SIMEC Atlantis Energy said it has agreed terms for the purpose of developing a phased large-scale tidal power project in the Raz Blanchard, Normandy, as well as fostering the marine industry and local supply chain in the region more generally. The deal is with Development Agency for Normandy (AD Nor
Danish clean energy developer Floating Power Plant (FPP) has started a series of tests on the power take-off (PTO) system of its wave energy converter at Aalborg University.
Fugro said its platform-deployed ROV (PDROV) technology has demonstrated ‘substantial’ reductions in the costs of subsea jacket inspections and ‘significant’ operational improvements. Recognised recently by an Engineering Excellence Award from Woodside Subsea Academy, Fugro’s novel PDROV for subsea
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has officially handed over marine geospatial data to the Guyanese Government after a campaign of hydrographic surveying. Delegates from the UKHO presented the data to government officials at a special event to celebrate the completion of the survey. Two workshops we
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has announced a new collaboration with Shell and others to provide $1 million in funding support for a pilot effort to convert an existing ocean mooring owned by Shell into the first long-term deep ocean obser
Two positions for master researchers have been made available at the Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), at Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon.
Singapore-based company Hann-Ocean Energy has conducted a preliminary feasibility study for deploying a Drakoo wave energy converter array onto a breakwater in Santa Marina, on the Italian island of Salina.
Scottish Parliament has passed a legislation which enables local authorities and communities will have a stronger voice in the management of Scottish Crown Estate assets.
BOLT Lifesaver wave energy device, developed by Norwegian company Fred. Olsen, has maintained continuous power production during the now completed four-week initial commissioning phase.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has agreed terms for the collaboration with the French region of Normandy under a joint venture that will work to deliver a phased large-scale tidal power project in the Raz Blanchard strait.
Underwater positioning and communications technology provider Sonardyne has initiated a collaborative project for long-endurance autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The ambition of the Innovate UK-supported Precise Positioning for Persistent AUVs (P3AUV) project is to enable AUVs to operate at hi
Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo), the organization in charge of Bourne Tidal Test Site development, has filed a draft application to federal regulators to interconnect the infrastructure to the electrical grid.
Inyanga-Tech, based in Penryn in Cornwall, has launched a tidal energy project called HydroWing. HydroWing is Inyanga-Tech’s patent-pending tidal energy technology which is based on a full-systems approach targeted at subsea tidal energy arrays. Richard Parkinson, managing director of Inyanga-Tech s
TDI-Brooks International has said it will soon deploy the research vessel Brooks McCall to Belize and join the Blue Hole Expedition. The Blue Hole Belize expedition brings together Ocean Unite co-founder and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson; documentary filmmaker and ocean conservationist Fabien
