The Balance Island concept – developed by Grontmij, Imares and Waterachitect – will be taken to Southeast Asia to determine if it offers an effective solution to the salinization of drinking water and agricultural land in the river deltas of Bangladesh and Vietnam. The concept was developed two year
A competition to improve ocean research methods has awarded £250,000 to innovators looking to develop robot technology. Five proposals have each been awarded £50,000 to develop an integrated system for the National Oceanography Centre that will coordinate a suite of autonomous systems, such as a fle
Researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have developed a new, automated method for classifying hundreds of kilometres of the deep sea floor, in a way that is more cost efficient, quicker and more objective than previously possible. Currently there is very little information about the g
AW Energy’s WaveRoller is a device that creates electricity by moving and absorbing the energy from the ocean waves. The single WaveRoller unit, consisting of one panel, has the capacity of 500 kW up to 1000 kW depending on wave conditions at the deployment site. Device works when the back and forth
DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH has awarded a contract to N-Sea Offshore Wind BV to undertake unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys at BorWin3 site. Specifically, the work covers surveying of the seabed to help the identification and removal of undiscovered ordnance along the cable route of BorWin3. The planned Bo
In a collaboration with the Energy Institute (EI), The Crown Estate has brought together over 100 reports and publications, produced as part of its strategic offshore wind programme, and made them more widely available through the EI Knowledge Service. This significant range of publications, develop
Tidal energy generated at EMEC test sites will be used to produce hydrogen that will be stored and used later for a variety of different schemes and ideas. Proposals to produce hydrogen from marine renewables projects have been put forward by EMEC. The center is worried that grid restraints in Orkne
Ciaran O’Donnell, a specialist in fisheries acoustic research with Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory services at the Marine Institute has begun a PhD research project that will link fisheries and seabed mapping acoustic technologies. By using both technologies he aims to learn more about how fish behave
Wave for Energy, a Turin-based wave energy developer, has designed and built ISWEC wave energy converter that uses a gyroscopic system which exploits wave’s slopes to produce energy. ISWEC device is designed as a sealed hull, that acts as home to all technological parts of the device. The system wor
Sabella has signed an MoU with PLP and MEINDO to supply renewable electricity to remote areas of Indonesia. The aim of this agreement is to develop ocean current energy in Indonesia for remote areas of the country. The turbines to be deployed in Indonesia will be of 100 kW to 2.500 kW in capacity. S
A new online platform, aiming to facilitate renewables technical knowledge exchange, has been launched today. Wiki-Cleantech is a free and collaborative knowledge online platform designed to gather all renewable energy scientific and technology information in one easily searchable place. It includes
Akuo Energy and Pertamina have signed an MoU for developing renewable energy projects, including OTEC plant, at various sites in Indonesia. The renewable projects will concern electricity generation from wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). The Memorandum of Unde
GE Oil & Gas has invested more than £13.5 million across its subsea manufacturing facilities in Montrose, Scotland, enhancing the business’s test and assembly (T&A) and manufacturing capabilities. The company has completed construction of a 1,000m2 heat treat and cladding workshop at its Brent Avenu
Two innovative Ramboll engineers have developed an idea to protect subsea pipelines in the Arctic region and to avoid their collisions with icebergs. The idea, initially rewarded in the Ramboll Oil & Gas innovation competition, presents a concept for deep burial of pipelines using a “cheese wire” pr
