The University of Maine (UMaine) Composites Center is currently testing US Wave Energy Prize challenge finalists’ scaled wave energy devices to generate performance data that will allow a panel of judges selected by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to evaluate the teams. The Harold Alfond W2 Ocean
Orkney-based tidal energy developer Scotrenewables Tidal Power has secured £5.7 million for the demonstration of its SR2000 floating tidal turbine. Scotrenewables’ existing shareholders ABB, Scottish Government’s Renewable Energy Investment Fund/REIF, Total New Energies, Bonheur ASA & Ganger Rolf AS
Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK 9 million ($1 million) for cable research project related to Waves4Power’s WaveEL wave energy project at Runde test site off Norway. Nkt cables, Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut, and Chalmers University of Technology will conduct reliability testing on low v
Sotenäs Wave Energy Plant, developed by Seabased in cooperation with Fortum and Swedish Energy Agency, has been connected to the Swedish national grid. The first 1 MW of the wave energy farm was connected to the Swedish national grid via a 10 km subsea cable after the 120 tonnes subsea generator was
Van Oord has named a new cutter suction dredger at the yard of Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. The vessel, which was given the name Mangystau, is the second modified Damen CSD 650 cutter suction dredger in the Van Oord fleet. The naming ceremony was performed by Ms J.P.T.M. Ver
GKinetic Energy has launched its OC1 tidal energy device following the completion of two month trial at Limerick Docks, Ireland. The launched pilot device is a 15 kW river unit capable of powering small communities from natural river flow. However, commercial deployment is expected to lead to larger
BioPower Systems (BPS) has deployed its 250 kW bioWAVE pilot demonstration wave energy unit off Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia. The bioWAVE was deployed by a crane-equipped ship, which transported the device to the site and lowered it into the water. The structure was angled slightly, piercing the
James Stephen and Francis Newton of BDO LLP, the joint administrators of Aquamarine Power, have appointed Metis Partners to support the marketing and sale of the Aquamarine Power’s intellectual property (IP) assets. Glasgow-based intellectual property specialist firm Metis Partners stated that Aquam
Laminaria, a Belgian wave energy developer, has signed a contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to test its wave energy converter off Orkney. The agreement was signed on December 15, 2015, and the testing is planned to take place at EMEC’s grid-connected wave test site at Billia Croo
Take a look at the video showcasing the deployment of Tidal Energy Ltd’s DeltaStream device into Ramsey Sound, off Wales.
SeaRoc, the company behind the SeaPlanner marine management software, said it is looking ahead to a much more active offshore wind market in the following three years, after a relatively slow 2015. SeaRoc Group’s Managing Director Steve Pears said: “2015 has brought both challenges and opportunities
Atlas Ocean Systems, a US-based wave energy developer, has completed the trials of its scaled SQ5 wave energy device running for the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Wave Energy Prize. The 1:50 scaled wave energy converter model was tested at the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory at the University of M
Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC), a manufacturer of medium speed diesel engines, has announced the sale of two 16VDZD dual fuel engines (MDO/LNG), that will power DEME’s new generation trailing suction hopper dredger. The commissioning of the dredger ‘Minerva’ is scheduled for late 2016, making it th
Fugro has been awarded new task orders by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) to conduct airborne LiDAR bathymetry (ALB) surveys in Eastern and Central Canada. The task orders, which have been issued under a supply arrangement Fugro holds with the CHS, are in support of their nautical charting p
