Canadian Big Moon Power, a tidal energy developer, has joined Morlais, a Menter Môn project funded by EU. The agreement was signed during the Egni 2019 conference at M-SParc, Morlais said on its social media. The Morlais scheme, proposed off Anglesey in North Wales, is being set up to help accelerat
Carnarvon said that a new 3D seismic survey has started over the Dorado and Roc discoveries and a number of nearby prospects. Prior to the award of WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-438-P to Carnarvon and its partner, no 3D seismic existed in these permits. Three 3D surveys were subsequently acqui
The Welsh Government is supporting marine energy developer Minesto with the award of €14.9 million of EU funding for the next phase of its tidal energy scheme in Wales. Commenting on the funding decision, Minesto’s CEO Dr Martin Edlund said: “This is a key contribution to the commercialization of ou
The Katapult Ocean Accelerator Programme is looking for start-ups that provide solutions to the ocean challenges. Young tech companies, working with technology catering to aquaculture, fisheries, transport, offshore energy and ocean health are encouraged to apply for the Katapult Ocean Accelerator p
The Katapult Ocean Accelerator Programme is looking for start-ups that provide solutions to the ocean challenges. Young tech companies, working with technology catering to aquaculture, fisheries, transport, offshore energy and ocean health are encouraged to apply for the Katapult Ocean Accelerator p
Floating Power Plant (FPP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) to investigate and develop a potential deployment of FPP’s technology in the PLOCAN test facilities in Gran Canaria. FPP intends to deploy a commercial scale version of its hy
Nortek has opened a new office in Melbourne, Australia, to facilitate access to Doppler instrumentation for researchers and engineers in Australia and New Zealand. This is the company’s first office in the region, creating a strong local point of contact for sales and support, Nortek said. The Port
OceanBased has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Florida Atlantic University’s Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) to assist the company to develop commercial ocean current energy project. The goal of the project, which plans to focus on an area off the southeast coast
Wood has secured a new contract with Chevron Australia to provide subsea integration and flow assurance front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Jansz-lo compression project offshore Western Australia. Effective immediately, the one-year contract will be delivered locally by Wood’s team
A new GBP 4 million cross-sector project is set to develop the world’s first fully autonomous robotic inspection and repair solution for offshore wind farms. The Innovate UK-funded MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) is a two-year project bringing in ex
China’s research vessel KEXUE has started a 20-day long survey over a series of seamounts in the south of the Mariana Trench. According to Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the vessel will explore four seamounts in the area. The vessel’s Discovery remote operated vehicle (ROV) already dived into th
ABB has won a contract from Arctic Offshore Farming to power its first-ever remote controlled submersible offshore salmon farm in the Arctic Ocean. ABB will provide a comprehensive package of its electrical, automation, instrumentation and telecom technologies. With the global market volume of salmo
The Green Maritime Methanol consortium has selected nine ships for research on the application of renewable methanol as a marine fuel. New designs, newbuildings as well as existing ships of Boskalis, Van Oord, the Royal Netherlands Navy and Wagenborg Shipping were selected. The vessel sizes vary in
Universal Foundation has begun industrialized suction bucket installation tests under a project that is part of the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP). Universal Foundation is carrying out the EUDP project in a consortium with Siemens Gamesa, Aalborg University, Fred. Ols
