Nautilus Minerals, a company engaded in seabed mining, has decided to halt the construction of Solwara 1 project offshore Papua New Guinea regarding a dispute with the government. Nautilus terminated the construction because of a dispute over the cost of up to US $80 million, that, according to the
Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited, founded and based in Stromness, was this week awarded an ‘Agreement for Lease’ from the Crown Estate for a commercial tidal energy demonstrator project to be located at Lashy Sound between the islands of Eday and Sanday in Orkney. The award from Crown Estate, the
Minister for Finance and Treasury of Solomon Islands Rick Hou has signed a financing agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and a project agreement with Solomons Oceanic Cable Company (SOC) for the submarine cable project development. The submarine cable project, which is planned to connect the
Kajima Corp. and the engineering unit of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. are planning to construct 500MW of offshore wind power in the next five years, the companies announced yesterday. This follows the statement that these two companies have combined their expertise in a study, aiming to provi
A wind turbine was erected off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture in Japan, in order to test the behaviour of offshore wind technology in rough conditions there. This area is known for its frequent typhoons and the fact that two tidal currents also meet there. The demonstration project will help
Subsea mooring connector (SMC) specialist, First Subsea has invested over £200,000 in new mooring connector test rig facilities at its production site in Lancaster, UK. The test-rig is being used in the manufacture of ‘next generation’ SMCs for industry leading, deepwater mooring projects: the Jack
Garden State Offshore Energy (GSOE) this week successfully deployed a state-of-the-art offshore research buoy 23 miles off of the coast of Atlantic City. The 25-ton buoy, equipped with sophisticated meteorological measurement devices, will measure atmospheric and sea conditions offshore for up to tw
According to the latest report by the four transmission system operators, Germany should have 111 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2017, reports Reuters. EnBW, Tennet, Amprion and 50Hertz predict that 47GW will come from wind energy, both onshore and offshore, 55GW from solar power and t
According to the latest report by the four transmission system operators, Germany should have 111 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2017, reports Reuters. EnBW, Tennet, Amprion and 50Hertz predict that 47GW will come from wind energy, both onshore and offshore, 55GW from solar power and t
Linde North America, reported a successful trial of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) mobile fueling unit. The Linde mobile fueler allows customers to test the feasibility of using LNG as an alternative to fuels such as diesel. Linde worked with C Cross Transportation, a Mississippi-based hauler with
Cameron and Schlumberger today announced the creation of OneSubsea™, a joint venture to manufacture and develop products, systems and services for the subsea oil and gas market. This new company will offer a step change in reservoir recovery for the subsea oil and gas industry through integration an
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period until Dec. 31, 2012 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. The original 45-day comm
Trident Energy will test its generator prototype in the spring on a deep water pier in Scotland, trying to create electricity from wave energy. This will be the second time the company undertakes this test, because three years ago the first prototype sank before it could be tested on the sea, writes
A 3D virtual reality ‘cave’ will be created at the University of Hull to provide the offshore renewable energy sector with an innovative training facility. The virtual reality environment will give people working or training for roles in the green power industry the chance to experience the hostile,
