Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), the undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has achieved a breakthrough record of data transmission over a distance of 10,000 kilometers. The record was achieved using a real-time processing prototypes of a 300 gigabits-per-second new modulation technol
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has added an open forum to the website where all with an interest in documents currently being written or revised can play an active role. “The first two documents subject to our new ‘open forum’ consultation stage approach are IMCA M 103 – ‘Guidel
Fairbanks Nijhuis, an engineering company, has developed a bi-directional tidal turbine equipped with blades that can rotate 180 degrees. The turbine was originally developed for the Power consortium that aims to research the possibility of generating electricity using dynamic tidal power concept in
JBA Consulting has boosted its Marine and Coastal Risk Management team with the addition of two IDCORE research engineers. The research engineers, Ben Hudson and Edward Kay, will work on the further development, testing and application of JBA’s metocean planning tool – ForeCoast Marine Mission Plann
Two Dutch companies, Van den Herik and Boskalis/Cofra, recently won contracts for the construction of a vertical geotextile screen in the berm of the river levee along the Nederrijn, near Opheusden, the Netherlands. Requested by the Rivierenland water board, the two companies developed their own tec
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of the Åsgard subsea compression project on May 28. The objective of the audit was to obtain an update and status for the project and to verify that it is being planned and executed in compliance with the regulatory requirements. PSA informe
Eco Wave Power (EWP) has completed the installation of its second generation wave power plant in Israel, and started parts procurement process for its new project in Gibraltar. EWP has been conducting wave pool testing as well as real conditions testing in order to prove the durability of its wave e
Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has confirmed the UK government’s support to the working group that focuses on delivering and connecting renewable energy resources of Scottish island communities. Fergus Ewing joined representatives from the Islands Councils in Glasgow at a meeting of the Isl
Beaufort Building which will house a number of marine energy researchers and offices will be opened on July 11, 2015. The construction of the Building was enabled by €15.2 million investment provided by the Irish government and private investors. The Building covers some 4700 m2 across five floors,
Fabrication has been completed on the operational model of the Subhub at Pentland Precision Engineering, allowing QED Naval to begin the pre-testing setup of the device. The Subhub is a foundation structure for wave and tidal turbines, which commissions, tests, transports, installs, and secures a mi
Marine Renewable Energy Ireland’s (MaREI) new headquarters at University College Cork’s (UCC) Beaufort Building in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, will officially open on the 11th July 2015, representing an investment of €15.2 million from the Irish State and private investment. The building covers some 4700
QED Naval has completed the fabrication of the operational model of Subhub tidal foundations platform. Subhub tidal foundations platform is designed to commission, test, transport, install, and secure a mini array of wave and tidal turbines to the seabed. The fabrication of the device has been compl
Floating Power Plant (FPP), a Danish offshore energy developer, has received €1.14 mln from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Under the POSEIDON, FPP aims to bring its concept to commercial maturity, according to Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Ent
Sabella is currently raising funds with the targeted amount of €6 mln aimed at turbines’ commercialization and company’s international expansion. This represents the second fundraising organized by Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, following the one held last year for its D10 tidal turbine p
