Research & Development
Innovative Sea Wall Construction Put to the Test
Research institute Deltares is conducting a series of tests on a vertical sea wall, designed by the Australian company Armour Group. For the first time, Deltares will be using its flume facility in Delft, the Netherlands, for a customer outside of the Netherlands. According to Armour Group, their in
WES hunts for Project Engineer
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is recruiting for a Project Engineer who would join its research and innovation team.
Maersk Training to Hold Open Evening in Newcastle
Maersk Training in Newcastle has invited North East residents aged 15 or over to attend an Open Evening event on 18 January and learn more about the company’s range of accredited Career Transition Training Programmes. The Open Evening will be held at Maersk Training Newcastle Ltd, 2 Mercury Court, O
Babcock Deploys FORECAST LiDAR off Aberdeen
UK-based engineering support services company Babcock has deployed its floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology to provide offshore wind data to the proposed Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Babcock’s floating LiDAR syste
Babcock Deploys FORECAST LiDAR off Aberdeen
UK-based engineering support services company Babcock has deployed its floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology to provide offshore wind data to the proposed Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Babcock’s floating LiDAR syste
Highlands and Islands, Scottish Enterprise Introduce New Decom Action Plan
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan. The plan aims to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector to take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on decommissioning on the UK Continental S
Penguin skips Wave Hub on its way to EMEC
CEFOW project has changed the deployment plans for Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter, choosing the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) instead of Wave Hub as previously arranged.
PHOTO: Undersea Tunnel Between Europe and Asia Opens
SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C) has opened an undersea tunnel connecting Europe and Asia. The Eurasia Tunnel is a 5.4 km long twin-deck submarine tunnel that connects Turkish Istanbul through the Bosphorus to the continental Asia. The opening ceremony, that took place in Istanbul, was atten
SeaTwirl Shares Hit Nasdaq Trading Floor
Nasdaq has announced that the trading in SeaTwirl AB’s shares (STW) commenced today, 22 December, on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm. Founded in 2012, SeaTwirl is a company developing a floating offshore wind turbine customized for the ocean. By using a vertical axis wind turbine, SeaTwirl’s technol
Royal HaskoningDHV Nets East Anglia Environmental Impact Assessment Contract
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded the Peterborough-based Royal HaskoningDHV with an GBP 8 million contract to carry out environmental assessments for East Anglia ONE North and East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm projects. The contract is said to be one of the largest of its kind in the offshore wi
DNV GL certifies Tocardo’s tidal turbine
Certification body DNV GL has issued a ‘Statement of Feasibility’ to Tocardo’s T2s bi-directional open rotor tidal energy turbine.
RiaSoR issues marine energy reliability assessment guide
The Reliability in a Sea of Risk (RiaSoR) project has published new guidance advising on the assessment of reliability in marine energy converters.
Belgium to Start Building Maritime Research Centre
The construction of a new maritime research centre in the industrial area of the Port of Oostende will start early next year. The centre will house a wave pool and a towing tank for research into the impact of waves, tides and wind on ships and objects at sea. The wave pool is a 30 x 30-meter [&hell
Belgium to Start Building Maritime Research Centre
The construction of a new maritime research centre in the industrial area of the Port of Oostende will start early next year. The centre will house a wave pool and a towing tank for research into the impact of waves, tides and wind on ships and objects at sea. The wave pool is a 30 x 30-meter [&hell