The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey has been announced and it’s to take place under the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance. The announcement was made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D., Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation,
Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine assembly process is nearing completion in the port of Brest, France. The assembly process began early in January 2015. The turbine’s power capacity is rated up to 1 MW. The base of Sabella’s D10 tidal device is 20 by 20 meters in size. It is 17 m high, and weighs 450 [&he
Transparency Market Research has released a new market report that predicts the turbine market could reach USD 191.8 bln in terms of revenue by 2020. According to the report ‘Turbines Market – Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020’ global turbines mark
RV Celtic Explorer has laid a subsea cable in Galway Bay this week marking a milestone in the development of Ireland’s national marine research and development infrastructure. The four kilometre cable, and a frame to which sensors and monitoring equipment will be attached is part of the development
ITM Power has won the tender to deliver an integrated hydrogen system for use at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) tidal test site on Eday, Orkney, Scotland. The total contract value of the project is GBP 1.79 mln, ITM Power’s press release reads. The system’s principal component is a 0.5 MW
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) have released an updated version of WEC-Sim wave energy converter simulator. WEC-Sim is an open source wave energy converter simulation tool jointly developed by NREL and SNL with funding from the US Department of Ene
OpenHydro Technology Canada will receive USD 5.173 mln (CAD 6.353 mln) for the Bay of Fundy Tidal Stream Project. The funding is provided though Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC) SD Tech Fund. Through a joint venture, Cape Sharp Tidal formed by Emera and OpenHydro, the consortium ai
The research conducted by Invest in Cornwall suggests the need for greater regional cooperation in UK’s wave and tidal projects to maintain the country’s leading position in marine renewables. According to a study, more than two thirds (69 percent) of respondents believe that the UK is not currently
DNV GL developed new Recommended Practice (RP) ’Steel forgings for subsea applications’ that will enable reduced lead times, enhanced stock keeping, interchangeability of forgings and help to improve and maintain consistent quality. “Unifying requirements for forgings into an acceptable common speci
UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Edward Davey, has issued a letter requesting comments on the application for the proposed Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay. Edward Davey is seeking comments from the Applicant – Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay), Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Welsh Governme
OpenHydro is planning to deploy two 2 MW tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy, Canada in Q3 2015. Through a joint venture, Cape Sharp Tidal, formed by Emera and OpenHydro, the company aims to deploy 4 MW grid connected tidal array that could power an estimated 1.000 homes in Nova Scotia, Canada. Accor
AXYS Technologies has brought its WindSentinel buoy to Ocean Business, held from April 14-16 at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton, UK. The company said that it wants to give a chance to those attending the event to see the buoy in real life. Primarily used for precise wind resour
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has signed a Collaboration Agreement with Fundación Chile (FCH) to collaborate on identifying a development pathway for commercial wave energy projects in Chile. Carnegie has signed a Collaboration Agreement with Fundación Chile to assess the potent
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) announce delivery of a containment toolkit which can be used to minimise the environmental impact of a subsea well incident. This news builds on the successful delivery of four subsea well capping stacks in 2013-14, design
