April 2018

    Thailand has launched a bidding round offering two offshore blocks under a PSC regime for the first time in the country’s history.

  • UK: ROV Black Falcon Dives Under Arctic Ice

    28 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Tiny algae that colonise the underside of the Antarctic sea ice play a big part in the health of Southern Ocean ecosystems. These microalgae absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide by converting it into sugars and oxygen, using the energy of sunlight. They also kick-start the Southern Ocean food chain as the staple diet of […]

  • Vripack, Braveheart Shipping Present the Javelin 22.22 (The Netherlands)

    26 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The high degree of innovation in the design, as well as cooperation between Vripack and Braveheart Shipping, might be unique but also essential to make sure the Javelin 22.22 is able to perform her duties at sea. The innovative mentality and the features of the ship connect very well to the qualities and holistic design […]

  • Marine energy-powered designs as storm trackers up for US cash prize

    21 October 2020
    Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    The DEVELOP Competition, as part of the Ocean Observing Prize, has put $2.4 million up for grabs for problem solvers looking to develop technologies that integrate marine renewable energy into underwater vehicle systems that can help monitor hurricane formation.

  • Nova Innovation adds 4th turbine to Shetland tidal array

    16 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal energy developer Nova Innovation has expanded its tidal energy array off Scotland’s most northerly isles with the installation of a new direct-drive tidal turbine.