Technology
Scottish Canals Invests in New Dredging Machinery
Scottish Canals is gearing up for the busy summer boating season by investing £250,000 in new machinery to help carry out a comprehensive program of dredging and weed cutting along the nation’s waterways. The works will be delivered by Scottish Canals’ in-house dredging team, who will work with boat
Witt exceeds equity raise target
Witt Ltd, the developer behind the technology that converts motional energy into electricity, has hit the £750,000 equity raise target. The Plymouth-based company has launched the equity raise campaign on March 7, 2016, to accelerate the WITT technology manufacturing for its first application as the
Israeli wave energy player gets industry accolades
Eco Wave Power, an Israeli wave energy player, has received several recognitions for the progress the company made in the wave energy sector. Eco Wave Power (EWP) has completed the construction and entered the testing phase of its first commercial scale power plant in Gibraltar, the company informed
New software to model tidal turbines’ effect on physical marine environment
Work is currently underway to use a new hydrodynamic model, called the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) to model the effect of tidal turbines on the physical marine environment. So far, the model has been used to provide tidal and wave energy resource maps around Orkney, and to study the connectivity of f
Van Oord Selects Valeport SWiFT SVPs
Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has selected Valeport’s SWiFT SVP for its various survey activities. The SWiFT SVP is designed to ensure a seamless workflow and has an integral GPS to geo-locate every profile. The compact unit features high ac
SKF Moves Turbine Inspection into the Cloud
Sweden’s SKF has developed an app-based turbine maintenance support system designed to improve inspection efficiency and reduce costs for frontline maintenance teams, while providing operators with real time data on turbine performance and reliability. The SKF Enlight mobile and cloud based data col
Prysmian’s 66kV Cable System Ready to Hit Offshore Wind Market
Energy cable systems provider Prysmian Group has gained verification of its 66kV cable system technology for offshore wind inter-array networks. “This new qualification milestone is a further advance along our path towards the development of innovative, sustainable and cost effective cable solutions
Dredging at HMNB Devonport in Plymouth Begins
Just two weeks after permission was given to begin dumping silt in Whitsand Bay, the maintenance dredging operations in and adjacent to Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport in Plymouth already started. According to Queens Harbor Master Plymouth and Cattewater Harbor Master, dredging operations
French Scientists Developing Cables for Floaters
French researchers gathered around the Omdyn R&D project are working on developing dynamic umbilical cables which will find particular application in floating turbines. The project is dedicated to the development of the dynamic cables used in floating marine energy applications. The cables, which ca
French Scientists Developing Cables for Floaters
French researchers gathered around the Omdyn R&D project are working on developing dynamic umbilical cables which will find particular application in floating turbines. The project is dedicated to the development of the dynamic cables used in floating marine energy applications. The cables, which ca
Jan De Nul Wins Tahkoluoto Wind Farm Contract
Wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy has chosen Jan De Nul Group as the main contractor of marine construction for the new offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland. Jan De Nul NV from Belgium will be responsible for dredging, seabed construction work and the installation of foundations and wind turbi
VIDEO: Leonardo Da Vinci Cutter Ladder Removal Operation
Gemak Group, a ship repair and ship building group from Turkey, has been awarded in September 2015 by Jan De Nul Group to undertake the middle life refit project of their cutter suction dredger “Leonardo Da Vinci”. The scope of the project included removal of 1200 tons cutter ladder from the vessel,
BLUE Hammer Driving Piles In Quietly
Dutch research institute TNO has measured underwater noise levels during pile driving trials conducted by Fistuca on a testpile, during which BLUE Hammer device demonstrated that very low noise levels can be achieved. All underwater sound levels measured during these tests were far below the most st
ESNA Lands Grants to Develop Wind Farm Service Vessel
ESNA, a Norwegian designer of air cushioned catamarans and Surface Effect Ships (SES), has received grants totalling NOK 3.5 million (approx. EUR 370,000) to develop the next generation SES for offshore service operations. ESNA received a NOK 3 million grant from the Regional Research Council Agder,