The University of Houston has developed a new underwater pipeline inspection system, using a Saab Seaeye Falcon robot as a development platform, which is said to represent a “breakthrough” in leak risk detection at oil pipe flanges.
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean has reached the finals of the $1 Million Ocean Innovation Prize organized by the Blue Climate Initiative (BCI).
Marine-i has supported the next stage of development of Submarine Technology Limited’s (STL) futuristic robotic arm with a grant and a bespoke RD&I program. STL’s innovation is a vessel-based multi-axis robotic arm for autonomous operations, and will form an integral part of a new Autonomous Synchro
Inyanga Maritime is developing a new dynamically-positioned (DP2) multi-purpose vessel (MPV) Inyanga Entsha that will be used to install HydroWing technology combined with Tocardo’s tidal turbines.
Several European companies have collaborated to set up the measurement system and data analytics platform on SolarDuck’s offshore floating solar unit in the Netherlands.
Norway’s Argeo is expanding its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) fleet with Eelume’s autonomous snake robot, in what is the first commercial contract to be signed for the technology. Acquiring the Eelume robot is said to be part of Argeo’s strategy to transform the ocean space inspection industry
Five Portuguese institutions – CEiiA, +ATLANTIC CoLAB, Fórum Oceano, INESC TEC, and WavEC – have have come together under the name of OceanACT to promote the testing of innovative ocean technologies in Portugal.
Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) has once again organized the Startup Zone for early-stage companies to showcase their innovative solutions and potentially attract investors and business partners. In an interview segment with Coco Kossmann, we hear from two promising startups – Seaqu
New research led by the University of Plymouth has shown that tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero.
Scottish marine energy company QED Naval has launched invitation to tenders to fast-track the commercialisation and scale-up of its next generation Subhub tidal energy platform.
TenneT has presented a new technological solution in Germany which can significantly accelerate offshore grid expansion for wind power in the North Sea and accommodate the build-out of 6 GW of offshore wind capacity in Germany three years earlier. The solution includes TenneT’s 2 GW standard for dir
In an interview with Wilco Stavenuiter, Founder & Owner at Tetrahedron, we hear more about the novel crane type developed by the company to tackle the installation challenges in the wind industry.
Anna Koper, Student of Integrated Product Design at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), who joined the university’s Solar Boat Team last year and found herself at the forefront of sustainable energy innovation, shares her experience.
As part of our OEEC 2021 interviews segment, Britta Schaffmeister, CEO of Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC), talks about the need for innovative clean energy solutions to successfully fight the climate change, and how marine energy is ready to step up to the challenge.
