Marine-i, the EU funded programme set up to boost marine innovation in Cornwall, has made a grant award to specialist marine technology company, Submarine Technology Ltd (STL). Based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, STL have opened a new office in Penryn, Cornwall, to focus on designing and building t
26 European islands have officially launched their clean energy transition with the support of the European Commission’s Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat. In a first phase, 6 islands, the Aran Islands (Ireland), the Cres-Lošinj archipelago (Croatia), Sifnos (Greece), Culatra (Portugal), Salin
QED Naval recently returned to Subhub following the completion of the tow to tidy things up and secure Subhub for the initial ballast system and flow augmentation trials. The moorings were reset so that Subhub now aligns to flow on the flood and ebb tides where flow speeds of up to 1m/s are experien
Aker Solutions has been appointed by Wintershall to build a complete digital replica of the Nova production system to enable data driven engineering, production and maintenance decisions. Through two separate agreements, Aker Solutions will provide both a fully interactive digital replica of the int
Crown Estate Scotland has granted an extension to the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) lease for the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney until 2040. The extension will support the long-term ambitions and demonstration plans of EMEC’s clients. EMEC’s Fall of Warness site offers dev
Neptune Energy has submitted Plans for Development and Operation (PDOs) to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the Duva and Gjøa P1 projects in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The fields will be developed as subsea tie-backs connecting two templates to the nearby Gjøa platform, operated
SeaOwls and Ulstein Design & Solutions have terminated their partnership to jointly develop a heavy lift jack-up vessel solution for offshore wind installation. Instead, the two companies will go their own separate ways in the offshore wind industry. The patent rights of the SOUL concept were develo
DTOceanPlus H2020 Project is looking to develop and demonstrate a suite of 2nd generation advanced design tools for the selection, development and deployment of ocean energy systems, aligning innovation and development processes with those used in mature engineering sectors. The FP7 funded DTOcean p
Jonas Kamf has recently taken over as CEO of the Gothenburg-based wave power plant company Waves4Power. Kamf has been the marketing manager for the company since 2012. Waves4Power is now entering a new phase of development work and commercialization. The company aims to produce the first of a number
Wave Energy in Southern Europe (WESE) project, aimed to improve the current knowledge on the potential environmental effects of wave energy, has been officially launched along with a corresponding website. The WESE Consortium, led by the RD&I Basque center AZTI, includes a multidisciplinary team of
Wood has completed the first commercial lidar test at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine. Wood tested its Galion lidar system at the onshore met mast of the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine located on the Fife coast in the UK. According to t
Wood has completed the first commercial lidar test at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine. Wood tested its Galion lidar system at the onshore met mast of the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine located on the Fife coast in the UK. According to t
Marine engineering experts Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has produced a new and compact autonomous profiling winch that will operate unmanned for 30 days. OSIL were approached with a requirement for a 24V waterproof winch system to mount to existing automated surface vehicle systems. The
The 15-month OPEC (Offshore Platform for Energy Competitiveness) feasibility project has produced a number of conclusions and recommendations which may be taken forward if further funding can be sourced. OPEC, explored the technical and economic feasibility of using large offshore floating platforms
