A joint initiative of the H2020 OPERA and INTERREG 2SEAS MET-CERTIFIED projects is setting up a a workshop on certification of marine energy converters. Both the OPERA and MET-CERTIFIED projects have been applying the IEC standards to real world wave and tidal energy deployments. The workshop aims t
SIMEC Atlantis Energy, a global developer of renewable and sustainable energy projects, is looking to recruit a digital designer & communications manager. Namely, the company is seeking a talented digital designer with experience in communications and/or digital marketing to lead on its external com
WavEC Offshore Renewables is seeking to appoint a senior engineer to take the leadership of the Technology and Monitoring team. WavEC is an R&D-based consulting non-profit company dedicated to the development and promotion of marine renewable energy technologies (including wave energy and offshore w
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has shipped out its commercial RivGen device from Maine to Igiugig Village, Alaska. The RivGen device will be installed in the Kvichak River this summer to provide electricity to the remote community of Igiugig. The device was manufactured at Midcoast Regional Re
Earlier this month, the first consortium meeting was held in Bilbao, which will work in the coming years, until September 30, 2022, in the European project NEMMO (Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean energy) . The project aims to design, model and test small-scale prototypes of larger, l
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 22-28, 2019). Hard Times for Uljanik, Jan De Nul Wants Money Back Jan De Nul Group is demanding the repayment of all installments paid to Croatia’s troubled Uljanik Shipyard, plus interest, after they cance
Bombora Wave Power has been selected by Enzen to supply a grid connected wave farm to be located in the Atlantic Ocean on the north side of Lanzarote, the fourth largest of the Spanish Canary Islands, off the coast of northern Africa. Enzen has identified that Lanzarote has a large and consistent wa
Following extensive research and innovation in partnership with German engine manufacturer, Deutz AG (Deutz), Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) has announced the launch of its first electric mini excavator concept. The arrival of the Kobelco Electric powered 17SR comes just three yea
The Balmoral Subsea Test Centre in Aberdeen has carried out hydrostatic tests on equipment that will be used to monitor the interaction between tidal turbines and marine mammals in the Pentland Firth. The linear actuators that were tested form part of a marine mammal monitoring station anchored to t
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has supplied a 1.2m data buoy platform to the “ORION” joint research and development center in Nicosia, Cyprus, for use as a real-time monitoring station on an EU-funded project managing coastal erosion. According to OSIL, “The Harmonized Coastal Corrosion M
Europe continues to lead the world in ocean energy deployments, and last year its tidal projects produced record volumes of electricity, according to yearly statistics published by Ocean Energy Europe. In 2018, European tidal stream installations reached 26.8MW, and wave energy installations 11.3MW.
Jupiter Hydro (Jupiter) has applied for a 5 MW demonstration permit adjacent to the FORCE Marine Renewable Energy site, south of Black Rock. The location takes advantage of the existing grid connections, environmental and physical studies prepared for FORCE, and has appropriate tidal flows for the p
Wello said that its optimized Penguin model – WEC2 is complete and ready to depart the Tallinn shipyard over the next few days, to be towed towards Orkney, Scotland. The new wave energy converter device will be installed by the coast as soon as it arrives. According to Finnish technology company, Pe
RH Marine has supplied its Rhodium Alarm Monitoring System (AMS) and Dynamic Positioning and Tracking Control System (DPT) for the Ecodelta, the first Dutch dredger on LNG. The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), owned by Van der Kamp, is 134 meters long, 21 meters wide and can dredge up to 37 m
