Research & Development
CorPower Ocean seeks wave energy professional
CorPower Ocean, a Swedish wave energy developer, is recruiting for a modeling and control engineer who will assist in the development of the company’s wave energy converters. Job responsibilities involve managing modeling activities with regard to performance, performing batch simulations and analyz
First tidal turbine ready for Paimpol-Bréhat installation
The first of the two OpenHydro’s tidal turbines has been positioned on its barge ahead of the planned installation set to take place before the end of 2015 as part of Paimpol-Bréhat project. The Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project involves the installation of two 500 kW OpenHydro’s turbines 16 km o
EWEA Livestream: Wind Energy Turning Blue Chip Companies Green
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today plays host to panelists who are discussing business models to provide wind energy directly to corporate clients. The session, titled Wind Energy Turning Blue Chip Companies Green, is organized as part of EWEA’a annual conference held in Paris this ye
EWEA Livestream: Wind Energy Turning Blue Chip Companies Green
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today plays host to panelists who are discussing business models to provide wind energy directly to corporate clients. The session, titled Wind Energy Turning Blue Chip Companies Green, is organized as part of EWEA’a annual conference held in Paris this ye
Aquatera and Jee Demonstrate Tidal Cabling Solution
The phase one of Scottish Enterprise-funded Tidal Array Cabling Solution project has been completed. The project was launched in December 2013 in order to develop and demonstrate effective methods of locating, securing, protecting and retrieving cables for tidal energy arrays. Stromness-based Aquate
EWEA Livestream: The Place of Wind Energy in COP21
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has organized a session titled The Place of Wind Energy in COP21 at its annual conference held in Paris. The session is co-ordinated by the French Wind Energy Association (FEE), and dedicated to discuss the place of wind energy in the current climate chang
EWEA: Wind Could Bring Most Power to Europe by 2030
Wind energy will be the largest source of power supply in the EU by 2030 if governments apply the right level of ambition in their climate and energy policies, according to the latest report issued by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Wind power can exceed gas, coal and other forms of ene
Gallery: Italy gets grid-connected wave energy device
40South Energy and Elements Works, Italy-based tidal and wave energy developers, have deployed and grid-connected their H24 wave energy device. The deployment took place on November 12, 2015, and according to 40South Energy’s social media, the device was subsequently connected to the Italian grid. T
UK: South West marine industry sends policy advice to DECC
Regen SW, an organization representing renewables sector in the South West of England, has sent a draft set of policy recommendations intended to accelerate the commercialization of wave and tidal energy to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Following the last month’s South West Mar
VIDEO: Eastern Scheldt tidal project installation
Tocardo Tidal Turbines has installed an array consisting of 5 tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the Netherlands, on September 24, 2015. The array has the capacity of 1.2 MW, and consists of 5 Tocardo’s T2 tidal turbines. The 50 m long and 20 m wide suspension structure, desi
FINO 1 Measurement Equipment Upgraded
In order to improve quality and capabilities of the reference met mast measurements at FINO1, DEWI has recently upgraded the acquisition modules and data logging system on the research platform, NORCOWE reported. The new measurement system, among other things, enables higher frequency data sampling
QED Naval concludes Subhub installation trials
QED Naval has completed the installation and retrieval trials of its Subhub tidal foundations platform. Recent testing of the Subhub operational model in high tidal flow conditions confirmed its ballast system capabilities and installation and retrieval methodology, according to QED Naval. QED Naval
IADC Award Winner Announced
Rudy Helmons, a PhD-Candidate in Dredging Engineering at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), has won the IADC Young Author Award in 2015. The award was presented by René Kolman, secretary-general of IADC during the CEDA Dredging Days 2015 conference in Rotterdam (November 6th 2015). Helmo
Top News of the Week Nov 09 – 15, 2015
First German Floating Foundation Secures Grid Connection German engineering consultancy Gicon has received permission from a governmental agency to feed 2.3MW of grid connection capacity through the country’s first floating offshore foundation – GICON®-SOF. RWE-Led Consortium to Bid for Dutch Borsse