ORPC has selected Downeast Machine & Engineering to build the structural components for its second commercial RivGen power system device. The Portland-based company will install the device in Igiugig, Alaska, in 2021, as part of a multi-year project. The project gets support from the US DOE as wel
Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) has invested in new sonar technology for its survey works throughout its district. The HYPACK Max technology has been supplied by Hayle-based survey support company Swathe Services. Colin Trundle, principal scientific officer at Cornwall I
The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has been installed and commissioned at its site offshore Santander, Spain. Saitec Offshore Technologies set off the turbine towing operation from Astander’s Dock Pontejos towards the final destination 800 meters away from the Cantabrian coast. According t
Verdant Power has successfully integrated its three, fifth generation (Gen5), tidal power turbines onto its TriFrame mount in preparation for on-water delivery and deployment at the RITE Project site in New York City’s East River. Verdant earlier shipped the turbines by barge from its New Jersey mar
FASTsubsea and Petronas’ subsidiary Petronas Research signed a Joint Industry Project contract to develop and test a low-cost, topside-less subsea multiphase pump. FASTsubsea is a joint venture between Aker Solutions and FSubsea. The new company combines Aker Solutions’ multiphase hydraulic technolo
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has won a contract to supply a Quasar II, medium-sized work class ROV to PTSC Geos & Subsea Services (PTSC G&S), a subsidiary of Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC). The Quasar is the second of its kind ordered by PTSC G&S, nearly a decade after the first R
GeoSpectrum, an Elbit Systems subsidiary, has introduced the C-Bass family of compact very low frequency (VLF) long-range acoustic underwater transducers. Generating high power at very low frequencies from a small source is a technological challenge, with current high power underwater VLF sources av
The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has departed for installation offshore Santander in Spain, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. Once installed, the 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) turbine will operate for a period of 12 months after which it will be completely de
Cellula Robotics has joined the NOC’s Marine Robotics Innovation Centre. Vancuver-based subsea robotics specialist currently has a team of around 30 engineers, technicians and programme managers. It also has a regional office in Aberdeenshire UK, which currently concentrates on business development,
Sulmara Subsea recently joined forces with XOCEAN to deliver a seabed survey offshore Aruba on behalf of SeaDrill using an XO-450 unmanned surface vessel (USV). The USV completed the 26 square kilometres seafloor survey in 70 metres of water using high resolution multibeam. The objectives were to id
China’s GCL System Integration (GCL SI) and Norwegian company Ocean Sun joined together as strategic partners and introduced the floating PV system at SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai. The companies showcased the GCL M660GT module and released the test result showing its reliability for floating syste
Oscilla Power has secured $1.1 million from the US Department of Energy as part of the Phase II SBIR award. This award should help the Seattle-based company develop a novel underwater energy storage technology and investigate the best practice on connecting large-scale farms of ocean wave energy dev
TechnipFMC ROV Services has recently deployed two new Gemini ROV systems for Shell, operating on contracted deepwater rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gemini ROV is the latest innovation from TechnipFMC’s ROV Services group and leverages precision robotics to improve productivity and reduce rig days
CWind Taiwan and HYTOR Tools Solutions have teamed up to bring temporary power solutions to the Taiwanese offshore wind market. As part of the strategic alliance, the two companies said they imported a significant quantity of 100 kVA generators to be based in CWind Taiwan’s operational hub in Taichu
