Research & Development
Expertise Hub VIDEO: Innovative Industry Keeps MARIN Busy
Offshore wind has been keeping organisations such as MARIN – working on testing and validation of new technology – busy for quite a while now, and the trend remains as the innovative industry is continuously on a quest to progress in almost every aspect.
Expertise Hub VIDEO: Innovative Industry Keeps MARIN Busy
Offshore wind has been keeping organisations such as MARIN – working on testing and validation of new technology – busy for quite a while now, and the trend remains as the innovative industry is continuously on a quest to progress in almost every aspect.
Crown Estate puts Scotland’s offshore data online
The manager of the seabed in Scotland, Crown Estate Scotland, has made offshore spatial data relating to the organization’s offshore assets freely available for the first time.
Kraken Project Aims to Reduce IRM Costs
A new European project named Kraken has started. The project received €350.000 through financing of OCEANERANET (Ocean Energy European Research Area Network) and gathers four partners of three different countries: WavEC Offshore Renewables and Instituto Super Técnico (Portugal), SIANI (Canary Island
Sabella mobilizes Olympic Taurus for cable repair services
French tidal energy developer Sabella has engaged the services of Olympic Shipping’s multi-purpose vessel Olympic Taurus for the installation of new cable part related to the Ushant island tidal energy project.
Royal Navy Unveils New Futuristic Submarine Concepts
The Royal Navy has unveiled a number of futuristic submarine concepts, looking forward to well beyond 2050 to mark the 100th anniversary of the launch of the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear powered submarine. The Royal Navy’s submarine service, often known as the ‘silent service,’ challenged
Top news, August 21 – 27, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from August 21 – 27, 2017.
Video Interview: Pursuing wind and waves
While floating wind developers usually look for low wave energy sites, Floating Power Plant’s device is meant to generate wind power in areas with medium to high wave energy, as the company’s hybrid technology aims to harness energy from both sources.
Seals see no ‘barrier’ in SeaGen tidal turbine
A new study has found that the presence of SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland did not prevent harbor seals from passing through the channel, detecting some small effects in their movement associated with the device.
Expertise Hub VIDEO: ORE Catapult Ideally Positioned to Test 13-15MW Wind Turbines
The offshore wind turbines that DONG Energy has challenged the industry to deliver by 2024 could hit the market in the next 5 years, according to Tony Quinn, Operations/ Testing & Validation Director at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, for which Quinn said is ideally positioned to test the
Expertise Hub VIDEO: ORE Catapult Ideally Positioned to Test 13-15MW Wind Turbines
The offshore wind turbines that DONG Energy has challenged the industry to deliver by 2024 could hit the market in the next 5 years, according to Tony Quinn, Operations/ Testing & Validation Director at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, for which Quinn said is ideally positioned to test the
Schottel lines up tidal blades for PLAT-I delivery
Schottel Hydro is finalizing the preparations for the delivery of four of its SIT 250 tidal turbines to Sustainable Marine Energy for the PLAT-I tidal platform.
Exceedence, Wood Group to unveil wave techno-financial tool
Wood Group and Exceedence plan to present a new software platform for combined financial and engineering modelling of wave energy systems next week.
ORE Catapult and Scotland Bankroll Offshore Wind Research Project
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced a GBP 920,000 programme to advance offshore wind research in Scotland, based around its Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine.