Technology
Highlights of the Month: May 2017
Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects
Video: SeaPower Platform winter trials off Ireland
The Marine Institute of Ireland has provided an overview of the testing activities on the SeaPower wave energy device undertaken at the SmartBay marine renewables test site.
Life DemoWave clears permitting hurdles
Life DemoWave project has secured a permit to deploy wave energy converters for trials off the coast of Galicia, Spain.
Dragflow Proves Success in Brazil
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, has successfully completed a tailings pond dredging job at an iron mine in Brazil. Dragflow was called to face with the problem of dredging and returning the tailings back to a ‘Mineral Duct’. In addition, it was
HIE’s year end results show strong push for wave energy
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has through its subsidiary Wave Energy Scotland approved £12.4 million in 2016/17 for wave energy development projects.
Atlantis posts £7.3 million loss in 2016
Atlantis Resources has reported a post-tax loss of £7.3 million in 2016, a decrease of £9.3 million on the prior year profit.
ORPC not to pursue Cobscook Bay tidal license renewal
Ocean Power Energy Company (ORPC) has informed it would not apply for relicensing of the Cobscook Bay tidal energy project after the current license expires in 2022.
MAN Rollo to Provide LNG Generator Sets for Werkendam
Engine supplier MAN Rollo has just announced that they will provide the crane vessel Werkendam with three LNG generator sets. International marine and offshore contractor Van Oord is currently building the ship at Neptune Shipyards in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. It is the first LNG powered vessel for bo
Tocardo installs floating tidal device at EMEC
Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo Tidal Power has completed the installation of its floating tidal turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Interview: Device mimicking coral reef raises waves off Spain
Bilbao-based wave energy company Arrecife Energy Systems is making progress on the development of its wave energy system whose design was inspired by the coral reefs and their efficiency in absorbing the energy of the waves.
CorPower wave device feeds power to Swedish grid
CorPower Ocean’s wave energy device has delivered power to the Swedish grid during dry testing currently taking place in Stockholm.
Eco Wave Power checks Mexican waves
MetOcean Solutions has completed the wave energy assessment of a nearshore site on the west coast of Mexico on behalf of the Israeli wave energy developer Eco Wave Power.
DolWin Gamma Topside Prepares for June Sail-Out
The DolWin gamma offshore platform is ready to sail out to the German North Sea after completing all the necessary testing at the Nordic Yard facility in Rostock, according to General Electric (GE).
Renewables build up, one LEGO brick at a time
Finnish developer AW-Energy has assembled its WaveRoller wave energy device. However, it was built using LEGO bricks to spark interest on the scalable wave energy solution.