Chatham Rock Phosphate has continued to develop its future plans following the refusal of its Marine Consent application. As previously announced, CRP has no intention of abandoning its Chatham Rise phosphate project and is continuing to develop strategies for progressing the project, the company in
Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has publishes two potential scenarios depicting the UK’s low carbon energy system transition. The “Options, Choices, Actions” Report displays how the UK can implement an affordable 35 year transition to a low carbon energy system by 2050, but there are different w
Paul G. Allen, a philanthropist and entrepreneur, has reportedly located the wreck of Musashi, a Japanese WWII battleship. Allen and his team of researchers began their search for the Musashi more than eight years ago. Using historical records from four countries, detailed undersea topographical dat
Gram & Juhl will support the development of the Kongsberg Wind Farm Management System (WFMS) as well as related condition monitoring systems for a range of other industrial sectors. Kongsberg has selected Gram & Juhl to support the development of the WFMS, a turbine independent decision support syst
The European Commission has today launched a new Policy Support Facility (PSF) to help EU Member States reform their research and innovation policies. Such reforms are a priority for EU economic policy as highly performing research and innovation systems can kick-start renewed growth and job creatio
The European Commission has launched a new Policy Support Facility (PSF) to help EU Member States reform their research and innovation (R&I) policies. Research and innovation reforms present a priority for EU economic policy, because such reforms can boost renewed growth and job creating, the press
Ireland’s Providence reported that the initial evaluation of the fast-track 3D volume has revealed seismic morphologies in the Drombeg prospect which are consistent with those of a large deep-water fan system. These data also suggest that the Drombeg fan is being sourced from the Porcupine Bank via
Albatern has received investment in the amount of GBP 400.000 from Scottish Government, through the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF). The funding will enable the company to complete verification of existing units, and to commercialize and scale up their array based on WEC – WaveNET technology
Akuo Energy has signed an agreement with Bell Pirie Power Corp. and Philippine National Oil Company Renewables Corp. (PNOC RC) to deploy an OTEC plant in the Philippines. The government of Philippines has created a renewable energy programme covering the period to 2030, and the signing of this MoU r
US NSF Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) provides non-dilutive funds for early-stage R&D at small businesses and startups, including ocean energy developers. National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR offers an opportunity for ocean energy developers under
DHI aims to better engage in sustainable development of the marine and coastal environment by collaborating with the diverse community that comprises the World Ocean Council (WOC). DHI wants to contribute to major commercial developments in relation to the sustainable use of the world’s oceans, the
The Protean system comprises a point-absorber wave energy converter buoy which floats on the water surface and extracts the energy from waves. The device achieves this by the extension and retraction of a tether to its anchoring weight on the sea bed. The Protean WEC converts the energy of waves fro
Tidal Lagoon Power will take a first significant step towards the delivery of full-scale tidal lagoon infrastructure in the UK with the submission of an Environmental Impact Assessment scoping report for a tidal lagoon between Cardiff and Newport. The project will have an installed capacity, depende
Tidal Lagoon Power has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment scoping report for a planned tidal lagoon between Cardiff and Newport to the Planning Inspectorate. The document of over 400 pages in length represents the first step in bringing the proposed tidal lagoon off Cardiff to reality. Sit
