Goverments of Scotland and UK have reached an agreement for funding proposal that would enable grid access for marine technologies on Orkney Island, it is stated in the Scottish Government’s press release. At the Scottish Island Renewables Delivery Forum, the UK and Scottish Governments reaffirmed t
The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) revealed in a new report. The landmark report, Renewable Power Generation Costs
A group of maritime engineering students share a futuristic vision to send robots into outer space to explore planetary lakes. The potential uses for these robots on Earth is also limitless, including sending fleets of drones to provide quick and safe response to natural disasters and creating a “wi
A group of maritime engineering students share a futuristic vision to send robots into outer space to explore planetary lakes. The potential uses for these robots on Earth is also limitless, including sending fleets of drones to provide quick and safe response to natural disasters and creating a “wi
Det norske has decided to develop Viper-Kobra. The project comprises two small discoveries in the Alvheim area. According to plan, approximately 7 500 barrels will be flowing into the Alvheim FPSO every day around Christmastime 2016. Viper-Kobra is located in the Alvheim area and consists of two sep
Alcatel-Lucent and the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) consortium have successfully completed a field trial on the existing ACE system, which connects France to the west coast of Africa, based on 300 gigabit-per-second (Gbit/s) and 400 Gbit/s technology. They achieved a breakthrough transmission of 12.
EMEC will host a session at the Atlantic Stakeholder Conference in Porto, Portugal, where information regarding the development of new wave and tidal technologies will be shared and discussed. The session will identify key issues of common interest across marine energy test sites, and share insights
On January 12, in the Port of IJmuiden, Deep BV started the mobilisation of the vessels to be used for the geophysical survey of Sites I and II of the Borssele Wind Farm Zone. Depending on the weather, the due date for the survey is mid-March and will be followed by a geotechnical investigation. The
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced this week that it is soliciting proposals for oil spill response research projects and will be investing up to $6 million to support these projects in 2015. In a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), the bureau called for white papers fo
Maurizio Collu from Cranfield University, UK, and Michael Borg from Technical University of Denmark have published a paper on horizontal and vertical axis offshore wind turbines, advocating the latter as more cost effective option. The authors state that it is time to look at alternatives in wind tu
Anders Jansson, Minesto’s founder and CEO, has given insights on Minesto’s Deep Green technology gained through trials performed in Strangford Lough, in an article published on Minesto’s official website where he also announced plans for a tidal power plant in Wales. Deep Green technology produces e
A Japanese company, Shimizu Corporation, has presented OCEAN SPIRAL concept for a deep sea city of the future. The latest plan consists of building a submerged city of concrete, 500m in diameter, with a spherical shell and triangular acrylic plates measuring 50m on each side. The city would initiall
A wind turbine rotor blade is fundamental component of a wind turbine. The rotor forms the central part of the turbine and consists of multiple rotor blades attached to a hub. The rotor blades act as a motor in the turbine and extract energy by capturing wind energy and converting it into the rotati
A collaboration between the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and GnoSys Global Ltd is supporting the development of a new insulation material for power cables to improve their performance in the onshore and offshore renewable energy industries and drive down whole life network costs. New, mo
