Atmocean, a US-based wave energy technology developer, is conducting its third wave tank trial this year at Texas A&M University’s Haynes Laboratory. Following the March and June tests, the current trial campaign of Atmocean’s wave energy system will guide the design optimization for various wave en
USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media on 18 August. Bilfinger Exits Offshore Wind Foundations Business Germany’s VTC Group Munich has bought Bilfinger’s share in Bilfinger Mars
Oscilla Power will receive a $5.35 million grant towards a 4-year long, $10.2 million project that will culminate in the testing of a community-scale Triton wave energy system in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The grant, awarded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), will help Oscilla Power to integrate cost-r
At the Port of Corinto, on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast, a DOP Submersible Dredge Pump 150 has started on a capital dredging project. The municipality of Corinto has decided to build a wave barrier that will protect the town against the wave intrusion. The delivered DOP150 is equipped with a cutter uni
German engineering consultancy Gicon will postpone the installation of the full scale demonstrator of its floating offshore foundation, the Gicon SOF, in the Baltic Sea to 2017 due to ”procedural challenges”. The Gicon SOF is a tension leg platform developed by Gicon and ESG GmbH in co-operation wit
Vattenfall has ordered a full Mermaid system license for the strategic planning of its offshore wind farm operations from James Fisher Marine Services, part of James Fisher and Sons plc. Mermaid provides increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule to com
Vattenfall has ordered a full Mermaid system license for the strategic planning of its offshore wind farm operations from James Fisher Marine Services, part of James Fisher and Sons plc. Mermaid provides increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule to com
Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has been awarded with a $5.3 million grant by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in the latest round of funding. The company will use the funds to complete the commercial design of its TidGen Power System, according to Penobscot Bay Pilot.
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has selected 10 organizations which will receive more than $20 million in funding for new research, development, and demonstration projects that advance and monitor wave and tidal energy systems.
Rockland Scientific, a Canadian company specializing in marine turbulence, is preparing its tidal turbulence devices for deployment in Canada and the UK.
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is expanding the number of offshore measuring locations and is entering a partnership with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). ECN, KNMI, Rijkswaterstaat and several other parties have various measurement masts and measurement system
Scotrenewables Tidal Power is performing final commissioning checks on the SR2000 floating tidal turbine before connecting the device to its mooring system at EMEC’s Fall of Warness grid-connected test site in Orkney, managed by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), according to Scottish media.
UK-based engineering company Ardmore Craig has been awarded numerous contracts for detail design and seafastening work associated with summer campaigns in the offshore wind sector over the past few months. Projects include vessels destined for Burbo Bank, Bligh Bank, Race Bank, Rampion, Wikinger and
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has engaged with Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE 2020) to undertake research in finite element simulations that will allow MPS to de-risk the build and test-stage of the WaveSub power take off float.
