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  • FORCE expands its team for upcoming tidal activites

    14 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has welcomed new board and staff members in order to meet the increased activities at tidal energy research sites. FORCE welcomes Joe Fitzharris as the chair of the board of directors. Joe has previously served as an independent director at FORCE, and chair of the Maritimes Energy […]

  • Qatar: Maersk Oil, TNO Team Up in Developing Ways to Boost Oil Recovery

    9 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Today, Maersk Oil announced that it has established a long term collaboration agreement with TNO to jointly develop new technologies for increased oil recovery (IOR). Focus will be on long horizontal wells and increasing oil recovery through integrated operations and production optimisation. The joint research project will be located at the Qatar Science and […]

  • Norway: NTNU Purchases REMUS 100 AUV

    16 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), announced that the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU) has purchased one REMUS 100 system to support and enhance the operations of the University’s Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory (AUR Lab). The Lab will use the REMUS 100 AUV […]

  • USA: BP Provides $10 Million To Support Study of Health Issues Relating To Gulf Oil Spill

    8 September 2010
    Project & Tenders

    BP  announced it is providing $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under its Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) to support a study of potential public health issues relating to the Gulf oil spill and other spill-related health research. The GRI is a 10-year, $500 million independent research program established by BP […]

  • EC invests €16B in Horizon 2020

    14 October 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Commission (EC) has announced that it will invest almost €16 billion in research and innovation in the next two years under Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding scheme. The announcement comes following the yesterday’s adoption of the new 2016-2017 Horizon 2020 Work Programme. Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation […]

  • New Channel Management Handbook Presented

    31 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    A new handbook promoting good practice for channel management has been developed by a team of experts, led by Royal HaskoningDHV. Written for the Environment Agency, the handbook brings together over 10 years’ worth of research and practice. It aims to help with the decisions of when and how to carry out channel management for […]

  • EU Regulations Drop Ship Emissions by 66pct Since 2010

    17 August 2012

      Sulfur dioxide emissions from ships touring EU ports have been reduced by 66 % since 2010 with the implementation of a new shipping policy, which brought about low-sulfur requirements for ships, the EU Commission informed Tuesday citing research data. According to the new policy, all ships berthed or anchored in EU harbors have been […]

  • ‘Millennium Falcon’ Measures Tidal, Wave Energy Effect on Marine Habitat

    6 February 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from the University of Washington (UW) are building a new underwater robot named “Millennium Falcon”. The robot will deploy instruments to gather information in unprecedented detail about how marine life interacts with underwater equipment used to harvest wave and tidal energy. Researchers still don’t fully understand how animals and fish will be affected by ocean […]

  • US DoE to hold executive summit on MHK technologies

    26 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    The Wind and Water Power Technologies Office within the US Department of Energy (DoE) will host an executive summit on marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) research and development. Through this initiative, the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), together with executive members from the US DoE, the national laboratories, and the MHK energy industry, intends […]

  • HR Wallingford’s Ian Townend Named Honorary Professor at NHRI in China

    5 June 2014

    Ian Townend, director of research at HR Wallingford, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at Nanjing Hydraulics Research Institute in China. Nanjing Hydraulics Research Institute (NHRI) is a leading hydraulics research institute in China reporting to the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Transport. Ian Townend visited NHRI in May to participate […]

  • Wales’ tidal lagoon challenge outlines next steps

    28 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vision

    Marine Energy Wales has recently hosted an informative webinar on Welsh government’s tidal lagoon challenge, which provided a valuable insight into the proposed research priorities, grant application process, and next steps for the project.

  • Dr. Daniel Zitterbart Receives ‘The Briese Sponsorship Award’

    18 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The Briese Award for Marine Research will take place at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde, next Wednesday 19th February, 2014. The awarded PHD thesis is titled “Locomotion in biological systems”. There have been altogether 13 scientists applying for the award, among them seven women. For the jury, the application of Dr. Daniel Zitterbart, physicist at […]

  • Iran, South Korea to jointly build mini-LNG containers

    19 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Iranian and South Korean consortia have teamed up to develop mini-LNG ISO containers over the period of the next four years.

  • RS Aqua to Supply Wave Buoys for MERIKA Project

    30 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The University of Highlands and Islands has awarded RS Aqua Ltd a contract for the supply and delivery of Wave Measurement Buoys for MERIKA project. Under the agreement, the supplier is required to provide 2 years after sale support and maintenance services for the supplied hardware and software components. Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator (MERIKA), run by the […]

  • Grieg Star, G2 Ocean take part in Norwegian autonomous ship project

    17 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Research & Development, Vessels

    Norway-based shipowner Grieg Star and its JV with Gearbulk, G2 Ocean, are joining forces with other maritime industry partners to research the feasibility of safe autonomous deep-sea ships.

  • NOC study shows Monsoon impact on small pelagic fish in East Africa

    6 August 2020
    Research & Development

    New research led by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed the importance of the Monsoon in how abundant small pelagic fish are in East Africa. The study used observations of chlorophyll-a taken from satellites, as well as measurements taken in the field and an ocean model to investigate the environmental processes driving […]

  • ASN to Build Cable Infrastructure for Subsea Laboratory Off Sicily

    30 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has signed a contract with Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucelare (INFN) for the construction of a subsea cable infrastructure  for the IDMAR project. The IDMAR project involves the construction of a multidisciplinary underwater laboratory distributed for scientific and technological research in the marine environment, hosted by the KM3NeT project, the […]

  • Supercomputers assist on wave energy project

    20 April 2020
    IT & Software, Research & Development

    Engineering researchers have recently worked on a solution to bring wave energy one step closer to mainstream. The work involved a team from San Diego State University and Northwestern University in collaboration with Polytechnic University of Turin. They used the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and Bridges at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing […]

  • Chalk Fields Still Have a Lot to Offer, NPD Says

    17 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Danish Energy Agency and ten oil companies will cooperate on research and development and share experience to improve recovery from chalk fields on the Norwegian and Danish shelves. The NPD and the Danish Energy Agency have taken the initiative for the Joint Chalk Research programme phase 7. Since 1982, […]

  • UNSW Takes on Climate Change

    28 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    A multi-disciplinary team led by University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney researchers is releasing the first large-scale summary of how their estuaries – and the 80 per cent of NSW residents living on them – will be impacted by climate change. According to UNSW, two out of three Australians and four out of five […]

  • University of Maine Secures Funding for Ocean Engineering Laboratory

    24 November 2015
    Research & Development

    During a laboratory dedication at the University of Maine, the Harold Alfond Foundation announced a $3.9 million grant to the University of Maine to match $9.98 million already raised, formally establishing the Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus. “We are investing in […]

  • Royal NIOZ and KONGSBERG sign multibeam contract

    22 January 2006

    The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), the Netherlands national Institute for oceanographic research and KONGSBERG have signed a contract for the delivery and installation of a KONGSBERG EM 302 1×2 degree multibeam echo sounder

  • HD HHI, Seoul National University team up on eco-friendly ship technology

    31 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety, Technology, Vessels

    South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is working together with Seoul National University to develop eco-friendly ship technology through the advancement of sloshing technology in ship cargo holds.

  • Crown Estate, University of Highlands and Islands Enter Partnership Agreement (UK)

    30 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Crown Estate and the University of Highlands and Islands have signed a ‘partnership agreement’ to work together to maximise the benefits to the people of the Highlands and Islands from the low carbon energy revolution in the area. The agreement reinforces initiatives already underway between the university and The Crown Estate, which manages a […]

  • FORCE: No evidence of tidal turbine effects on environment

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The interim monitoring report issued by Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) found no evidence of environmental effects related to the demonstration tidal turbine deployed in the Bay of Fundy.