Research & Development
OneSubsea R&D Project Creates New Jobs
OneSubsea is to invest £1.8 million in a new project for the development of its Standardised Modular Injection System (SMIS). The project, which will create five new jobs and safeguard a further 35, is being supported with a £434,126 R&D grant from Scottish Enterprise. It will be delivered from the
Revised UK-French IFA2 interconnection plans presented to public
National Grid IFA2 Ltd has presented revised plans for an electricity interconnector between Hampshire in England and Normandy in France during a second series of consultation events. The public was presented with the updated plans for a proposed high voltage electricity link between England and Fra
NOV to Predict Subsea BOP Breakdown
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has reportedly developed and validated a predictive solution that can foresee operational failures in subsea blowout preventer (BOP) components. NOV’s RIGSENTRY has been developed to offer a remote condition monitoring service that provides live predictive analytics of s
IFA2 Interconnector in Second Stage of Consultation
National Grid IFA2 Ltd has showcased updated plans for a proposed high voltage electricity link between England and France during a series of public consultation events held in the past few days of this month. Made up of subsea cables running between the two countries, the interconnector would be jo
Image of the day: Laminaria WEC testing
Innosea, an engineering company that offers analysis services in the field of offshore renewables, is conducting tests on Belgian Laminaria wave energy device.
Witt exceeds equity raise target
Witt Ltd, the developer behind the technology that converts motional energy into electricity, has hit the £750,000 equity raise target. The Plymouth-based company has launched the equity raise campaign on March 7, 2016, to accelerate the WITT technology manufacturing for its first application as the
MMO’s Strategic Review of Dredge Disposal Sites Underway
UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is nearing the conclusion of a review of all dredging disposal sites in England. The MMO commissioned Cefas to undertake a high level, review of all disposal sites around the country. This review is a desk-based review focusing on marine disposal sites in En
New software to model tidal turbines’ effect on physical marine environment
Work is currently underway to use a new hydrodynamic model, called the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) to model the effect of tidal turbines on the physical marine environment. So far, the model has been used to provide tidal and wave energy resource maps around Orkney, and to study the connectivity of f
DOF Subsea Scores Bjørnafjord Crossing Survey
DOF Subsea Norway has been awarded a contract by Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) for a seabed mapping survey along the bridge route over the Bjørnafjord crossing. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration plans to construct an approximately 5km long bridge over Bjørnafjo
Jee to Run Decommissioning Webinar
Subsea engineering and training company, Jee, will host a free-to-attend offshore decommissioning webinar on April 13 2016. The webinar, titled ‘Innovation and efficiency in decommissioning’ will be presented by Head of Late Life, Graham Wilson. It will discuss how decommissioning can be done differ
UK releases Budget 2016; GBP 15 mln goes to Wave Hub
UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the Budget 2016, setting aside up to GBP 730 million (approx. EUR 929 million) to support offshore wind and other less established renewable technologies, and providing around GBP 15 million to develop WaveHub as part of a new MarineHub Enterprise Zon
French Scientists Developing Cables for Floaters
French researchers gathered around the Omdyn R&D project are working on developing dynamic umbilical cables which will find particular application in floating turbines. The project is dedicated to the development of the dynamic cables used in floating marine energy applications. The cables, which ca
French Scientists Developing Cables for Floaters
French researchers gathered around the Omdyn R&D project are working on developing dynamic umbilical cables which will find particular application in floating turbines. The project is dedicated to the development of the dynamic cables used in floating marine energy applications. The cables, which ca
Global Wind Service and BMS to Install GE’s Haliade Prototype
GE has chosen Global Wind Service (GWS) and BMS Heavy Cranes to install its 6MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine prototype at the National Test Center for Large Wind Turbines in Osterild, Denmark. “GWS has been awarded the Installation contract for our Osterild project based on the good experience