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Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 8-14, 2019). DEME Bags Elbe Deepening Contract DEME, an international group of specialized companies involved in complex marine engineering works, has won a major contract to carry out the deepening of the
Highlights of the Week
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from April 08 – April 14, 2019. https://marineenergy.biz/2019/04/11/wello-inks-30mw-india-deal/ https://marineenergy.biz/2019/04/10/ec-og-proves-it-can-power-commercial-scms/ https://marineenergy.biz/2019/04/09/inyanga-tech-found
Sabella Recovers Its Tidal Turbine for Short Maintenance
Sabella has retrieved its D10-1000 turbine in the Fromveur Passage for a short maintenance operation. Prior to the retrieval, the subsea cable exporting the electricity to Ushant Island grid had been disconnected from the turbine. The operations were successfully carried out by Inyanga Maritime, wit
Ocean Energy Europe Names Jochen Weilepp as Co-President
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-president of the association. Dr. Weilepp will join Simon De Pietro of DP Energy, who has been OEE co-president since 2016. Dr. Weilepp has been a member of the OEE board for almost a decade and h
EnerOcean Unveils Floating Wind Turbine Prototype
The Spanish EnerOcean has launched its floating wind turbine prototype W2Power at the Astican Shipyard in Gran Canaria. W2Power, built and assembled at the Astican Shipyard, will be installed at the PLOCAN offshore test site in the coming weeks, project partner Ghenova said. According to the company
Bombora Issues New mWave Project Tender
Bombora Wave Power Europe has launched another tender call as it seeks a contractor for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of the winches and hydraulic system for the Module Intervention Tool (MIT). The MIT is a floating platform that facilitates the subsea installation and recover
EC-OG Proves It Can Power Commercial SCMs
Subsea energy storage and power generation specialists EC-OG has completed a test programme with a North Sea operator, demonstrating the Subsea Power Hub’s capabilities for powering subsea production equipment using battery power alone. During recent workshop trials, supported by the Oil & Gas Techn
FTMC Turbine Shortlisted for EUREKA Project of the Year 2019
Seaplace and Magnomatics’ joint turbine project has been shortlisted for the EUREKA Global Project of the Year 2019. A consortium comprising Seaplace and Magnomatics, led by Seaplace, is working on the Floating tension-tethered and self-steerable Marine-current Turbine (FTMC Turbine) project, design
Inyanga-Tech Foundation Connection for Minesto’s Subsea Kite
Minesto has completed the procurement of the foundation connection system for the DG100 model of the company’s subsea kite technology called Deep Green. A contract for design and development of the system has been awarded to Inyanga-Tech, with Quoceant as main sub-supplier. The foundation connection
Royal IHC Delivers 2000th Dredge Pump
Royal IHC today symbolically handed over the 2,000th dredge pump to be built by the company to its new owner – Jan De Nul Group. Commenting the latest milestone, Royal IHC’s CEO Dave Vander Heyde, said: “We are proud to have delivered our 2,000th pump. Reaching this impressive number is the result o
GKinetic Scores US Patent
Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic Energy said it is now patent protected in the United States of America for the “Water Turbine Assembly” aspect of its tidal energy technology. The news of the company’s first North American patent came last week following its Chinese patent approval they secured
Bombora Launches mWave Membrane Supplier Call
Bombora Wave Power Europe has issued a new tender call in order to appoint a contractor for the supply of a rubber membrane for the mWave wave energy converter. The rubber membrane is a key component of the mWave. It captures hydrostatic energy from the waves and coverts it to pneumatic energy, the
Project for Competitive Tidal Turbine Foundations Kicks Off
The CF2T project was recently launched, co-funded by the Ocean Energy ERA-NET Cofund and four European regions (Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Spain and Sweden). Led by Sabella, this project brings together Allia, Saitec, Rise and Alkit and will run until 2021. The project aims to develop a cost-compet
EMEC Leads Orkney Virtual Energy System Project
The first phase of a new £28.5 million project to create a Virtual Energy System (VES) in Orkney, Scotland, has been launched to digitally link distributed and intermittent renewable generation to flexible demand. The ReFLEX (Responsive Flexibility) Orkney project will demonstrate a first-of-its-kin