Today, the National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has announced that it will test the prototype power train for the SeaGen-S 2 megawatt (MW) device developed by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT). The six-month programme at Narec in Northumberland will focus on validating the new 1MW powe
The Welsh Government has given its approval to the development of the Skerries Tidal Stream Array, which will be Wales’ first commercial tidal energy farm. The Skerries tidal array, one of the largest of its kind to be consented in the UK, will be developed by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (
Hycom BV, an international supplier of hydraulic systems for applications in the industry, offshore, marine and dredging, civil works and aviation has become a new member of the Hydac Group. At Hycom, application knowhow, innovation and flexibility are used when designing complete and energy saving
MeyGen has been awarded a capital grant of £10 million by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Meygen will use the grant to further develop its Demonstration Array via the Marine Energy Accelerator Developer (MEAD) process which started in March 2012. The MeyGen project is the largest
Dredgers factory ”VVV-Spetstekhnika” (Ukraine, Kherson) has opened the representative office in Nigeria and Ghana. At the moment, the construction of the dredger HCC 2000/63 is coming to an end. This dredger will be sent to African customers. Dredger is equipped with cutterhead and able to extract s
The bucket can be used with all types of hydraulic excavator, either land-based or floating, and is especially suited to work in narrow canals, small reservoirs or harbors where only a few thousand m3 of material needs to be removed and where a full-size dredger would prove impractical or uneconomic
Leading manufacturer of major maritime projects, Nordic Yards, has signed a contract to construct an offshore transformer platform. The client, Alstom, with whom Nordic Yards will be working for the first time, was awarded the tender by transmission grid operator TenneT Offshore GmbH. DolWin gamma i
Damen RoRo Deep Dredge system is a flexible dredging installation for deepwater offshore operation that can be mounted on various vessels. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Separation of dredging and transport lowers operating costs and in
A couple of weeks ago, members of the MeyGen development team accompanied their research partners the Environmental Research Institute (ERI), Exeter University and contractors Mojo Maritime to deploy three Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) on the Inner Sound seabed. The mobilisation of the i
Marine Scotland Science (MSS) recently undertook CARIS HIPS and SIPS training conducted by CARIS BV’s Michal Borkowski at the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, UK. The purpose of the training was to focus on streamlining workflows and processes with their multibeam data. MSS received training a number
Wave loading on the Lugar de Baixo marina on the island of Madeira (Portugal) is so severe that the marina cannot be used and the breakwater suffered serious damage. A new breakwater is needed. Deltares is advising the local government, conducting a model study in the Delta Basin to test the design
Nigeria: Sand Dredger Killed in Lagos Explosion An explosion under the Festac Link Bridge yesterday killed one person and left another seriously injured. Nigeria: Lagos Police Arrests Suspect for Explosion The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man in connection with the explosion which occ
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise have launched a research and development funding call to support project ideas with the potential to reduce the cost of producing energy from offshore wind. R&D funding is available to support the development of the offshore wind industr
This video shows the new state of the art dredging software used by the backhoe dredger PAT M. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Amazing fast 3D graphics and perfect control, remote access and viewing from the office via the internet. [map
