Research & Development
Highlights of the Month: May 2017
Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects
Highlights of the Month: May 2017
Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects
Video: SeaPower Platform winter trials off Ireland
The Marine Institute of Ireland has provided an overview of the testing activities on the SeaPower wave energy device undertaken at the SmartBay marine renewables test site.
DOF Subsea and WiSub Team Up to Optimize ROV Operations
Two Norwegian companies have embarked on development and testing of a new underwater power & data connection system that could reportedly reduce cost and improve efficiency of vessel-based offshore ROV (remotely operated vehicle) operations. DOF Subsea, a provider of integrated subsea services and W
Life DemoWave clears permitting hurdles
Life DemoWave project has secured a permit to deploy wave energy converters for trials off the coast of Galicia, Spain.
HIE’s year end results show strong push for wave energy
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has through its subsidiary Wave Energy Scotland approved £12.4 million in 2016/17 for wave energy development projects.
Atlantis posts £7.3 million loss in 2016
Atlantis Resources has reported a post-tax loss of £7.3 million in 2016, a decrease of £9.3 million on the prior year profit.
Tocardo installs floating tidal device at EMEC
Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo Tidal Power has completed the installation of its floating tidal turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Interview: Device mimicking coral reef raises waves off Spain
Bilbao-based wave energy company Arrecife Energy Systems is making progress on the development of its wave energy system whose design was inspired by the coral reefs and their efficiency in absorbing the energy of the waves.
DNV GL Launches Subsea Pipe-Soil RP
DNV GL now launches a new recommended practice DNVGL-RP-F114 ‘Pipe-soil interaction for submarine pipelines’, solely dedicated to the interaction between the pipeline and the soil. Pipe-soil interaction assessments are usually far more complex and there can be more uncertainty on the results compare
Huelva to Evaluate the Benefits of Dredging
Huelva Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) and Research Foundation of the University of Seville are entering a research project to evaluate the benefits of dredging in the ecosystem of the estuary of Huelva. The announcement was made yesterday at a joint press briefing by Javier Barrero,
MarineSpace names Technical Director
UK-based marine consultancy MarineSpace has appointed Phil Durrant as its new Technical Director.
CorPower wave device feeds power to Swedish grid
CorPower Ocean’s wave energy device has delivered power to the Swedish grid during dry testing currently taking place in Stockholm.
Renewables build up, one LEGO brick at a time
Finnish developer AW-Energy has assembled its WaveRoller wave energy device. However, it was built using LEGO bricks to spark interest on the scalable wave energy solution.