Green Marine and Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) have joined forces to provide anchoring and mooring solutions for energetic marine environments suitable for a range of applications including offshore floating wind, aquaculture, wave and tidal energy. Green Marine’s experience in operating subsea dr
The first Ocean DEMO call for applications has now opened. Funded by Interreg North-West Europe, Ocean DEMO is a €13m project aiming to accelerate ocean energy’s transition from single prototype to multi-device farms by providing free access to test centres: EMEC (UK), DMEC (NL), SEM REV (FR) and Sm
Integrated navigation, positioning and communications technology from Sonardyne will support a new, fuel cell-powered long-range unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) being designed by subsea specialist Cellula Robotics for the Canadian defence department. The UUV, called Solus-LR, is being designed to
SIMEC Atlantis Energy (Atlantis), Turbine and Engineering Services Division (ATES) will enter into a technology partnership and preferred supplier agreement with GE’s Power Conversion business (GE). Under the terms of the partnership agreement, both parties will work together and share resources for
SIMEC Atlantis Energy (Atlantis), Turbine and Engineering Services Division (ATES) will enter into a technology partnership and preferred supplier agreement with GE’s Power Conversion business (GE). Under the terms of the partnership agreement, both parties will work together and share resources for
Ocean Power Technologies’s PB3 PowerBuoy deployed in the Adriatic Sea has produced more than 1 MWh cumulative energy to date. The PowerBuoy has been deployed for six months, operating continuously and error-free while being controlled remotely from OPT’s NJ facility. George H. Kirby, OPT’s president
Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) said it has secured its first commitments for testing at the Bourne Tidal Test Site. The organization in charge of Bourne Tidal Test Site development said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the first testing of a tidal turbine on the t
ETIP Ocean is seeking technical experts to join a new ‘Technology Working Group’ to update the ‘Strategic Research Agenda’ (SRA) for ocean energy. The new ‘Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda’ will detail the priority research, development and innovation challenges that most merit funding in th
Ocean Power Technologies’s PB3 PowerBuoy deployed in the Adriatic Sea has produced more than 1 MWh cumulative energy to date. The PowerBuoy has been deployed for six months, operating continuously and error-free while being controlled remotely from OPT’s NJ facility. George H. Kirby, OPT’s president
Orkney based marine contractor Leask Marine said it has developed an innovative Drilling Rig, to provide a cost-effective solution for the marine renewables industry. The company said it has built the world’s first submersible drilling rig of its kind, investing £1.6 million in its R&D project, to d
A consortium of Oldbaum Services, Pondera Consult, Whiffle and Deltares has completed the wind resource assessment (WRA) for the Hollandse Kust (Noord) wind farm zone. The assessment included determining the wind climate for the area and verifying it by using data from met masts and floating buoys w
The EU-funded DTOceanPlus project has produced five new deliverables that have been openly shared with the marine energy sector. The aim of the DTOceanPlus project is to develop and demonstrate a suite of second generation advanced design tools for the selection, development and deployment of ocean
Irish Sea Contractors launched its patented, subsea power cable repair solution named AERSUB. Irish Sea Contractor’s in-house designed AERSUB subsea power cable repair solution is specifically designed to enable the repair of faulty power cables in-situ subsea on the seabed. According to the company
PRIMaRE is setting up a marine energy conference in the Welsh capital city, Cardiff, between the 3rd and 4th July 2019. PRIMaRE (Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy) is a network of marine renewable energy experts across higher education, research and industry centered in the south o
