Kongsberg Maritime has introduced a new range of mini medium frequency subsea transponders. The new cNODE MiniS family supersedes the Kongsberg Mini SSBL transponders (MST) range, which was first available in 2002. The cNODE MiniS 34-180 and cNODE MiniS 34-40V are used with HiPAP, cPAP and µPAP unde
Atlantis Resources, an Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer, plans to decommission the SeaGen S tidal device installed at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Following the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, together with its seabed rights, existing projects, and intellectual property, which i
Investment in research and innovation from the EU budget between 2007 and 2013 has greatly improved scientific excellence in Europe and strengthened its competitiveness by improving industry’s capacity to innovate, report finds. The ex-post evaluation FP7, EU research funding programme for 2007-2013
Tidal Energy Ltd (TEL) has released a video explaining the environmental monitoring solutions incorporated in its recently deployed DeltaStream tidal energy device. In order to assess the environmental impacts, particularly regarding marine mammals and potential collisions, TEL has built a remote ac
Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based wave energy developer, has completed the testing of the prototype pump for its WaveSub wave energy converter. The pump was deployed in the pickling pond, a tidal lagoon in Pembroke Port prior to being recovered for testing. The aim of the pump testing was
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The order is a call-off by Statoil on an engineering contract for Johan Castberg won by Aker Solutio
The Engineering Integrity Society (EIS) is organizing its 4th meeting on durability and fatigue advances in wind, wave and tidal energy industries. The aim of the meeting is to highlight the recent advancements in fatigue and durability assessment for renewable energy structures in wind, wave and ti
Swedish design and engineering company Hexicon AB has submitted a scoping report to Marine Scotland for its proposed floating wind demonstration project off Dounreay, Scotland. The Dounreay Trì project will consist of a single semi-submersible platform and two wind turbines with a total capacity of
AquaHarmonics, one of the teams competing for the Wave Energy Prize challenge, is developing a point absorber wave energy device consisting of power take-off (PTO) system mounted in a cylinder shaped hull with a single mooring line that has a power cable at its core. The PTO system consists of a she
KTN, CENSIS, ORE Catapult and Scottish Enterprise are setting up an event with the aim of facilitating those interested in pursuing collaborative development projects to accelerate the commercial development of offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies. The morning session will provide an overview
Waves4Power, a Sweden-based wave energy developer, has assembled its WaveEL wave energy buoy yesterday, January 21, 2016, in Falkenberg, Sweden.
Danish wind industry’s strategic RD&D partnership, Megavind, has called for additional locations and facilities for testing wind energy technology. According to Megavind, there is currently a need for 4-7 new test sites in Denmark to meet the growing demand for testing next-generation wind turbines.
Officials from the European Commission’s Environment department will present the EU regulatory framework applicable to ocean energy projects at the roundtable on environmental legislation and consenting procedures for ocean energy in Brussels next month. The Ocean Energy Forum’s draft strategic road
The consortium between Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) and IH Cantabria has launched TRL+ project that aims to advance the development of marine energy industry. The TRL+ initiative, led by bimep, will seek projects that enhance technological and scientific solutions for marine renewable energ
