UK energy regulator Ofgem has put forward changes to Scottish and Southern Energy Networks’ (SSEN) plan to build a 220MW high voltage link that would facilitate the transmission of clean electricity generated from tidal power from Orkney to the rest of Great Britain.
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from December 10 – 16, 2018.
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In a retrospective of the past year, German wave energy start-up SINN Power has looked back on wave energy milestones the company achieved in technology, project and business development in 2018.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $100 million to establish an Energy-Water Desalination Hub that will focus on desalination R&D in low-cost alternatives that treat ‘non-traditional’ water sources to produce fresh water to cover the needs for the resource in the United States.
Scottish marine survey specialist Partrac has conducted a detailed geophysical survey of the Morlais Tidal Demonstration Zone offshore Anglesey in Wales as part of a wider site characterization project.
Siemens Gamesa and Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark will lead the new i4Offshore research and development project focused on significantly reducing the cost of offshore wind power.
Fugro has received the Marine Technology Society (MTS) 2018 Compass Industrial Award for outstanding private sector contributions to marine science and technology. In selecting Fugro for the honour, MTS cited the company’s legacy of marine survey innovation and its industry-leading support of The Ni
OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush, has successfully piloted the world’s only privately-owned deep diving 5-person submersible, Titan, on a solo 4,000 meter dive. Rush joins James Cameron as only the second person in history to complete a solo dive to this depth. “This deep dive is a major milestone for O
Oceanographic equipment manufacturer Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has supplied 3 Marine Snow Catchers to a Norwegian institute for use in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica on a 5-month research cruise. Marine Snow Catchers are large volume water samplers with separable top and bottom se
L3 OceanServer has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for an Iver3 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) to be used for testing and evaluation. Over the past four years, L3 OceanServer has leveraged hundreds of thousands of operational hours on Iver vehicles to buil
The Ocean Energy Scale-up Alliance (OESA) coordinated by the Dutch Marine Energy Centre from the Netherlands has been awarded to implement an innovative Pilot Accelerator Programme. In this programme, organisations work together to support the accelerated deployment of ocean energy pilots in the Nor
French marine industry body France Energies Marines (FEM) has joined the Ocean Energy Systems (OES)-led collaborative effort called Annex IV whose goal is to examine the environmental effects of marine renewable energy.
Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has launched a call for research proposals for tidal energy projects with a specific focus on marine operations cost reduction, and marine animals monitoring.
