Muckle LLP have been advising BEL Valves on the establishment of a new £10m subsea engineering facility for Newcastle’s Quayside. Plans for the 20,000 sq ft Neptune Test Centre on the Spillers Tyne Mill site, which will house four hyperbaric chambers that simulate the environment of subsea depths up
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts within the Magellan Mountains in the Pacific Ocean. The contract was signed on 10 March 2015,
ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to OTEC International (OTI) for its OTEC floating power plant. The elements of the design evaluated by ABS include the barge hull and mooring system, energy conversion equipment, hazardous materials handling and storage, cold-water import conduit and warm-
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with BGP has started the acquisition of the Bilby Non-Exclusive 2D seismic survey. The Bilby 2D seismic survey in the Bedout Sub-basin and Broome Platform, Western Australia comprises of approximately 12,300 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution broadband data over 2×
Oceanus 2 device is back at A&P Falmouth, Seatricity’s manufacturing partner, for a winter refit in preparation for redeployment to Wave Hub test site. Oceanus 2 wave energy device has been tested at Wave Hub, which enabled Seatricity to test the installation methodology along with the communication
Halcyon Tidal Power has halted the submission of the formal application for the Scots Bay tidal project until the Provincial Legislation on renewable energy is passed. Halcyon proposes to construct a 1100 MW ‘Halcyon Solution’ tidal range lagoon facility in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Halcyon has
On February 24, 2015, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Energy Projects issued its Study Plan Determination letter approving the Revised Study Plan submitted for the Pennamaquan Tidal Power Plant Project. Ted Verrill, President of Halcyon Tidal Power commented: “This i
DNV GL today announced three Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) aimed at developing recommended practices for the global wind industry to further develop industrial accepted design practices and methods, lower risks and reduce costs. 1. JIP: Coupled dynamic analysis of floating wind turbines Floating wi
DNV GL today announced three Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) aimed at developing recommended practices for the global wind industry to further develop industrial accepted design practices and methods, lower risks and reduce costs. 1. JIP: Coupled dynamic analysis of floating wind turbines Floating wi
FERC has approved the Revised Study Plan submitted for the Pennamaquan Tidal Power Plant Project. Pennamaquan tidal project is being developed by Halcyon Tidal Power, and will be located in the Pennamaquan Estuary in the Bay of Fundy, Maine. Halcyon will now engage the environmental consultants at N
MMT, contracted by Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has completed geophysical, geotechnical and cable crossing surveys in preparation for the installation of the COBRAcable, which will connect the Netherlands and Denmark. The project was completed with a four-vessel solution between early September
The European offshore wind industry must shed 26% of outlays to reach cost-competitiveness with conventional forms of energy by 2023, according to a study by Ernst & Young (EY). The report states that the industry must significantly reduce costs over the next five years through a number of key actio
AXYS Technologies has deployed two dual-LiDAR WindSentinel floating LiDAR systems, utilising the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s offshore anemometry mast. This will be the world’s first deployment of a floating LiDAR system to feature two LiDARs, as each system has an additional Zephir 30
The workshop will address various aspects associated with subsea installation, specifically focusing on innovations which can aid cost reduction. Foundations, substructures and installation techniques have been identified as areas in which ORE Catapult believes the industry must focus their efforts
