Research & Development
Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine
Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. This innovation, the Elisa technology 5MW fully operational prototype, is located in the Canary Islands a
Video: SR2000 installation at EMEC
The video shows the installation of Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 floating tidal energy device that was conducted last week at EMEC’s grid-connected tidal testing site at the Fall of Warness, Orkney.
Elsyca’s Design to Keep Blyth Foundations Rust Free
Belgian corrosion protection systems designer Elsyca has created a cathodic protection system for the self-installing concrete gravity based wind turbine foundation structures to be used for the first time at the 41.5MW Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project. Royal BAM Group has been awarded a contract
OWI-Lab: 3D Printing Brings Offshore Wind R&D Costs Down
3D printing of a mold for the wind turbine blades can lead to cost-savings within the product development cycle, and the technology also makes it easier, and cheaper, to add more functionality into components, the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab) reports. Wind turbine blades pr
OWI-Lab: 3D Printing Brings Offshore Wind R&D Costs Down
3D printing of a mold for the wind turbine blades can lead to cost-savings within the product development cycle, and the technology also makes it easier, and cheaper, to add more functionality into components, the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab) reports. Wind turbine blades pr
US DoE sets up MHK instrumentation database webinar
US Department of Energy (DoE) is organizing a webinar to demonstrate its marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) instrumentation and sensor database.
JDR picks Newcastle for its new service support center
JDR, a subsea power cables and umbilicals supplier to the global offshore energy industry, plans to open a new European service support center in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
EU-US researchers to step up cooperation
European and American researchers will be able to work together more closely on projects funded under Horizon 2020 thanks to an agreement between the European Commission and the US government.
JDR to Open New European Service Centre in Newcastle
JDR has announced plans to open a new European service support centre, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Located on the River Tyne, the 4000 square meter facility including workshop, warehouse and offices, will act as the central base for JDR’s UK and European service operations, the company infor
NOC’s AUV Officially Named ‘Boaty McBoatface’
A new yellow robot submarine, based at Southampton’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC), has been named Boaty McBoatface by Jo Johnson – Minister of State for universities, science, research and innovation. The naming took place alongside the keel-laying ceremony of the UK’s new polar research ship,
REPORT: 3 Billion BOE Remains in UKCS Small Pools
More than three billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) remain in approximately 350 unsanctioned discoveries across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), according to information released by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Of the three billion, the majority are ‘small pools’, defined as less than 50 mil
Bureau Veritas backs Bardot Group’s floating OTEC
The latest floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) concept from Bardot Group has been approved by the classification agency Bureau Veritas.
AWS, Trident Energy team up for WEC optimization
AWS and Trident Energy will work together to optimize the design of the Archimedes Waveswing wave energy converter.
DONG Puts a Tail On Cumbrian Gulls
DONG Energy has partnered with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to carry out a study of the the amber-listed Lesser Black-backed Gull off the Cumbrian coast in a bid to understand how the species behaves around offshore wind farms. GPS tags are being used to track the movements of gulls durin