Technology
Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 December 2016
Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms The Dutch government announced that a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi / DGE won the second Borssele tender. Following the announcement, the consortium revealed that the preferred supplier for the wind turbines i
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 12-18, 2016). IADC Dredging in Figures 2015 Available The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released its Dredging in Figures 2015, an annual review of the global dredging ma
BRTP gets on GreenTec Awards 2017 list
Canadian tidal energy developer Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP) has been included among the top 10 projects running in the Energy category of 2017’s GreenTec Awards.
SEM-REV gears up for 2017 trials
Two ocean energy research and development projects will be tested off France at the marine renewables test site SEM-REV as part of the EU-backed FORESEA program.
GKinetic seeks test site partners for tidal demo
GKinetic Energy is looking for potential tidal test sites and collaborative partners for its tidal energy demonstration projects starting in 2017.
Atmocean raising funds ahead of ocean deployment
Atmocean is raising funds through an equity offer to finance the final wave tank testing of its wave energy system ahead of deployment off Ilo, Peru.
GreenSpur’s Vision Spurred with GBP 50K from SCORE Fund
GreenSpur Renewables has been awarded GBP 50,000 from the GBP 6 million SCORE fund, to move towards putting its low cost direct drive permanent magnet generator (DD-PMG) to test at the 10MW+ level by the early 2020s. The company’s technology is using ferrites to create the magnetic field instead of
Swansea lagoon delay looms as NRW and TLP dispute continues
The construction of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon could face a possible delay as Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) disagree on the effects the project could have on the fish in the area.
SEENEOH prepares two berths for tidal testing
SEENEOH tidal test center has completed the construction of two tidal testing berths at the Garonne river, Bordeaux, France.
Atlantis embarks on MeyGen’s next phase
Atlantis Resources has unveiled plans to start the construction of the second phase of the MeyGen tidal array project in 2017.
Italdraghe Delivers SGT400 Cutter Suction Dredger to Iraq
Italdraghe SpA has successfully completed delivery of a SGT 400 Cutter Suction Dredger to the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources. The CSD comes as the first in a series of three dredgers that Italdraghe will supply to this client. According to the company, the dredger that is fully operational now in
Tocardo wraps up scaled UFS testing
Tocardo has completed the tests of its scaled Universal Foundation System (UFS) at the MARIN research institute in the Netherlands.
Indonesia’s Pertamina sets up energy innovation challenge
Indonesia’s state-owned energy company Pertamina has launched a Rp 500 million ($38,000) innovation competition which targets new and renewable energy technologies and business ideas.
US to advance Californian offshore renewables
US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Governor of California Edmund G. Brown to encourage the development of renewables, including wave energy.