UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed Adrienne Airlie to its Board. Airlie joins ORE Catapult as a non-executive director after standing down as Martin Aitken & Co’s chief executive in 2018. She continues as a director of the firm. Commenting on the appointment, Chairman Colin
C-Job Naval Architects revealed its concept design of an Autonomous Underwater Maintenance Dredger (AUMD) today. The design was presented by the independent ship design and engineering company at the combined Maritime and Port Technology and Development Conference (MTEC) and international Conference
Sea Wave Energy Ltd. (SWEL) recently tested its technology at the LiR National Ocean Test Facility in Cork, Ireland as part of the Fast Tracked Product Development phase of the ProtoAtlantic project. During the trials in Cork, SWEL completed its tests and obtained data and readings from its WEC mode
The EU has approved a project that should optimize the anchoring and mooring of floating solar plants and adapt the anchoring to ocean environment as well. The aim is to significantly reduce the cost of anchoring floating solar parks. RISE is part of a consortium of Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese p
A nacelle from GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, ahead of a testing programme designed to prepare it for years of operation at sea. This nacelle, comparable in size to s
NEMOS has started testing its 2019 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototype in Ostend, Belgium. Following a series of handling and installation tests, the machine was finally deployed at its mooring system 500 meters off the coast of Ostend in October. The process went smoothly when the self-floating s
UN-recognized initiative Small Island Developing States (SIDS DOCK) and Naval Energies recently signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development of marine renewable energy. The agreement will see SIDS DOCK and Naval Energies collaborate to foster the development of OTEC deep-sea conve
GE Renewable Energy has posted a video showing the installation time-lapse of the Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine at Maasvlakte, the Port of Rotterdam. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The GE Haliade-X 12MW prototype wind turbine produced its
Irish hydrokinetic turbine developer GKinetic Energy has been selected as one of Hello Tomorrow’s Deep Tech Pioneers. Every year, the Hello Tomorrow team receives thousands of applications to their deep tech startup competition, the Global Challenge. The Hello Tomorrow team and network of experts ju
Minesto has decided to carry out a rights issue to raise proceeds of approximately SEK 86 million (close to $9 million). The rights issue is carried out in order to give Minesto’s existing shareholders the opportunity to subscribe for new shares under the same conditions as in the private placement
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from November 04 – November 10, 2019. https://marineenergy.biz/2019/11/05/sbm-offshore-to-deploy-wec-prototype-off-monaco/ https://marineenergy.biz/2019/11/08/orpc-secures-7-5-million-in-private-financing/ https://marineenergy.bi
Colorado-based clean tech company Atargis Energy is expanding its technical team by hiring a CFD Specialist and an Ocean Engineer. This week the US Department of Energy (DoE) approved funding for a three-year program to demonstrate the capabilities of the 2.5 MW Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter under
Siemens Gamesa has unveiled the first prototype nacelle for the SG 10.0-193 DD offshore wind turbine at its facility in Brande, Denmark. Siemens Gamesa launched the SG 10.0-193 DD, the company’s first 10+ MW offshore wind turbine, at the beginning of this year. The 10MW rating is said to be made pos
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, led by the University of Plymouth, has launched an interactive Research Landscape to communicate Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) research. The mission of the Supergen ORE Hub is to connect academia, industry, policymakers and the public to inspire research
