Steelworkers who face unemployment due to Tata Steel’s announced job cuts in the South Wales region, could be bailed by the new jobs Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project would bring to the local community.
Swedish design and engineering company Hexicon AB has submitted a scoping report to Marine Scotland for its proposed floating wind demonstration project off Dounreay, Scotland. The Dounreay Trì project will consist of a single semi-submersible platform and two wind turbines with a total capacity of
AquaHarmonics, one of the teams competing for the Wave Energy Prize challenge, is developing a point absorber wave energy device consisting of power take-off (PTO) system mounted in a cylinder shaped hull with a single mooring line that has a power cable at its core. The PTO system consists of a she
KTN, CENSIS, ORE Catapult and Scottish Enterprise are setting up an event with the aim of facilitating those interested in pursuing collaborative development projects to accelerate the commercial development of offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies. The morning session will provide an overview
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 18-24). Maryport’s Harbor Dredging Project Starts Next Month Van Oord, a Dutch dredging company, has won the Maryport’s harbor dredging contract. Chinese Duo Wins Major Port Deal in Algeria Two Chinese
Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger from Royal IHC. The vessel, a modular IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP built at the yard in Sliedrecht, will be delivered on 1 April 2016. This cutter suction dredger will be named Biesbosch. After delivery, the vessel will be deployed at the ‘Zeetoegang IJmuiden
Waves4Power, a Sweden-based wave energy developer, has assembled its WaveEL wave energy buoy yesterday, January 21, 2016, in Falkenberg, Sweden.
The consortium between Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) and IH Cantabria has launched TRL+ project that aims to advance the development of marine energy industry. The TRL+ initiative, led by bimep, will seek projects that enhance technological and scientific solutions for marine renewable energ
Komatsu Europe International N.V. will present the new PC138US-11 short tail swing hydraulic excavator at the Bauma 2016 International Fair. The PC138US-11 has a net horsepower of 93.5 hp (69.7 kW), powered by a Komatsu SAA4D95LE engine. Alex Visentin, Product Manager at Komatsu Europe International
Wind energy can be converted into methane gas and stored in a natural gas grid, eliminating carbon emissions from biogas plants which use this method, a research project carried out by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Lemvig Biogas Plant has shown. Through the MeGA-StoRE project (Methan
Sotenäs wave energy plant has started delivering power to the Nordic electricity grid following the connection of several buoys to wave energy converters. The connection of the six-meter diameter buoys to the corresponding linear generator wave energy converters on the seabed represents the final st
Aurum Pumpen GmbH, a German manufacturer and distributor of industrial pumps and dredgers, has commissioned its non self-propelled dredger of ADST-300 series in Belarus last month. Aurum’s customer, Berezovskiy Silicate products plant, intended to achieve sand winning at submerged depths previously
Swansea-based wave energy developer, Marine Power Systems (MPS), has been selected as finalist for the St David Award for Innovation and Technology. The St David Awards annually recognise and celebrate the exceptional achievements of people in Wales. The Innovation and Technology category is intende
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada, an international conservation organization, has supported in-stream tidal energy developments in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. The basis of WWF-Canada’s support is that tidal power generation, if done responsibly, can reduce GHG output, stimulate economic a
