Offshore WIND brings the following article with permission from the LatinAmericanScience.org. The article on offshore wind potential in Latin America has been written by Luis Armando Pagan Quinones, who is specializing in the production of drinking water by desalination systems using offshore wind p
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Risk Management, Financial Assurance, and Loss Prevention to seek public input as it considers modernizing its risk management program and bonding regulations for offshore oil and gas operations o
The North Seas contain vast and largely untapped renewable energy resources. Whether or not these resources are ultimately exploited remains a matter of great uncertainty. However, important decisions on grid development in the North Seas will need to be taken before the amount of offshore wind and
Research and Markets has added the “Wind Power in the UK, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 – Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles” report to their offering. The report provides in-depth analysis on global renewable power market
Research and Markets has added the “Wind Power in the UK, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 – Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles” report to their offering. The report provides in-depth analysis on global renewable power market
Apache Corporation announced an oil discovery at the Phoenix South-1 well – the company’s first discovery in Australia’s offshore Canning Basin. Wireline and formation pressure tools have confirmed at least four discrete oil columns ranging in thickness between 85 and 151 feet (26 to 46 meters) in t
Maui’s dolphins, the world’s most endangered marine dolphin, are found only in New Zealand. The Maui’s population was around 2,000 dolphins in the 1970s, but this dropped to an estimated population of just 55 adults by 2012. Scientists across the world are united in their call for greater protection
Statoil has accepted to support a PhD work of Ole-Erik Vestøl Endrerudat at University of Stavanger with Dr. Nenad Keseric from Statoil Wind Operations being a co-supervisor. The PhD work examines ways to the most cost effective operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms. Statoil wind operatio
Scientists recover instruments and long-term experiments from two Norwegian cold-water coral reefs. How do cold-water corals react to changing environmental conditions such as rising water temperatures and ocean acidification? Will the fragile reefs survive climate change? The 473rd expedition of th
The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) and Technology Strategy Board (TSB) of the United Kingdom, are jointly investing approximately $1.4 million CAD (approximately £755,000) in collaborative R&D projects to support the acceleration of the tidal energy sector in both jurisdi
Catlin Seaview Survey is collaborating with the National Oceanographic and Atmostpheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to record and reveal America’s protected marine sanctuaries. An Ideal Training Environment “For the last week we’ve had a team based in Key Largo, i
Composites are complex. Working with them requires knowledge, skills and experience. However, composites are also extremely strong, robust materials used widely in industry and society. It is time for a national turbine blade repair standard to open up the wind market to new, highly-competent compet
Stonehenge Metals Limited has entered into a binding option agreement with Protean Energy (PEL) to acquire 100% of PEL’s wholly owned subsidiary, Protean Energy Australia Pty Ltd (PEA). PEA holds the intellectual property titles, rights and licenses to the Protean Wave Energy Converter Technology. T
DONG Energy has issued an injunction restricting fishermen to work in the Race Bank offshore wind farm site, 17 miles off the Norfolk coast. The offshore wind developer is about to survey the seabed at the offshore wind farm site, and has banned the local fishermen to enter the area between August 1
