US-based ocean energy solutions provider and developer of PowerBuoy wave device, OPT, has been awarded a contract from the United States Navy valued at $125,000, and an additional three options totaling $100,000. Under this contract, OPT will immediately begin the development of a buoy mooring syste
The Japanese ORIX Corporation has commenced a seabed geological survey off the coast of the Chiba Prefecture to investigate the feasibility of offshore wind power. ORIX is carrying out an acoustic seabed survey in the waters offshore Choshi to study the conditions, ground structure and the topograph
ORIX has begun a seabed geological survey off the coast of Choshi, Japan with the aim of the feasibility study of an offshore wind power generation business. The company said it has obtained the consent of relevant local parties. ORIX will carry out an acoustic seabed survey in the waters off the Ch
Ørsted has developed a novel digital solution for designing the cable layout of offshore wind farms said to result in cost reductions. The OptiArray tool, developed using the FICO Xpress Optimizer, is dedicated for designing the cable layout connecting the turbines to the substations. The company ad
University of Edinburgh engineers have developed a wave energy device known as a Dielectric Elastomer Generator (DEG) that could help generate low-cost electricity for thousands of homes. The device is designed to be incorporated into existing ocean energy systems and can convert wave power into ele
Trendsetter Engineering has completed the design and build of subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project, a natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. Trendsetter’s scope of work included multiple clamp connection systems, subsea dis
Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind has joined the QUALIFY project dedicated to increasing the usage of adhesively bonded hybrid structures in shipbuilding and generating spin-offs to other industries. The R&D project, part of the EU program Interreg 2 Seas, will see a multi-scale testing plan
Experimental wind power developer Makani, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has partnered with the energy giant Shell to bring its energy kites to offshore environments. After five years of development at X and more than a decade of development in total, Makani is now an independent company a
Shell Brasil has agreed a partnership with underwater sensor technology company Sonardyne and Brazilian research institute Senai Cimatec to develop autonomous technology to make the monitoring of Brazil’s challenging deepwater pre-salt oil fields more efficient. The new 4D seismic monitoring system,
ESVAGT has provided support to Wavepiston during the installation of its wave energy device at the test site near Hanstholm, Denmark. The ‘Esvagt Connector’ vessel was in charge of towing the power system from port and three kilometers out at sea, Southeast of Hanstholm, and the crew managed the anc
Equinor Wind US has shared a video showing the recent deployment of a Floating LiDAR at its offshore wind lease site in the New York Bight. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The Floating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) will measure win
The Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) affiliate faculty member Andy Seitz will participate in an Ocean Energy Systems Annex IV workshop in Scotland titled “Addressing Collision Risks in Tidal and River Turbines: Next Steps for the Marine Energy Sector.” Seitz will lead a discussion on the cu
Deadline on full paper submission for the 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2019) has been extended. With over 600 participants from 40 countries, the 12th EWTEC Conference accepted 336 papers from 550 abstracts submitted. The 13th EWTEC Conference will be held in Napoli, Italy f
Kvaerner has signed a contract with Equinor to study how floating concrete substructures for offshore wind turbines to the planned Hywind Tampen project in the North Sea can be designed and constructed. The objectives of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) assignment are to further mature th
