University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-UW) and the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) are seeking partners interested in producing wave or current energy converters and associated component technologies that could be tested in laboratory or field facilities.
Protean Wave Energy, a Perth-based wave energy developer, plans to begin the wave energy demonstration farm deployment off Bunbury, Western Australia, next month.
Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at the University of St Andrews is set to begin a study into the sharp decline in Harbour seal populations off Orkney, Scotland, under a three-year Government-backed initiative. Marine scientists at SMRU will attach marine telemetry tags to the fur at the back of the
The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), in collaboration with Vodafone, will attach ‘marine smartphones’ to harbour seals in Orkney to gain better understanding of population change in the species.
The new ‘Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016’ report states the investments in renewable energy have reached a new world record with total of $286 billion invested last year.
SEENEOH is a tidal testing site on the Garonne river, in close proximity to the city center of Bordeaux, France, designed to test full-scale river and mid-scale ocean tidal energy devices.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a webinar which offers clarifications on the application process for the second cycle of the US Department of Energy’s Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot programme.
Fred. Olsen’s wave energy device Bolt Lifesaver has been deployed off the coast of Hawaii, USA. The device was deployed at Navy’s Kaneohe Bay Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) last week, the Pacific Business News reports. Prior to the deployment, the device has been refurbished and prepared for the insta
China’s unmanned submersible Qianlong No.2 has completed sea trials and delivered its first exploration mission in the southwest Indian Ocean. The 3.5 meters long and 1.3 meters high autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) was designed and developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang Institute
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 21 – March 27). OneSubsea is to invest £1.8 million in a new project for the development of its Standardised Modular Injection System (SMIS). The project, which will create five new jobs and saf
Check out the video showing the recently deployed EcoSPRAY marine structure designed to gather data in order to gain better understanding of floating tidal energy platforms and their moorings.
The Waveswing America team, one of the finalists in the Wave Energy Prize challenge, is preparing its 1:20 scale wave energy device model ahead of June testing at Carderock MASK basin.
The pilot Marine Spatial Plan has been prepared for the Pentland Firth and Orkney (PFOW) waters which will guide the development activity in the area, including the renewable energy generation.
German-based Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB) tested the DeDaVe, a new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), at the PLOCAN test site.
