A research project on sustainable installation and decommissioning of XXL monopiles for large next-generation offshore wind turbines has been launched in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) will give EUR 4 million to support the project, called Sustainable Installation of XXL Mo
Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has published a new guidance paper to respond to the need to have a completely objective evaluation of how ocean energy technology performs against key criteria.
Scottish engineering company QED Naval has revealed plans to establish an operations base in Pembroke Dock in South West Wales, as a result of a fabrication and refit contract with Mainstay Marine Solutions.
Portuguese authorities have joined the Swedish Energy Agency, EIT InnoEnergy and private investors to financially support CorPower Ocean’s flagship HiWave-5 demonstration project in northern Portugal.
UK-based company Sustainable Marine Energy has unveiled its new PLAT-I tidal energy platform that will be tested in the Bay of Fundy’s Grand Passage before moving to the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) to form the world’s first floating tidal energy array.
Prysmian has selected Tekmar Energy’s Generation 10 cable protection system (CPS) to protect export cables on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The award follows the array cable scope in 2020, meaning that Tekmar’s CPS will guard the entire subsea cable system for the first commercial-scale wind
Swedish wave energy company Eco Wave Power has won the Smart Port Challenge Competition set up to find disruptive solutions that will facilitate transit at Morocco’s ports.
French marine research institute Ifremer has performed a series of structural bench tests on compatriot company Sabella’s novel tidal turbine blade to determine the weight loads the blade can bear and validate its mechanical characteristics.
ABB, a power and automation technology specialist, unveiled an emissions monitoring system that will help the maritime industry achieve its decarbonisation targets.
Alfa Laval has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to work on the development of low- and zero-carbon technologies for the marine industry. As a strategic partner Alfa Laval will be part of the Center’s advisory board, providing strategic and technical guidance for futu
A Vestas V29 wind turbine nacelle has been installed on the PivotBuoy floater at the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and the structure is now only a few steps away from the commissioning phase at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands. The assembly operations started in December 2020 at Hidr
Odfjell Drilling will retrofit its newest drilling rigs with the Siemens Energy BlueDrive DC-Grid system in a push towards zero-emission drilling.
French floating wind start-up Eolink, a company supported by the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project, has been declared a winner at BlueInvest 2021 Awards.
A research team in the SFI MaREI Centre at NUI Galway has made a significant contribution to technology development in the marine energy sector, by delivering three full-scale structural testing programmes to de-risk blade components to allow for commercial and operational trials in Alaska and Scotl
