Highlands and Islands Enterprise has released new job opportunities at Wave Energy Scotland (WES): Programme Manager and Innovation and Research Manager. The deadline for applications is on Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Programme Manager will have a key role in supporting WES establishment and operation, an
The Peruvian Navy has officially signed off on permitting which grants US wave energy developer Atmocean a one-year license to demonstrate its wave energy technology in Ilo, a coastal city in southern Peru. Atmocean will deploy a system consisting of five connected seawater pumps by early June, lead
The Peruvian Navy has officially signed off on permitting which grants US wave energy developer Atmocean a one-year license to demonstrate its wave energy technology in Ilo, a coastal city in southern Peru. Atmocean will deploy a system consisting of five connected seawater pumps by early June, lead
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) started to prepare an International Ocean Energy Technology Roadmap. The overall object of the ocean energy technology roadmap, initiated in April 2015, is to achieve Levelised Cost Of Energy (LCOE) targets within the ocean energy sector. This requires principal focus on t
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has started the preparation of an International Ocean Energy Technology Roadmap. The object of the ocean energy technology roadmap initiated in April 2015 is to achieve LCOE targets within the ocean energy sector. In order for ocean energy technologies to reach LCOE target
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has developed a concept for which it claims it will revolutionise the world of energy storage. The construction of a huge underground maglev-style floating railway will make it possible to store 10% of the Netherlands’ daily energy needs in the for
The South Korean and Colombian governments are now cooperating on developing container terminals, ports and intelligent transportation systems. The Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries decided to conduct a business feasibility study on the Port of Buenaventura, Colombia’s second biggest harbor located on
Carnegie has started geophysical survey activities for CETO 6 project that will influence the future project development. The findings of the geophysical activities will influence elements of the CETO 6 project, such as foundation selection, cable route and overall installation methodology, Carnegie
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has welcomed new board and staff members in order to meet the increased activities at tidal energy research sites. FORCE welcomes Joe Fitzharris as the chair of the board of directors. Joe has previously served as an independent director at FORCE, a
Xtracta wave energy device uses hybrid float energy extraction/PTO system to produce electricity from waves. The Xtracta design is a Hybrid Attenuator – point absorber where sequential energy pulses provided by an attenuator are combined with a wide capture width of the device. The device comprises
The new ‘RV Kronprins Haakon’, the first Norwegian Icebreaker built for Polar research, will start regular science cruises in 2017 with a complete hydroacoustic systems package from Kongsberg Maritime. Builder Fincantieri has selected a combined delivery of Kongsberg Maritime survey technology, incl
Alcatel-Lucent has achieved a technological record for subsea communications by extending the reach of unrepeatered cable systems at 100 gigabits-per-second to more than 610 kilometers using the same fiber for both signal and amplifier transmission. By freeing up individual fibers normally combined
A group of ex-FMC employees have teamed up with subsea installation player DeepOcean to found Optime Subsea Services, whose multi Completion System (mCS) can install subsea trees at up to 80% the time and cost of traditional solutions. “The oil and gas operators have for years requested a cost reduc
GEPC’s engineers are finalizing the construction of the subsea converter that will be used for Paimpol-Bréhat tidal project. The subsea converter consists of steel housing that is 9 m long, 5 m wide and 4 m high. The converter will enclose all the electrotechnical equipment required for electrical c
