Research & Development
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
Carnegie nets CETO 6 design completion grant
Carnegie Clean Energy has received Au$1.1 million ($790,000) from the Australian government as a grant payment for the completion of the CETO 6 wave energy device design.
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
US DoE opens $12 million call for tidal and wave projects
Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) at the US Department of Energy has launched a $12 million funding call to support innovation in tidal and wave energy sectors.
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.
DOE Gives USD 40 Mln for Wave Energy Test Facility in Oregon
Oregon State University’s Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center has secured up to $40 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, to create wave energy test facility in Newport. The NNMREC facility, known as the Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site, or PMEC-SETS, is planne
Oregon’s NNMREC bags $40M to build wave energy test site
US Department of Energy has allocated $40 million to Oregon State University’s Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) to construct an open-water wave energy testing facility off Oregon.
Video: Columbia Power, UW complete wave testing for DARPA
Columbia Power Technologies and the University of Washington (UW) have concluded the testing of low-power wave energy system for US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).