MeyGen has been awarded a capital grant of £10 million by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Meygen will use the grant to further develop its Demonstration Array via the Marine Energy Accelerator Developer (MEAD) process which started in March 2012. The MeyGen project is the largest
Malaysia is aiming at becoming the deep-water hub of Southeast Asia, Australia will be the world’s biggest LNG exporter and a major offshore market. To investigate opportunities, a NCE Subsea delegation set forth to learn about business culture and accessible networks. Study tour participants includ
Badger Explorer ASA (“BXPL”) has signed a sponsorship agreement with Wintershall Holding GmbH, acting through Wintershall Norge AS (“Wintershall”), whereby the company will co-sponsor the development of the Badger autonomous drilling tool through the Badger Explorer Demonstrator Program. The Demonst
A couple of weeks ago, members of the MeyGen development team accompanied their research partners the Environmental Research Institute (ERI), Exeter University and contractors Mojo Maritime to deploy three Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) on the Inner Sound seabed. The mobilisation of the i
Maersk Oil UK announced that the company had received FDP (Field Development Plan) approval from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Balloch oil field, 140 miles north east of Aberdeen in the Central North Sea. Balloch, which Maersk Oil holds a 100% interest in, was discovered in 201
UK Prime Minister David Cameron opened last week the new High Voltage testing laboratory at Prysmian Group’s Eastleigh manufacturing plant. Representing an investment of £2m, the laboratory will be a central resource for Prysmian’s worldwide manufacturing of high voltage power transmission cable. Al
On 25 February Statoil and its partners began production from the Hyme oil field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Hyme is the second of Statoil’s 12 fast-track projects. “The field came on stream one month earlier than we assumed in the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO). The project
Specialist contractors working for Forewind will drill three boreholes near the proposed landfall location for the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck export cables this week to understand the soil strata and geotechnical information of the site. The three boreholes will be drilled on arable land approximately
A transatlantic tunnel is a theoretical tunnel which would span the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe and would carry mass transit of some type—trains are envisioned in most proposals. Using advanced technologies, speeds of 500 to 8,000 kilometres per hour (310 to 5,000 mph) are envisa
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise have launched a research and development funding call to support project ideas with the potential to reduce the cost of producing energy from offshore wind. R&D funding is available to support the development of the offshore wind industr
Norway’s role as one of Germany’s most important energy supplier is to be further reinforced, as advocated by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel during a state visit to Oslo on Wednesday. “It is my firm conviction that Norway will also play a role in future as an important pillar of the German gas sup
Modus Seabed Intervention, one of North East England’s leading subsea specialist contractors has joined an alliance of organisations, led by environmental group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), calling on MPs to support a drive towards a near-carbon-free-power sector by 2030. The Darlington-based comp
Leading renewable engineering consultancy, SgurrEnergy, in partnership with AREVA Wind, has announced the launch of the most comprehensive offshore wind energy measurement campaign ever conducted in the industry. The offshore measurement campaign involves the deployment of three of SgurrEnergy’s G40
This year, 11 companies and their partners will receive an awards at JEC Europe – Composites Show and Conferences (March 12-14, 2013) for their composites innovations. The jury has selected the best composite breakthroughs, based on their technical interest, market potential, partnerships, financial
