The UK Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a new task force dedicated to finding innovative solutions to make the best use of electricity generated by renewable sources, including offshore wind. The Solving the Integration Challenge research project is a key part of the Offshore Wind
Using smart energy control technology to combine wind and wave power could provide all the world’s electricity needs, according to research from the University of Birmingham. Scientists at the University propose integrating wind and wave energy generation so that the system’s overall power output be
The University of Aalborg, the Institute of Marine Engineering (CNR-INM) and the Universita degli studi della Campanina, Conisma are organising a PhD course on the numerical and experimental modelling and control of wave energy converters. The course will take place at INM in Rome, between September
Sif Holding will manufacture two monopiles for the Two Towers Borssele V innovation site, the company said on Monday. According to Sif, a number of innovations will be applied in the project such as a slip joint connection, seabed protection and a full aluminum sprayed coating. One of the monopiles
The World Ocean Council (WOC) – the Global Blue Economy Business Organization – has recently partnered with the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and joined World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO). The WOC will work with the WBA and its network of Allies to develop criteria and benchmarks for sustainable de
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Ocean Power Technologies’ (OPT) PowerBuoy has been deployed in the Adriatic Sea since November 2018 by oil and gas company Eni in a project aiming to demonstrate suitability of wave energy technologies in oil and gas operations. Operating continuously and error-free for six months, as part of Eni’s
Leask Marine has won a contract to provide support for the design, fabrication, assembly and commissioning of the deployment platform for DesignPro’s 60kW hydrokinetic turbine as part of its Horizon 2020 SME Instrument funded project. “We were impressed by Leask Marine’s track record in delivering m
Upwing Energy, an artificial lift technology company, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have been selected by DeepStar, a global offshore research and development consortium, to perform a feasibility and conceptual study of Upwing’s Magnetic Drive System (MDS) for Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding almost £1m to fund the development of Advanced Control Systems technology for wave energy devices. The technology aims to reduce the cost of generating electricity from wave energy devices by increasing the amount of energy they can capture. The two projects se
Nova Innovation-led consortium has won a new European project, ELEMENT, that will use Artificial Intelligence to improve tidal turbine performance and accelerate commercialization of tidal energy. The ELEMENT project will incorporate Artificial Intelligence technology from wind energy into tidal tur
HR Wallingford has started physical model testing of a new offshore wind foundation known as the Gravity Tripod. The company is working with Offshore Design Engineering (ODE), DNV-GL, Cambridge University and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to test and certify the new offshore wind foun
Hydraulic engineering and offshore renewable energy specialist HR Wallingford is conducting physical model testing for a new offshore wind foundation known as the Gravity Tripod. The company is working with Offshore Design Engineering (ODE), DNV-GL, Cambridge University and the Offshore Renewable En
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) said it is exploring options for the design and development of a system which will allow rapid connection/disconnection of a wave energy device from its moorings and/or electrical system. The connection system and method would aim to reduce the time and cost of installatio
