Tests on the 1:5 scaled NEMOS prototype running from July through October in Danish Limfjord have been completed. The company implemented the complex control strategies, the automatisation of the hole systems as well as all components proved to be reliable. During the testing, funded by Danish Nissu
Tests on the NEMOS 1:5 scaled prototype running this year July through October in Danish Limfjord have been successfully finished. All planed features ran. The complex control strategy was implemented, the automatisation of the hole systems as well as all components proved to be reliable. Particul
Ocean energy test sites spanning Europe, Asia, and North America have agreed to coordinate procedures and standards to ensure consistency in testing marine energy converters across the globe. Bringing together operational and planned test sites from around the world for the second time, the Fundy Oc
K2 Management has been awarded with an assignment from DBD Systems to assist with the design, engineering and project development of its floating foundation technology. K2 Management will provide specific offshore project development advice and create a product and demonstrator development strategy
Scotland is to establish a wave energy technology development body, Wave Energy Scotland, to encourage innovation in the industry Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism Fergus Ewing announced today. The Scottish Government recognises that early stage technologies, such as wave energy, can take ti
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is to play a leading role in the largest marine science project that the European Commission has ever funded. The €20 million AtlantOS project, due to start in January 2015, will bring together a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines from over 60 research org
Last week North Sea Systems started carrying out trials of their CableFish® survey platform at EMEC. This is the culmination of the MRCF Project, managed by the Carbon Trust and funded by the Scottish Government. CableFish® will offer a survey capability that enables cable laying operations to be ex
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 17 – November 23). French oil services provider Technip has announced that, on Monday, November 10, 2014, it approached CGG to create a first tier oil and gas services provider. The pro
After growing interest in renewable energy development offshore Florida, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in coordination with the State of Florida, is organizing the first Florida Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting on December 11, 2014. The purpose of this Task
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) partners have announced the award of a broad Arctic study that will investigate the interrelationship among the physical, biological, chemical and social science components of the Beaufort Sea ecosyste
The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) and Innovate UK (the new name for the Technology Strategy Board) are jointly investing approximately CAD 1.4 million (approximately GBP 755,000) in collaborative R&D projects to develop enhanced sensing technologies for tidal in-stream energy applicati
Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) has been assigned to review the E39 as a ferry-free road connection along the coast of Vestlandet, Western Norway. This includes, as one of the main priorities, the construction of an underwater tunnel that crosses the Romsdal Fjord. The c
Deltares will be testing the design for the planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. Incorporating sixteen turbines that can deliver 320 MW, the tidal lagoon will be the world’s largest. It will be built to scale in the facilities hall in Delft so that the hydrodynamic efficiency of the des
Apqak Renewable Energy Inc. plans to develop and install marine current technology in Iqaluit which will generate electrical power from Frobisher Bay’s tidal currents. As Nunatsiaq Online reports, the company proposes to bring the most advanced tidal power generation equipment to Iqaluit to generate
