PETRONAS and Shell made an oil discovery offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The discovery was made via the Limbayong-2 well during the appraisal of the Limbayong gas field by Shell. The appraisal well encountered 136 metres of oil bearing sands, and there are plans to conduct more appraisal work on the disco
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, told an audience of senior stakeholders and academics from across the renewable energy sector that “Britain has the opportunity to be the world leader in offshore renewables bar none.” Dr Cable was speaking as he formally opened th
Electricity was exported for the first time from SSE Renewables’ offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston, North Ayrshire. The Siemens SWT-6.0-154 wind turbine is 177 metres high, and incorporates the latest offshore turbine technology to generate six megawatts (MW) of electricity. The Hunt
President Obama’s FY 2015 discretionary budget request for NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, totals $5.5 billion. This is $174 million over the 2014 enacted budget, an increase of 3.2 percent. The proposed budget will enhance public safety and community resiliency to weather
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has been awarded €1.8 million to study massive sulphide deposits on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, three kilometres beneath the surface. The research is part of a wider, international programme to assess seafloor mineral resources that has received €10 millio
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL), the global oil spill response co-operative funded by some 160 oil and energy companies, announces the opening of a new base in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, marking a major advancement for regional and global response operations. The base houses one of OSRL’s four cuttin
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is continuing to work closely with colleagues based in its Grimsby coastal office, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the developer Dong Energy, to gain a better understanding of the concerns about noise in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire and the W
GDF SUEZ has commenced gas production from the second of two development wells on the Juliet field on the 9th of March, a subsea development on the western flank of the Southern Gas Basin, 39 km east of the Lincolnshire coastline in the United Kingdom. This follows first gas from the initial develop
Marine scientists from Kiel have researched that organisms living in The Baltic Sea are better prepared for climate change than others. They found that barnacles from Kiel Fjord are much better able to deal with future environmental conditions than their counterparts from less “stressful” habitats.
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) has regained its position as the world-leading turbine installer, reaching first place in the top five companies in terms of total capacity installed, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData’s unique wind turbine installation
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) has regained its position as the world-leading turbine installer, reaching first place in the top five companies in terms of total capacity installed, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData’s unique wind turbine installation
A report published yesterday by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) highlights the fact that traditional power stations use vast amounts of water to generate power – and calls for this to be taken into account by Governments when they set energy and climate change policy. EWEA’s report “Savi
The UK economy could gain £6.7bn per year and 150,000 jobs by 2020 from the development of offshore renewable energy resources, according to a report published today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The report, using extensive supply chain data from BVG Associates and analysis from t
Eleven Spanish companies and 22 research centers, coordinated by Gamesa, have successfully completed their applied research activities within the Azimut project, which aims to enable the development of the world’s largest capacity wind turbine by 2020. The project has reached the objective of genera
