The Briese Award for Marine Research will take place at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde, next Wednesday 19th February, 2014. The awarded PHD thesis is titled “Locomotion in biological systems”. There have been altogether 13 scientists applying for the award, among them seve
Alstom participated in a €30 million Ocean Lider R&D project directed at the sustainable use of marine energy sources and its future objectives. In this 4-year project, led by Iberdrola Engineering and Construction, Alstom’s assignment concentrated on the integration of marine energy sources into th
Scientists of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) at the Technical University of Denmark explain how hydrographic conditions affect the distribution of fish eggs and growth of economically important fish stocks. In the Baltic Sea, two cod
Benefits to asset integrity and environmental monitoring of oil and gas installations will come from a project developed by Eni Norge and Tecnomare called Clean Sea (continuous long-term environmental and asset integrity monitoring at sea). The Clean Sea team have found answers to key issues, like t
A&P Falmouth informed that the work on Seatricity’s wave energy device will start this week. At the beginning of this month, Seatricity contracted A&P to build a wave energy device Oceanus 2, which will be deployed at Wave Hub. Oceanus 2 will be built in the fabrications workshops, assembled on the
Recently, Atlas Professionals (previously: Atlas Services Group) announced its new brand positioning, building on the organisation’s long tradition of continuous development and improvement. Working at the cutting edge of specialist recruitment & HR services in the energy and marine industries, Atla
Partrac will organize a workshop on turbulence at tidal energy sites on Wednesday, February 26, in Belfast. The workshop ‘From Big Whorls to Little Whorls: The impact of turbulence at tidal energy sites’ is sponsored by The Crown Estate and The Carbon Trust, and will run prior to RenewableUK Wave &
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released a tender invitation for specialist advisory services, focused on wave energy. The promoter is in need of qualified service providers of expert project management, engineering and specialist advisory services for the development of the Atlantic
Narec informed yesterday that it became an associate member of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). Ignacio Marti, Narec‘s Chief Technology Officer, welcomed EERA’s decision to grant the membership: “Narec’s R&D activity has considerably increased over recent years and this acceptance ackno
The Aasta Hansteen and Polarled development projects will have significant spinoff effects in the north. So far the projects are set to ensure jobs for 200 people on the Helgeland coast. “Aasta Hansteen is a pioneer project in Northern Norway. It is the deepest field development on the Norwegian con
Croatian company Brodosplit, delivers a hydraulically operated pipeline lifting tool intended for handling of oil pipelines at 3,000 m of sea depth. Device is fully operated by remotely operated vehicle (ROV), operated by a crew aboard a vessel. Practicality and usefulness of this device is best sho
Half a year ago, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) launched an initiative to offer six free slots for invited maritime start-ups. This way the Institute encourages maritime innovation in the Netherlands, said MARIN director Bas Buchner. Out of twenty applicants, six received a symbolic
Statoil and the partners in the Johan Sverdrup field have decided on a concept for the first development phase. The partners have agreed on a field centre consisting of four installations and power from shore. Johan Sverdrup is among the largest oil fields on the Norwegian shelf, and will at peak co
Subsea mining is in the news as well as on the agendas of an increasing number of companies around the globe. On Friday 7 February the Deep Sea Mining Bill, which seeks to bring forward greater regulations to the emerging industry, with an emphasis placed on protecting the marine environment, was gi
