Nautilus Minerals has completed the first trial of its newly-developed autonomous sediment sampler. The insect-inspired creation is dubbed the “Nautilus Jumping Spider” and resembling its animal namesake, it sports a number of “tubular” legs. On landing on the seafloor, a mechanical trigger starts b
Scottish government has published a new climate change legislation under which it commits to target 90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
US-based developer Verdant Power has reached over the minimum investment target in an ongoing equity crowdfunding campaign set up to support the implementation of the company’s fifth generation tidal energy technology in a New York City project.
UK-based Texo Drone Survey and Inspection (DSI) has become an industrial partner of HOME Offshore – Holistic Operation and Maintenance for Energy from Offshore Wind Farms.
UK-based Texo Drone Survey and Inspection (DSI) has become an industrial partner of HOME Offshore – Holistic Operation and Maintenance for Energy from Offshore Wind Farms.
The University of Algarve has made available a postdoctoral research grant in the field of coastal oceanography that will also offer the chance of working with tidal energy developers in France and UK.
The Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) of the US Department of Energy is requesting feedback from the public on marine energy performance metrics on system and subsystem level.
The Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery has started a science expedition to the South Atlantic to study the role of low oxygen zones in ocean carbon storage. The results of the investigation will help improve understanding of how the ocean’s biology contributes to the long-term storage of carbon in
Minesto has completed the installation of the micro-grid system (MGS) buoy that will be used for the company’s first tidal energy installation in Holyhead Deep, off the coast of North West Wales.
Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has begun a research project with Chalmers and RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) aiming to investigate how to best design vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) to be as robust as possible.
Two wave energy buoys, built as part of the EU-backed Life DemoWave project, have been transported to Punta Langosteira where they will shortly be deployed for trials.
Swedish wave energy company Seabased has closed the crowdfunding campaign on the Invesdor platform having secured close to €715,000 from 250 new investors around the world.
The FLASC team of the University of Malta has officially launched the scaled offshore floating platform prototype with integrated energy storage at an event that gathered government officials and senior members of the various stakeholders involved in the project.
Ideol Offshore and STX Europe Offshore Energy are developing a floating substation design for use on bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms starting at depths of 30 metres.
