Research & Development
Dutch OTEC, wave innovators gear up for Making Waves
Seventeen innovators in the Dutch water sector have made it to the final round and will pitch their ideas at the Making Waves event being held today at Afsluitdijk storm barrier in the Netherlands.
LOC Renewables Inks Taiwanese Offshore Wind MoU
LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four other parties to work together on furthering offshore wind farm development and construction in Taiwan.
Bardsey Island up for study in support of tidal energy plans
Researchers from Swansea University are teaming up with local fishermen and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) to assess possible effects on marine environment from proposed tidal energy development off North Wales.
NEL Moves Forward with £16M Subsea Centre of Excellence
NEL has started the build of its £16-million Centre of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development. Reportedly, the new high pressure multiphase flow test facility will have the largest test range in the world, positioning Scotland as a world leader in multiphase flow measurement. The CoE should allow a
NOC Scientist Gets Funding for GOCART Project
NOC oceanographer Dr. Stephanie Henson has been awarded a research grant from the European Research Council (ERC). GOCART (Gauging Ocean organic Carbon fluxes using Autonomous Robotic Technologies) is an ambitious 5-year project that will use autonomous underwater vehicles to investigate the variabi
Ireland seeks public input on new renewables support scheme
The government of Ireland has launched final public consultation on the design of the new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) which also proposes incentives for tidal and wave technologies.
AW-Energy teams up with Queen’s Uni for new WaveRoller base
Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy and Queen’s University Belfast are set to collaborate in developing a towable foundation for the WaveRoller device.
OPERA consortium scoops Yoshio Masuda prize
The EU-funded OPERA project has received the Yoshio Masuda prize for the contribution to EWTEC 2017 through reports about wave energy developments being progressed in Spain.
EC-OG goes commercial with Subsea Power Hub
East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has commercially launched the hybrid device based the ocean current energy conversion system with integrated energy storage called the Subsea Power Hub.
Atir floating tidal platform nears blades fitting
Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has revealed it will install the blades for its Atir floating tidal platform at the end of this September.
Wood Group-Led JIP Shows Reliability of Flexible Pipes
Wood Group has led a global project to improve industry knowledge and understanding of flexible pipe integrity management. The findings of the Sureflex joint industry project (JIP) are published today by Oil & Gas UK (Tuesday 5 September) in a report, Flexible Pipe Integrity Management Guidance & Go
Consortium to Audit North Sea NDT Challenge
A consortium of organisations has set out to tackle one of the most enduring challenges in the North Sea: the non-destructive testing (NDT) of corroded pipes under insulation and engineered temporary pipe wraps. The group, which includes TRAC Oil & Gas, the University of Strathclyde, and CENSIS, the
Angling trust smells something fishy in Swansea tidal report
Angling trust Fish Legal has slammed Tidal Lagoon Power’s fish impact assessment for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, calling the report ‘fundamentally flawed’.
Laminaria scores €2M to further advance wave tech
Belgian wave energy company Laminaria has raised €2 million to support the development and full-scale demonstration of its wave energy generation technology at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland.