Technology
New Fish Collision Model for Tidal Power Industry
HR Wallingford has reportedly developed a sophisticated fish collision model for the tidal power industry which predicts collision rates more accurately than ever before by incorporating the real swimming behaviours of different species of fish for the first time. The journal of ‘Renewable Energy’ h
Ecosse IP Unveils Mass of Water Turbine
Scottish firm Ecosse IP (EIP) has announced the arrival of its latest product, Mass of Water Turbine (MOWT), designed to generate energy from slow-moving water. The MOWT technology, patent-pending, is designed for use in rivers, estuaries and subsea current & tidal environments, offering an energy s
Van Oord Opts for Marlink VSAT Connectivity in Indian Waters
Van Oord has selected Marlink’s high throughput VSAT for connectivity in Indian territorial waters, through an agreement with India’s licensed Inflight Maritime Connectivity (IFMC) service partner, Nelco Ltd. The contract for Marlink’s SeaLink VSAT service was signed after the successful conclusion
Ocean Harvesting Technologies Joins GCE Ocean Technology
Swedish wave power company Ocean Harvesting Technologies (OHT) has become member of Norway’s GCE Ocean Technology. Since 2017, the Swedish company has been focusing on InfinityWEC. Each individual wave power plant can produce up to 500 kW of average power and 2 GWh annually, and will be included in
EC-OG Puts Money into Battery Production
Clean energy specialists EC-OG has completed a six-figure investment in its HALO subsea energy storage technology. The bulk of the investment, in CNC battery cell welding equipment and automated battery module test systems, will be used to simplify the manufacturing process of EC-OG’s proprietary su
TSHD Heortnesse Arrives at A&P Tees
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Heortnesse has arrived back at A&P Tees where it will undergo the second and final program of works which will significantly extend the life of the vessel, A&P Group Limited informs. Heortnesse maintains the navigable depth in the ports of Tees and Hartlepo
Damen Completes TSHD Arco Dijk Maintenance Work
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arco Dijk of Hanson Aggregate Marine has completed its maintenance stop-over at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam. “Whilst the vessel was in dock we performed a big range of maintenance works of which an extensive tail shaft overhaul, various dredge pipe renewal a
Wave Power to Boost Ship Engines
The technology group Wärtsilä, together with a consortium of six other industry and academic partners, has been awarded EU funding for a major project aimed at reducing fuel consumption and lowering emission levels for shipping. The SeaTech project consortium has been formed to develop two symbiotic
MacArtney SG 11.0-193 DD Blade Mounting Tool Ready for Market
MacArtney’s new SG 11.0-193 DD Horizontal Single Blade Mounting (HSBM) tool is ready for market after passing a Site Acceptance Test at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark, the company said. Siemens Gamesa recently installed a prototype SG 11.0-193 DD wind turbine at one of the test stands in the Øs
MacArtney SG 11.0-193 DD Blade Mounting Tool Ready for Market
MacArtney’s new SG 11.0-193 DD Horizontal Single Blade Mounting (HSBM) tool is ready for market after passing a Site Acceptance Test at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark, the company said. Siemens Gamesa recently installed a prototype SG 11.0-193 DD wind turbine at one of the test stands in the Øs
Kobelco Unveils New Generation of Excavators
Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) has announced the arrival of the SK140SRLC-7 – a 14-tonne excavator that delivers enhanced efficiency and productivity through harmonization of mechanical power, operation speed and overall machine design. The SK140SRLC-7 is of a new generation of ex
Webinar on Ocean Energy Structured Innovation Design Tool
ETIP Ocean and DTOceanPlus project is hosting a webinar to describe the general concepts of the ocean energy systems Structured Innovation Design Tool, its practical implementation, and future work. The tool supports the decision-making of several user types, including technology developers, public
Selkie Project Launches Tender Call for Wave Energy Developers
Ireland-Wales cooperation programme, the Selkie project, is inviting wave energy developers to tender their services to validate multi-use engineering tools, templates, standards and models, which can be used across the sector in both Wales and Ireland. The Selkie project is bringing together resear
EMEC Hails Magallanes Tidal Tech Headway
Tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables, has been testing its second generation, 2MW tidal platform ATIR at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), since 2018, as part of the Ocean_2G project. The aim of the project was to test, validate and pre-certify Magallanes’ device and this was achieve