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  • Canada: FORCE Wins Tidal Energy Funding, Increases Research

    18 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Canada’s efforts to become a world leader in tidal energy research and technology are taking a significant step forward. The Bay of Fundy, home to the world’s highest tides, will also soon be home to the world’s first underwater monitoring platform designed specifically for extreme, high-flow tide conditions. FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy) […]

  • Shell, Schlumberger Sign Research Technology Cooperation Agreement (The Netherlands)

    13 December 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Shell and Schlumberger announced a multiyear research technology cooperation agreement focusing on improving the recovery factor of oil and gas reservoirs and extending the life of existing oil and natural gas fields. • Goal is to speed development of oil and gas resources to meet increasing demand • New generation of tools is needed to […]

  • USA: Research and Markets Presents Wind Power in Power Systems

    8 August 2012

    Research and Markets has announced John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Wind Power in Power Systems”. The second edition of the highly acclaimed Wind Power in Power Systems has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the latest challenges associated with increasing wind power penetration levels. Since its first release, practical experiences with high […]

  • USA: Research and Markets Presents Guide to Developing Wind Project

    31 July 2012

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Wind Resource Assessment. A Practical Guide to Developing a Wind Project” to their offering. This is a practical, authoritative guide to the siting and installation of a high-quality wind energy project, providing analytical methods for assessing the wind resource. The […]

  • Research and Markets Publish ‘The Wind Power Industry in India’ Report

    24 June 2011

    India has a great untapped potential for wind energy. According to official estimates, the country’s total wind energy resource amounts to 48 GW of installed capacity, but some experts think that this figure is on the conservative side, and that technological improvements could significantly increase this potential. In India, the wind power generation has gained […]

  • Research Vessel ‘Roger Revelle’ Returns to San Diego (USA)

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The research vessel Roger Revelle, owned by the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, returns to San Diego after a six-year deployment. Roger Revelle (1909-1991), the ship’s namesake, was director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1951 to 1964. Long associated with the University […]

  • Research Vessel ‘Huajiachi’ Delivered after Acceptance Check (China)

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scientific research vessel “Huajiachi”, the first domestic floating marine test platform constructed by Zhejiang University, was delivered on 22 December after acceptance test. The test platform is the main supporting auxiliary project of Zhairuoshan technology demonstration island co-constructed by Zhejiang University and Zhoushan City, and will be positioned at anchor in the waters near Zhairuoshan […]

  • UQ Researchers Study Climate Change Impacts on Marine Environments

    24 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Researchers are struggling to solve the challenge of predicting climate change impacts on marine environments. Research led by University of Queensland scientists has found that predicting such impacts could be more difficult than first thought, due to interactions between ocean ecosystems. UQ Global Change Institute researcher Dr Megan Saunders said the study, published in Nature […]

  • Research Vessel Atlantis Rescues 93 Egyptians in Mediterranean Sea

    29 November 2011

    The research vessel Atlantis, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), rescued 93 Egyptians aboard a disabled fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea late Friday night (Nov. 25). Atlantis was commencing an oceanographic research expedition, steaming toward its first study site, when it was diverted by a mayday call at 9 p.m. from a fishing […]

  • USA: Funding for Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research & Development

    6 September 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Department of Energy announced that they will fund projects to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) renewable energy technologies. Those topics receiving support from this funding announcement include: Advanced Controls Next-Gen Power Take-Off Projects Advanced Structures Projects Marine & Hydrokinetic Environmental Projects Projects Analyzing Environmental Effects of Surrogate Technologies Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) members […]

  • Underwater Robotic Technology Helps Research of Deep Sea Regions

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Children visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s Open Oceans tank are now helping researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes ,February 24, 2011;

  • Welsh marine energy research project needs wave buoy

    22 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swansea University is looking to procure a wave buoy that would be used in the Seacams 2 project aimed at accelerating the development of Welsh marine energy industry.

  • Brown’s Research Group Develops Hydrofoil to Harvest Tidal Energy

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A research group at Brown University led by Shreyas Mandre, assistant professor of engineering, is developing a hydrofoil — a water wing — as a means to harvest tidal energy. With support from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the group has designed a small prototype has been testing in the lab to prove the […]

  • Research Vessel ‘Sonne’ to Leave Meyer Werft Building Dock

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The new research vessel “Sonne” will leave the building dock I of Meyer Werft on Saturday, 05 April 2014, after 14 months of construction. During the last few weeks this highly complex vessel was furnished with extensive equipment, underwent interior works, as well as tests of safety equipment, machinery and plant tests. The final work and tests […]

  • USA: Scripps Researcher Receives Royal Meteorological Society Honor

    19 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Britain’s Royal Meteorological Society has awarded Tim Barnett, an emeritus research marine geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, its Symons Gold Medal, the society’s premier award. It is the first time in the history of the award that a Scripps scientist has received the honor. The society, founded in 1850, will formally […]

  • Cammell Laird to Build USD 307 Million Research Ship

    12 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.K. government has selected the domestic shipbuilder Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, as the preferred bidder to build a GBP 200 million (USD 307.2m) polar research ship. The decision follows a 12-month competitive tender process that involved bids from companies in the U.K., Europe and the Far East. The shipyard is expected to cut steel in autumn […]

  • Boosting Gold Coast’s Climate Change Research with Big Bird

    13 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Research into the impacts of wild weather and climate change on the Queensland’s Gold Coast is being stepped up with the launch of a bright yellow monitoring buoy nicknamed Big Bird, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) said in its latest release.  According to GCWA, Big Bird’s launch formally marks the establishment of the Coastal […]

  • USA: Researchers Transplant Staghorn Coral to Broward County Reef

    20 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted Friday to a threatened reef off the Broward County coast by researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center and its internal National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI). “This is the northernmost location on the planet for transplanted staghorn corals,” said Abby Renegar, a researcher […]

  • Australia: University’s Researcher Creates Seafloor Map of Coral Sea

    21 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    James Cook University’s Robin Beaman has produced a new map of Australia’s Coral Sea region that details the reefs, mountains, and canyons that exist under the sea. A marine geologist at JCU’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dr Beaman’s map covers an area of about one million square kilometres of the Coral Sea Conservation […]

  • Royal Research Ship Discovery Named by HRH The Princess Royal

    11 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    A new, state-of-the-art research ship for UK marine science – RRS Discovery – was named by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton on Thursday, October 10. Around 200 guests, including the Science Minister David Willetts, local MPs, civic guests and senior figures from the UK’s marine science community […]

  • Canada: Nunavut Launches New Research Vessel MV Nuliajuk

    13 July 2011

      Officials say Nunavut’s new research vessel, the MV Nuliajuk, will provide a much-needed boost to the territory’s fishing industry. Not to mention that the 64-foot Nuliajuk is a beauty. Territorial and community leaders and elders gathered aboard the Nuliajuk July 11, to christen the flotating fisheries research station as it lay anchored off Iqaluit. […]

  • The Netherlands: Niron Completes Repairs for FUGRO’s Research Vessel Bavenit

    22 May 2012

    During the recent stop of FUGRO’s research and survey vessel Bavenit in the Netherlands it was seen that the 13 cable sheaves on the drilling tower needed to be replaced. The immediate priority was to get the dimensions of the existing sheaves. Straight after Fugro’s request had been received, two Niron engineers headed for IJmuiden to […]

  • Research: LNG Infrastructure Investment to Be USD 35.8 Billion in 2012

    12 July 2012

    Global Information Inc. published the new market research report:  The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market 2012-2022. New research puts the value of global investment in infrastructure for LNG on track to reach $35.8 billion in 2012, including all capital investment in the infrastructure required for the production, transportation and regasification of LNG. By the early […]

  • Taiwan Launches New 2.700-ton Ocean Research Vessel

    13 June 2011

    Taiwan launched a 2,700-ton ocean research vessel in the southern port city of Kaohsiung June 13, opening a new chapter in the nation’s … By Kwangyin Liu (taiwantoday) [mappress] Source: taiwantoday, June 13, 2011;

  • Australia to build 112.5 million dollar ocean research vessel

    17 November 2009

    The Australian Government will spend US$112.5 million on a new advanced ocean research vessel for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The government will be seeking proposals for the design and construction for the vessel. Melbourne-based tenders specialist, TenderSearch, said that the closing date for responses would be January 8, 2010.