Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy conve
Bureau Veritas has published a new guide, NI 603 Current and Tidal Turbines, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean t
Ocean Wave Power Station will be presented at ‘Our Ocean Challenge’ demo day, a part of ‘Aerospace meets Maritime’ event in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Ocean Wave Power Station (OWPS) consists of two large vessels that support a framework with floating standard 45 foot (13.72 m) container-sized pont
A team of scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) are currently with the German deep-sea research vessel SONNE in the Pacific. Together with partners of the University of Bremen, Jacobs University, as well as the BGR, researchers are examining the ocean floor at a depth of 4,000 meters. T
ENGIE (formerly GDF SUEZ) has launched Big Pitch UK – a national competition to find the UK’s most innovative companies in the energy and services sectors. Companies, startups and entrepreneurs have been invited to pitch their innovative projects or ideas related to the following themes: energy effi
WavEC Offshore Renewables is seeking an engineer with the experience in offshore applications to complement its Technology and Monitoring Team. The successful applicant will engage in offshore engineering projects, mainly addressing offshore operations and specifications, and also the design and ass
Subsea UK (branded as Subsea Malaysia) will organise a programme of lunch and learn information sessions and networking events, as part of Oil & Gas Asia, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 2-4 June. Talks will cover a variety of subjects including: The Asian Market, Emerging Subsea Technolo
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will provide technical advisory services for carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies, as well as potential projects across the UK, as part of a framework agreement with the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). The four year agreement will see WGK support DECC to ens
EU-funded CEFOW research project aims to accelerate wave power development, decrease the levelised cost of ocean energy and create an efficient supply chain for future wave power projects. CEFOW project is due for launch in June 2015, and will aim to demonstrate the viability of floating energy conv
An autonomous marine research glider has been reported likely drifting at sea near Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. According to Ocean Tracking Network, the two-meter long, yellow glider failed to report at its scheduled waypoint, 8 km from Devil’s Island near Halifax Harbour on May 22. Efforts to reco
ABPmer, a UK-based marine consultancy, has been commissioned to assess the re-use value of industry marine environmental data and potential benefits arising from expanding public access to it. The UK Government has committed to enabling open access to as much marine data as possible, with the intent
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted €2 million to Corpower Ocean to test its wave energy technology that works on the principles of human heart off Scotland. Corpower will build a new prototype wave power plant and install it in the sea off Scotland, Swedish Energy Agency’s press release reads. Co
IRENA’s new report estimates that 7.7 million people have been employed in renewable energy sector in 2014. The report ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2015’ indicates an increase of 18 percent in renewable energy sector employment from the last year’s figure of 6.5 million. According to I
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has coordinated the ECO2 (Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)) research project from May 2011 to April 2015. Funded by the European Union, the ECO2 project developed recommendations for the selection and monitoring of submarine storage sites as well as an
