The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 is now open. With over 13,500 offshore professionals and more than 650 exhibiting companies expected another great event. Next to the exhibition that covers 4 massive halls at Amsterdam RAI more than 80 speakers representing some of t
Floating Power Plant (FPP), a Danish offshore energy developer, has designed a floating platform that extracts energy from wind and waves combined to produce electricity. Floating Power Plant has constructed a scaled P37 research and demonstration platform, that has been deployed at Vindeby offshore
Consortium consisting of Scottish Hydro Group and French Wenex Equipments has secured GBP 2.5 mln contract for developing wave energy test site off France. The project involves manufacturing and installation of the array cabling infrastructure on the SEM-REV marine renewable energy project 16 nautic
IT Power has been selected to provide technical support to DECC’s technical specialist framework in the area of hydroelectric and marine technologies. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set up a tender to establish the Energy Technical Specialist Framework to help deliver UK’s energy
Jee Ltd. has been awarded a contract from Amec Foster Wheeler for the front end engineering design (FEED) of a jacket rigid polymer injection riser package (including J-tubes) as part of the Captain enhanced oil recovery (EOR) field development. The project will demonstrate the use of polymer chemic
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl), part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, has signed two contracts with Fugro that cover further mapping the Borssele offshore wind energy zone. The company will take measurements of wind and sea conditions, and to research the seabed. Fugro will start sho
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl), part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, has signed two contracts with Fugro that cover further mapping the Borssele offshore wind energy zone. The company will take measurements of wind and sea conditions, and to research the seabed. Fugro will start sho
After commemorating the 5-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, another study has been released highlighting the significant injury to bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published new results pointing to dolphin
U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind and Water Power Technology Office (WWPTO) has issued a request for information (RFI) on facilitating the development of offshore wind energy in the United States. WWPTO seeks input from any of the stakeholders in the broader U.S. offshore wind energy community. The
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Posco of South Korea joined forces in developing a manganese steel for the use in building LNG storage systems.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Posco of South Korea joined forces in developing a manganese steel for the use in building LNG storage systems.
Marine energy company Minesto has been awarded a 13 million Euros investment from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. The funding is part of the commercial roll out, including the establishment of Minesto UK Headquarters in North Wales and commissioning of the first
Following the testing in real state conditions HydroQuest has launched a range of HydroQuest River hydrokinetic turbine models. The results of the trials in French Guyana, and in Orléans, France, where HydroQuest deployed hydrokinetic turbines, prompted the company to launch two models of river turb
The European Regional Development Fund has awarded EUR 13 mln to Minesto through the Welsh Government for the commercial roll out of Deep Green tidal power plant. The funding will be used to establish Minesto UK headquarters in North Wales, and for the installation of the first commercial scale 500
