The Oslo Fairway dredging works, undertaken by a Finnish dredging equipment manufacturer and contractor – Wasa Dredging, are progressing very well so far. Wasa has just released this beautiful photo from this dredging scheme, which shows their backhoe giant Hector during the deepening work at the mo
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has acquired a containerized hyperbaric chamber in order to increase the safety of the underwater activities of the research facility. The hyperbaric chamber is part of the equipment strategy included in the PLOCAN roadmap in order to answer to the
Researchers at the Technical University in Denmark (DTU) are currently involved in testing wind turbine blades at a test hall on Risø Campus to determine why a blade buckles under the constant pressure from the wind and gravity, or why it collapses under the extreme load applied by sudden and powerf
Researchers at the Technical University in Denmark (DTU) are currently involved in testing wind turbine blades at a test hall on Risø Campus to determine why a blade buckles under the constant pressure from the wind and gravity, or why it collapses under the extreme load applied by sudden and powerf
Windcat Workboats’ Windgrip system has been selected as one of the eight finalists for RenewableUK’s 2016 Health & Safety Award. The patent pending system was developed in 2014 to improve the safety of the operation transferring personnel to wind farms, and has the added benefits of reducing stress
Windcat Workboats’ Windgrip system has been selected as one of the eight finalists for RenewableUK’s 2016 Health & Safety Award. The patent pending system was developed in 2014 to improve the safety of the operation transferring personnel to wind farms, and has the added benefits of reducing stress
A 3.4 MW tidal power generator developed by China has been installed off Zhoushan island, eastern part of the country. The modular generator is 70 m long and 30 m wide. With the height of 20 m, it weighs around 2,500 tonnes. According to the Chinese government, the device is expected to start produc
Resolute Marine Energy (RME) Cape Verde, a subsidiary of the US-based wave energy player RME, has received $930,000 to develop a wave-powered desalination system. The fuding granted by the African Development Bank-hosted (AFDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) will be used for setting up th
Waves4Power, a Sweden-based wave energy developer, is organizing a public viewing of their WaveEL wave energy device at Eriksberg quayside, Gothenburg, Sweden, ahead of its deployment.
Dramatically increasing the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase GDP, social welfare and employment worldwide, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics report states that ac
KIC InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe, has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in an effort to bring new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The call is seeking European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger, that have an innovat
The OCEANERA-NET project will offer the latest information about the upcoming second joint call for collaborative research in ocean energy at a side event during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2016. The aim of the OCEANERA-NET joint call 2016, set to be launched early in 2016, i
KIC InnoEnergy has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in their bid to propel new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The Call is seeking European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger, that have an innovation in sustainable energy but that need support commercialis
Fraunhofer UK, Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have teamed up to develop a new way to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS project (Offshore Renewable energy Cable Health monitoring
