Equinor and partners at Gullfaks and Snorre have decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the Gullfaks and Snorre fields with power from floating offshore wind. This could be the first time an offshore wind farm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms, the company said. The project f
An Innovate UK-funded project focused on developing a smart integrated monitoring system for offshore energy subsea cables has drawn to a close after the trials at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
Irish engineering consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has completed sediment dynamics study in the Irish Sea, which was funded by the Geological Survey of Ireland under their research and development programme. Over the past 2 years GDG have been investigating the geomorphology off the Ea
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 20 – 26, 2018.
Science Foundation Ireland-backed marine research organization – Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) – has opened a vacancy for two researchers that will work to advance the verifiable design life of tidal turbine rotor blades through a suite of tests and verification studies.
One week after securing the European patent for the system forming an essential part of its tidal energy technology – GKinetic Energy has reflected on the grant support received from the Irish government over the years which helped the company bring its tidal prototype closer to the market.
Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has completed a sediment dynamics study in the Irish Sea, which included a two-year investigation of the geomorphology off the East coast of Ireland in order to quantify the impacts of sediment dynamics on upcoming offshore wind farm developments.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent for the Oseberg H facility to start production in September. Oseberg H is a new unmanned wellhead platform that is part of the Oseberg vestflanken 2 development project in the North Sea. The consent has been given to the licensees in the Oseber
Aberdeenshire-based ROV and engineering firm, Aleron Subsea, has won the first contract for its new hybrid TRACKROV technology which will see it supporting UXO clearance work on an offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The TRACKROV vehicle has been built to operate on the seabed for extended per
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded USD 650,000 to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for two floating wind demonstration and testing projects.
The representative body of the Scottish renewable energy industry – Scottish Renewables – has welcomed the tidal energy generation milestone achieved by Scotrenewables Tidal Power, stating it paves the way for marine energy to become a mainstream part of Scotland’s energy mix.
The International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy (INORE) has launched a call for collaborative research projects as part of the Ocean Energy Systems-backed Blue Energy Collaborative Scholarships initiative.
The SR2000 floating tidal turbine, developed by Scotrenewables Tidal Power, has generated more power over the past 12 months than the entire wave and tidal energy sectors in Scotland in more than a decade.
The Carbon Trust and Fistuca, in conjunction with industry partners (E.ON, EDPR, EnBW, Equinor, Ørsted, Shell, Sif, SSE, Van Oord, and Vattenfall) have completed offshore test of the Fistuca BLUE 25M hammer as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator BLUE PILOT project. The offshore test was carried ou
