L3Harris Technologies has been selected to provide an unmanned undersea vehicle for expeditionary undersea missions for U.S. military forces by the U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). DIU has awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to L3Harris for the U.S. Navy’s next generation sm
DTOceanPlus and ETIP Ocean are hosting a webinar on digital representation of standard data formats for ocean energy systems. There is currently no standard method of describing the key characteristics and attributes of ocean energy technologies. Without such a standard, it can be difficult, if not
NEC Corporation and its subsidiary OCC Corporation have completed full qualification of subsea repeaters and optical cable containing up to 20 fiber pairs (40 fibers). This is a 25% improvement in fiber count over 16 fiber pair systems previously built by NEC. This development allows cable owners wo
Ørsted is opening a United States Innovation Hub in Providence, Rhode Island in early spring as part of its commitment to building an offshore wind industry supply chain in the US. The Innovation Hub will be located in the CIC Providence workspace. To facilitate its mission, the Hub team will levera
Searcher Seismic said it has completed of the Gulf of Papua prospectivity study in Papua New Guinea. The survey was performed by Discover Geoscience on behalf of Searcher and consists of five main sections; tectono-stratigraphic framework, tectonostratigraphic elements, facies and EOD mapping, charg
Calgary-based Technika Engineering is developing technology for collecting plastics and other marine debris from water surfaces powered by solar and wave energy. The technology will also be adapted for the purpose of cleaning oil and chemical spills. A working-scale prototype of the technology, call
Aker Solutions has secured a front-end engineering (FEED) study from Equinor to enable power from shore for the Troll B and C platforms, to reduce CO2 emissions from the field. The contract includes an option for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) work following the c
Wave Energy Scotland has recently named all the winners in a Europe-wide call to find new technologies to quickly and easily connect wave energy devices at sea. The seven winning projects for WES Quick Connections System programme have a total value of around £460,000. According to the tender docume
Sustainable Marine Energy Canada (SMEC) is proposing an electrical grid-connected tidal energy project at Grand Passage, located between the communities of Westport and Freeport in Digby County, Nova Scotia. The project will begin with the connection of the PLAT-I tidal energy platform (outfitted wi
The Rector of the Politecnico di Torino, Professor Guido Saracco, and Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, have signed a memorandum of understanding to further strengthen scientific collaboration and undertake a joint academic initiative to study energy from marine resources. This agreement will involve the
Marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) has appointed Jason Clermont as project scientist at its Northeast Regional Office. Clermont is a fisheries biologist with background in marine conservation, marine technical operations, collaborative fisheries research, and offshore ocea
Subsea technology firm Rovco has secured a £3.9 million investment from Foresight group via the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund and Foresight VCTs. The investment was part of a larger round totalling £5 million which included funds from existing shareholders. The funds will be used to support
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) is looking for an experienced project manager to join its RDI team. Based in South West Wales, this role will initially focus on delivery of the Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) and the Milford Haven Energy Kingdom projects.
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