A 3D image of the seabed off the north of Scotland is to be created to help identify marine habitats of high conservation value… (lennoxherald) [mappress] Source: lennoxherald, August 9, 2011;
The U.S. military wants an underwater robot that’s strong enough to stay at sea for months, and smart enough to avoid any obstacles it might… (wired) [mappress] Source: wired, August 9, 2011;
As Germany forges ahead with its energy revolution, offshore wind parks are becoming increasingly important. But construction clatter can t… (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, August 09, 2011;
Instead of human divers, the Army has used a robotic underwater vehicle to help recover and destroy more than 300 pounds of explosives found… (cnet) [mappress] Source: cnet, August 9, 2011;
Pronal presents their range of Uni-Plugs collapsible pipe stoppers, which are designed to compactly fit around obstacles, corners and inacce… (ferret) [mappress] Source: ferret, August 9, 2011;
Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it has completed extensive tests of its full-scale O-DriveTM power conversion module, successfully delivering stable power to the grid over extended periods with a high level of efficiency. The O-DriveTM 250kW module is designed to plug in
Eight builders and operators of German offshore wind farms will test various noise reduction methods for the construction of offshore wind farms as from 13 August of this year. This series of tests will be conducted on the so-called “Brodtener Pfahl” near Brodten off Travemünde. Every 2 days a tug b
GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW
Joshua Myers has been busy putting electrodes on the heads of juvenile salmon, trying to determine how the fish will react to the simulated sound of giant steel and fiberglass turbines, which soon could be submerged in Puget Sound. Myers, a research engineer, is conducting his acoustical experiments
A new study in Environmental Research Letters, looking at the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands for the past two years, finds litt… (treehugger) [mappress] Source: treehugger, August 08, 2011;
Taxpayers could be asked to bear the risk of offshore wind farm developers building unused transmission assets such as substations, as part… (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, August 08, 2011;
Cathelco have now won orders to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for all three of the cantilever jack-up rigs operated by KCA Deutag, the international drilling and engineering contractor. Following the successful installation of a Cathelco system on the Ben Avon in the summer of last y
The Board of Directors of Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra”) announces that Lewek Antares Shipping Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Ezra, has been incorporated in Singapore with a paid-up and issued share capital of USD50,000.00, comprising 50,000 ordinary shares of USD1.00 each. Ezra is
Forum Energy Technologies, (FET) announced today the opening of a purpose built facility specifically designed to support a wide range of remote operated vehicles and other subsea equipment. This state of the art building will be used for integration and factory acceptance testing, customer training
