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  • California’s ports suspend shore power usage to conserve electricity amid heatwave

    7 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    The mandatory use of shore power at Californian ports has been suspended amid governmental measures aimed at voluntary electricity conservation to mitigate the impact of the ongoing heat-wave. “State leadership has identified this temporary exemption to at-berth emissions control requirements because shutting off shore power is the single biggest means of reducing power in a […]

  • California shore power mandate suspended amid heat wave

    5 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Green Marine, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

     Governor of California Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order which exempts vessels calling at Californian ports from using shore power to conserve energy and mitigate the impact of the ongoing heat wave. Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency on August 31 through to September 7 amid record temperatures across the state which have been […]

  • UK: Keith Anderson Gives Evidence Regarding Draft Energy Bill

    12 June 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Keith Anderson, Chief Corporate Officer at ScottishPower, gave evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Committee in Westminster, regarding the draft Energy Bill. Mr Anderson discussed the importance of investor confidence, and following the session he said: “An evidence based process has thus far underpinned the setting of returns on renewable projects through the ROC […]

  • With Labour’s windfall tax plan seen as ‘hammer blow’ to UK’s energy security and decarbonization, concerns over job loss on the rise

    20 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The dust has not settled yet over the Labour Party’s proposals to extend the windfall tax on UK oil and gas producers,

  • France Requests Information on Its Floating Wind Energy Potential

    23 December 2013
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    A request for information from floating wind turbine makers was published online by the ecology, sustainable development and energy minister at the beginning of December. The aim is to define the technical and economic conditions for the development of this sector. A pre-commercial deployment of a floating wind turbine in the medium term is one […]

  • BWE: Amendments to German EEG Not Addressing what Energiewende Needs

    20 March 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The German Wind Energy Association (BWE) has stated its position on proposed amendments to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), saying that they are not addressing what the Energiewende needs. “Despite a large majority in the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, the German government apparently lacks the courage to give the Energiewende new momentum. Now that renewables […]

  • Subhub Marine Platform to Be Designed with Paramarine Software, UK

    4 January 2013

    QinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that can transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal turbine field installations on the sea bed. QED […]

  • QinetiQ: Paramarine Software Used on New Submersible (UK)

    4 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    QinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that can transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal turbine field installations on the sea bed. QED […]

  • Diesel-electric Vertom Tula hits the water

    24 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Dutch shortsea shipping player Vertom Group has launched and christened its ninth 7,280 dwt diesel-electric multipurpose dry cargo ship, MV Vertom Tula.

  • First US subsea rock installation vessel launches, delivery early in 2026

    23 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has launched the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), with delivery expected early in 2026. Acadia, launched at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, Pennsylvania, is capable of transporting and installing up to 20,000 metric tons of rock on the seabed, used as critical scour protection […]

  • World Wind Energy Award 2010 goes to the Founding Member States of IRENA (Turkey)

    16 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Istanbul/Bonn (WWEA) – On the occasion of the 9th World Wind Energy Conference 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey, the Board of the World Wind Energy Association has decided to give the World Wind Energy Award 2010 to the Founding Member States of the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and hand it over to IRENA’s Interim Director […]

  • FEM on the lookout for tidal energy trainee

    29 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    French marine body France Energies Marines (FEM) is seeking an intern to research cable stability and sea floor hydrodynamics in relation to tidal energy developments.

  • Collaborative project gets to the bottom of cable stability issues

    26 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A joint industry project (JIP), led by Wood, has developed a new set of industry guidelines related to submarine cables behavior on the marine environment and rocky seabed.

  • UK Government Moves Marine Power to Next Stage of Development

    11 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      The UK Government announced allocation of £20m to engineering and environmental companies for projects aimed at development of tidal and wind energy, EDP 24 published. Apart from mere production of power, these include projects targeted at design and manufacture of indispensable technology in addition to conducting various types of research, necessary to boost the […]

  • Interview on America’s tax overhaul: Investment ‘catalyst’ across energy spheres but deadlines spell potential trouble for wind & solar

    15 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The latest action the United States (U.S.) has taken to unlock its energy dominance, encapsulated in a new tax reconciliation bill, which President Donald J. Trump signed into law, has set the stage for an uptick in domestic energy to drive down costs by inciting new investments across all energy domains, encompassing oil, gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewables, and other low-carbon and clean energy plays.

  • Dynamic cabling R&D for floating marine renewables starts in France

    27 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The partners in the collaborative research and development initiative aimed at metaphysical characterization of dynamic umbilicals for floating marine renewable energy devices, known as the OMDYN2 project, have held a kick-off meeting last month in France.

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr Wind Turbine Installation Half Way Done

    22 October 2013

    RWE hits another milestone in Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm installation. The A2SEA’s vessel has erected the 80th wind turbine generator. Sea Jack and Sea Worker will continue with turbine installation, assisted by Sea Golf, Sea Bravo, Sea Echo & Bever. The developers have already fitted 139 transition pieces and installed 27 array cables which […]

  • BIS: Lowest rates of employment in marine technologies

    25 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has released ‘The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon Economy’ report that covers the time period from 2010 to 2013. The report states the rates of employment in marine technologies industry was the lowest out of all in low carbon electricity sector. The industries analyzed include […]

  • Costain wins Barrow gas project EPC

    9 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Costain, one of the UK’s leading engineering solutions providers, has won a contract with Centrica Energy for the provision of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) services as part of Centrica Energy’s Barrow Gas Terminals Project. The Barrow Terminals Project represents a total investment of £84m by Centrica Energy. At Barrow, gas is processed from the North […]

  • Menter Môn wary on the continued ERDF funding

    28 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Menter Môn, the third-party manager for the Morlais tidal energy project, has expressed concerns regarding the continued financial support for tidal energy developments off Anglesey from the European Union’s institutions following the Brexit outcome.

  • Yavin Four Consultants expands European presence

    26 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Engineering consultancy for offshore renewable energy Yavin Four Consultants (Y4) has established a new base in Italy and appointed Michele Martini as its senior engineer in charge of Italian operations.

  • Scottish First Minister Announces GBP 18 Million Marine Energy Fund

    23 May 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A multi-million pound fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercial wave and tidal power arrays was opened today. Addressing the AllEnergy conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond announced that Scotland’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) was now open for bids by marine energy developers. In his address to the audience of industry delegates, he […]

  • UN chief’s recipe to avert climate disaster: Beefing up renewables while cutting off investment in coal, oil & gas

    16 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The UN Secretary-General is adamant that countries need to progressively phase out fossil fuels and massively boost investment in renewables.

  • Scotland’s Renewable Energy Investment Fund Opens for Business

    10 October 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A multi-million pound renewable energy investment fund (REIF), geared to stimulating greater levels of private finance into innovative green power and renewable district heating projects in Scotland, was opened for business by First Minister Alex Salmond today. As senior figures from green energy, finance and government gathered in Edinburgh for the Scottish Low Carbon Investment […]

  • VIDEO: DNV GL’s WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer Array Planning Software

    27 February 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer, DNV GL’s array planning tools were launched yesterday at the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference in Belfast. These are the world’s first marine energy planning tools to be made commercially available, which allow users to model wave and tidal energy converters when operating in ‘farms’ of multiple devices. WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer are […]