Ireland can tackle its heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels by developing own indigenous and renewable energy resources, according to Dr. Eimear Cotter, Head of Low Carbon Technologies at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). According to the “Energy Security in Ireland” report publishe
GE Power Conversion has developed a higher density power stack which enables the converters to remain small in size while delivering more power. The LV3 Stack, suitable for use across different sectors including tidal, solar, and wind, has increased density, reaching 1250 amps compared to previous o
Fraunhofer UK has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop a solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by the UK Government’s business innovation experts InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS pro
Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have revealed another shipwreck following Fugro Equator’s discovery in May last year. Namely, according to ATSB report, on December 19, 2015, an anomalous sonar contact was identified in the course of the underwater search, with analysis s
After the discovery of low-oxygen eddies in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, some assumptions regarding biogeochemical cycles in this region now have to be rethought. Marine scientists from Kiel and Plön (Germany) have found processes within these short-lived eddies that previously were
Wessex Archaeology’s geoservices has welcomed Megan Metcalfe to the team in its Salisbury office where she will be working as a marine geophysicist. Metcalfe will be responsible for processing and reporting on geophysical data to help investigate sites of potential archaeological interest below the
Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IWES) expects to receive a EUR 10 million financial investment from German federal authorities to further develop a new method of rotor blade testing, as well as improve its test infrastructure in Bremerhaven. At present,
The Utrecht University together with the research institute Deltares officially opened the Metronome tidal research facility on 12 January in the Netherlands. To create reversing tidal flow and sediment transport on scale, professor Maarten Kleinhans of the university created a twenty by three meter
Paimpol-Bréhat tidal project, jointly developed by DCNS and EDF, could see the first OpenHydro’s tidal turbine installed next week. DCNS, parent company of OpenHydro, planned to install the first of the two 500 kW OpenHydro’s tidal turbines in December 2015, but due to unsuitable weather conditions
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan (CPP) will increase investment in cost-effective clean energy resources, such as renewables and energy efficiency, according to a modelling analysis of the plan carried out by energy and environmental advisers at M.J. Bradley & Associates
Scotland should set an ambitious new target of generating the equivalent of 50% of its total electricity, heat and transport demand from renewables by 2030, according to industry body Scottish Renewables. Scottish Renewables is calling for the new target as part of its manifesto, Renewed Ambitions:
The Port of Prince Rupert has just released a study projecting that its fully-realized development plan could generate almost 5,000 new jobs in northern British Columbia. Using a model derived from project proposals and land use plans, the forecast quantifies the potential growth of the port’s econo
Bombora Wave Power has received Au$181,000 (~$127,000) of funding support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to complete a detailed ‘Levelised Cost of Energy’ (LCOE) study for its wave energy converter. The study aims to confirm that the Bombora WEC will make an important contributi
TE SubCom has increased capacity throughput of cable manufacturing at its wet plant factory by 50 percent. In addition, the company has expanded its marine fleet capability to include a sixth 3-meter plow, providing 3-meter burial tools across the entire construction fleet. SubCom achieved a 50 perc
