Technology
Labour Party Backs £3.5bn Mersey Tidal Power Project
Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party recently visited Liverpool to announce major plans for a £3.5 billion investment in the Mersey Tidal Power Project as part of Labour’s Green Industrial Revolution to address the climate emergency and boost investment in the North of England. On a visit wi
FAUN Trackway Anchors for Orbital’s O2 Tidal Turbine
Orbital Marine Power has selected FAUN Trackway to manufacture the anchors for its new O2 tidal stream turbine at FAUN Trackway’s facilities in Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. FAUN Trackway has been engaged to manufacture four steel anchor structures, along with bespoke mooring connectors,
EWP Starts Procurement Phase for Jaffa Port Project Expansion
Eco Wave Power has finished the design and engineering of its Jaffa Port project expansion and started procurement of parts for the construction of the plant. The project, co-funded by the Israeli Energy Ministry, is planned to include the construction and installation of ten floaters on 30 linear m
Marine-i Helps Wave Venture Launch Innovative Software
Wave Venture, a specialist wave energy consultancy and software provider, is developing an innovative Techno Economic analysis product called “Wave Venture TE”. This software is a hybrid desktop-cloud integrated engineering and financial analysis package. Wave Venture have been developing components
Wales and Ireland Join Forces on New Marine Energy Project
A new €4.2-million cross-border project aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland has been announced by Counsel General and Brexit Minister, Jeremy Miles. Funded by the EU’s Ireland-Wales co-operation programme, the Selkie project will bring together researchers and businesses
VIDEO: Conversion of TSHD Samuel de Champlain
MAN Energy Solutions has just released this very interesting video about the conversion of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain to dual-fuel operations. Dragages-Ports EIG, owner of the dredger, decided in 2016 to replace the existing diesel generators of Samuel de Champlain by
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 22-28, 2019). Keel Laid for Jan De Nul’s TSHD Galileo Galilei A keel laying ceremony for Jan De Nul Group’s 18,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) has taken place at the COSCO Shipping Heavy Industr
Highlights of the Week
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Supergen ORE Hub Boosts Renewables R&D with £1M Funding
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub has awarded almost £1 million to UK universities to support research projects investigating all aspects of offshore renewable energy (ORE). The Hub’s Flexible Fund has been established to enable UK researchers to respond to a number of key ORE engineering c
Bombora Taps Altrad for mWave’s Cell Module Structure
Bombora Wave Power has appointed Cape Engineering Services (Altrad) as a contractor for the fabrication of the Cell Module Structure for the mWave Wave Energy Converter Demonstration. The cell module structure is a key structural element of the cell module with the primary function of retaining an a
SIMEC Atlantis Wraps Up SeaGen Decom Project
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has successfully decommissioned the SeaGen tidal turbine support structure in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. This marks the completion of the 1.2MW SeaGen tidal stream energy project lifecycle and is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decomm
WES Goes Forward with Quick Connection System R&D Project
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is seeking concepts for innovative Quick Connection Systems suitable for use with a variety of wave energy converters. Quick Connection Systems are the next subcomponent to be developed by WES in its multi-million pound wave energy technology programme. The ideal technolog
Wello’s Penguin WEC2 Arrives in Orkney for Deployment
Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter – WEC2 has arrived in Orkney, Scotland where it awaits deployment. The WEC2 arrived from Tallinn shipyard to Orkney, where it will be installed by the coast. The Penguin WEC2 is Wello’s first full-scale commercially ready wave energy converter. Wello has previou
Scottish Green Energy Awards Open for Nominations
The Scottish Green Energy Awards – the UK’s largest celebration of renewables – open today (July 24), with nominations invited for 11 categories. The awards, now in its 17th year, is open to all renewable energy technologies, from wind, hydro and solar to wave, low-carbon heat and more. Categories t