Technology
Waves4Power CEO quits
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Waves4Power, Ulf Lindelöf, has resigned from the position after five years.
Video: CorPower gearing up for Orkney’s waves
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has released a video update on HiWave & HiDrive projects as it prepares to move its stage 3 wave energy device from Stockholm to Orkney.
Magallanes fits tidal blades on Atir floating platform
Magallanes Renovables has installed the blades on one of the rotors of its Atir floating tidal energy platform ahead of towing trials in Vigo estuary, Spain.
Royal IHC Lays Keel for TSHD D11 21 De Julio
Royal IHC has just released a photo from the keel laying ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) D11 21 De Julio. The 4.200m³ TSHD – ordered by the Administration Nacional de Puertos (ANP) – is being built in Uruguay and the Netherlands. The October 25th ceremony took place simult
Green Marine UK gets certified
Scottish marine services provider Green Marine UK has been awarded the ISO certification for ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 and OHSAS18001:2007.
Top news, November 6 – 12, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 6 – 12, 2017.
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 6-12, 2017). Rosmorport Gets OK for Vostochny and Nakhodka Dredging Plans Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) Rosmorport has received positive findings from the State Ecology Expert Panel on design d
OEE joins lobbying campaign for small-scale renewables
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has joined other European energy associations in the call to policy makers to take a step-wise approach towards the market integration of small-scale renewable and high efficiency cogeneration installations.
IRENA: Paris could underpin renewable energy ambitions growth
Countries have an opportunity to significantly increase renewable energy ambition and to accelerate its deployment in an effort to reach climate objectives under the Paris Agreement, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds.
Gicon Floater Passes First Tank Test (VIDEO)
German engineering consultancy Gicon has tested a 1:50 model of the Gicon SOF tension leg platform (TLP), and a wind turbine, at the Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energy and Atmospheric Environment of Central Nantes and CNRS (ECN).
Maestrale reviews blue energy solutions for Mediterranean
Maestrale project partners have released the results of study visits to Italy and Sweden conducted in search of the blue energy technological solution that could be applied in the Mediterranean area.
EnFAIT tidal array project moves to detailed design phase
Horizon 2020-funded Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT) project, led by Scottish tidal energy developer Nova Innovation, has progressed to the detailed design phase.
TSHD Shanti Sagar 17 Completes Sea Trials
Royal IHC has just announced that the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shanti Sagar 17 successfully completed sea trials. The new TSHD – built for Adani Group- was lunched at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, on 31 March 2017. This is the first of two Beagle 8 TSHD
Canada funds five projects to tackle tidal knowledge gaps
The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has provided C$1.25 million in support of five collaborative research projects aimed at addressing knowledge gaps and challenges associated with tidal energy development in Canada.