Technology
Cobra Announces 9.6MW Units as Kincardine Floater Starts Delivering Power
The floating wind turbine installed on the Kincardine wind farm offshore Scotland has started delivering power to the grid, Spain’s Cobra Group, the majority owner of the 50MW project, said.
Long-term ocean demo project launches for Atlantic Arc
A €2.5 million project has been approved by Interreg Atlantic Area which will support ocean energy demonstration throughout the Atlantic Arc.
SIMEC Atlantis targets 40% MeyGen yield increase
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has revealed plans to deliver 40% more yield from the MeyGen tidal energy array by installing two of its new 2MW tidal turbines to the scheme.
Herman Places Order for Damen Shoalbuster
A contract has been signed between Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld and Herman Sr. BV for the building and delivery of a Shoalbuster 2308 S, to be named Teddy. The new vessel will join the five other Damen Shoalbusters currently operated by the company and, with the hull already available from stock, is
Shetland tidal array goes ‘baseload’ with Tesla battery
Scottish cleantech company Nova Innovation has integrated its tidal energy array with Tesla battery storage to deliver grid-connected baseload power station.
Brouwersdam tidal power plant up for market input
The Dutch authorities have set up a market consultation for the development of the Brouwersdam as a tidal power plant, inviting commercial parties to show interest and make the project a reality.
Philippines gives blessing to utility scale tidal energy project
Oceantera Energy Corporation – a joint venture between OceanPixel and Aquatera – has received a permit from the government of Philippines to start pre-development activities for a tidal energy project in San Bernardino region.
Design set for ‘smart’ wave energy converter
Swedish company Ocean Harvesting Technologies, together with Finnish kinetic energy storage company Teraloop, has completed the design for the ‘smart’ InfinityWEC wave energy device.
TidGen scores DNV GL feasibility statement
Certification body DNV GL has issued a statement of feasibility for technology qualification for ORPC’s second-generation TidGen power system.
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 22-28, 2018). Port of Virginia One Step Closer to Deeper Channels The Port of Virginia’s Wider, Deeper, Safer project to deepen and widen the Norfolk Harbor’s commercial shipping channels has secured full
DMEC looking for project managers
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) has kicked off a recruiting process for new team members who will work on upcoming projects.
Danes Take On Floating Foundations Challenge
DTU Wind Energy has teamed up with a number of Danish researchers and companies to optimise the design of floating wind turbine foundations under the FloatStep project.
Danes Take On Floating Foundations Challenge
DTU Wind Energy has teamed up with a number of Danish researchers and companies to optimise the design of floating wind turbine foundations under the FloatStep project.
Ørsted Starts Typhoon Watch Project in Taiwan
Ørsted has launched a Dual-doppler radar project in Taiwan to collect wind data to understand the dynamics of a typhoon and tropical weather phenomena and how they can affect an offshore wind farm. Ørsted also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Taiwan University, National Centr