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Bombora Seeks FBG Sensors Supplier for mWave Project
Bombora is seeking suppliers Fibre-Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors and associated equipment to the steel structure of a wave energy device for the measurement of strain on the mWave wave energy converter demonstrator project. The system will include: FBG sensors (approx. 24) assembled into an array for
Marine Power Systems Wraps Up WaveSub Prototype Trials
Marine Power Systems (MPS) said it has concluded a programme of sea testing for its prototype wave energy generator, WaveSub. Taking place in Cornwall at the marine test site FaBTest over the last 12 months, MPS said that the test results have proven the functionality of the 1:4 scale device across
Van Oord Opts for Wartsila
Wartsila announced today that they will supply a unique and patent-pending LNG fuel storage and supply system for two new trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). The dredgers are being built by Keppel Offshore & Marine for the Dutch marine contractor Van Oord. According to their official announcem
Highlights of the Week
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QED Naval to Develop Innovative Tidal Tech in Sound of Islay
QED Naval, the University of Edinburgh and Scottish Association for Marine Sciences (SAMS) are being supported by the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) to complete a resource assessment and performance modelling of a tidal turbine in the Sound of Islay. The work involves a 3D Large Eddy Simulation
AMOG Marks First Power Milestone
The AMOG Wave Energy Converter (WEC) Technology Demonstrator has recently achieved first power. After a number of challenges were overcome, including some extreme weather conditions, the pendulum was set swinging and measured power was produced, AMOG said. The AMOG WEC is tuned to maximise the power
Mainstay Wraps Up Fabrication of AMOG Wave Energy Device
Mainstay Marine Solutions has completed the fabrication and assembly of the 48te wave energy device for Australian company AMOG Consulting. The device was deployed from Pembroke Dock and couple of days later arrived into Falmouth Harbour following a 168nm tow. Stewart Graves, managing director, said
Orbital Lands £3.4M Saltire Prize
Scottish engineering company Orbital Marine Power has been awarded Government funding of £3.4 million as the first recipient of the £10-million Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund. The funding will be used to deliver Orbital’s next generation O2 2MW Floating Tidal Energy Turbine, capable of powering
MaRINET2 in New Short Course on Offshore Renewables
MaRINET2 has opened registrations for its seventh course on offshore renewable energy. In collaboration with MaRINET2, the Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy, University College Cork (UCC MaREI), the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), and Tecnalia Research & Innovat
Highlights of the Week
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WAVEGEM Hybrid Platform Takes Off for SEM-REV Trials
GEPS Techno’s hybrid WAVEGEM platform, combining solar and wave energy, has left the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire for sea trials at SEM-REV site in France. The SEM-REV open ocean test site off western France, is operated by Centrale Nantes and co-financed by Pays de la Loire region. Officially inaugura
The SamueLNG Conference Postponed Until Later in the Year
The one-day SamueLNG Conference, scheduled for 25-26 September in Saint-Nazaire, France, has been postponed and will take place, at a later date to be announced, at the same venue. The event, which is the culmination of the EU co-funded project S/F SamueLNG, will present the main challenges and resu
RiaSoR2, MONITOR to Hold Reliability Workshop at EWTEC
International research projects RiaSoR2 and MONITOR, which are designed to improve the reliability of wave and tidal energy converters, have joined forces to organise an ocean energy reliability workshop to be held alongside the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), in Italy. The OCEANE
OPT PB3 PowerBuoy Makes North Sea Splash
Ocean Power Technologies said it has deployed its PB3 PowerBuoy in the North Sea for Premier Oil. This latest deployment of a PB3 PowerBuoy will serve Premier as an autonomous intelligent platform to provide communications and remote monitoring services at Premier’s Huntington field in the central N