Development agency, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has introduced a new ‘vision’ for an international, multi-use, offshore test and demonstration campus in Loch Linnhe. The move follows the closure of The Underwater Centre in Fort William, which entered administration last month. The facilit
The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) will fund the development of a lightweight, more efficient wind turbine drivetrain system that can help boost offshore wind turbine outputs to beyond 10MW.
In a talk show held as part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2018, Daniel Buhagiar, senior researcher in a team developing energy storage system tailored for marine renewables, spoke about the importance of patent protection for building strong collaborations within the offshore energy ind
Downhole sensing technology specialist, Well-SENSE, has launched its latest FiberLine Intervention (FLI) development, ‘Active FLI’. Active FLI builds on the capability of Well-SENSE’s new fiber optic downhole data acquisition system with the addition of a range of discrete measurement devices, the c
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has developed a ‘concept for industry’, outlining vision for the new multi-use offshore test and demonstration campus in Loch Linnhe, in west Scotland.
A new third party verification service dubbed 360 TPV – specifically aimed at the marine and offshore renewables market – has been launched by Orcades Marine Management Consultants with partners Aquatera and Dynamic Systems Analysis.
The European Parliament has adopted key set of regulations on clean energy which include a new binding renewable energy target of at least 32% by 2030 for the member states of the European Union.
The OCEANIC project team has conducted the final test on the set of samples as part of the EU-backed scheme looking to develop low-impact surface protection for devices and structures in the marine environment.
Coda Octopus has launched an artificial-intelligence-based Automatic Object Detection (AOD) software. CODA’s AOD allows users to automatically detect and recognize distinct subsea objects, such as boulders or mine-like objects (MLOs). According to CODA, the technology provides significant cost savin
Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center (AHERC) researchers have collected survey data in Yakutat that will allow for the creation of a 3D map of the beach as part of government-backed wave energy study.
The European Union has awarded a EUR 1.4 million research grant to the GODESS (Global Optimal DEsign of Support Structures) project aimed at optimizing the design of offshore wind turbines.
Esteyco has team up with the Basque Research and Innovation Center Tecnalia to design the subsea dynamic power cable for the TELWIND project. The collaboration is putting together Esteyco’s background on the design of offshore concrete platforms and Tecnalia’s experience on the design of umbilical c
Hann-Ocean Energy has conducted a survey of wave energy conditions around two islands in South China Sea that could potentially be powered by the company’s wave energy device.
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted Tidal Sails’ subsidiary Finnmark Tidal Energy permission to increase the installed capacity of the planned full-scale pilot project in the Kvalsund Strait in Norway.
