Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave, has started capital raising via a share purchase plan (SPP) to raise up to Au$5 million for its Garden Island CETO 6 and renewable microgrid projects. The SPP will allow all eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between Au$3,000 and Au$15,000 wor
Wandsworth Council has introduced a plan to remove the half-tide weir on the River Wandle at Wandsworth with the main goal to allow the tidal river to return to its natural state to support biodiversity in central London. Funding for the project is being provided by Tideway, the company responsible
The mission of dredging harbors and connecting federal navigation channels along Lake Erie and Lake Ontario is the responsibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, and is vital to the functionality of the Great Lakes Navigation System (GLNS) and the overall U.S. economy.
Chinese wind turbine designer and manufacturer China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited has received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter from its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chuanwei Zhang to buy all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the NYSE-listed company not already in his owne
Norwegian-based tidal energy developer, Tidal Sails, has received all the necessary permits to develop a 4 MW tidal energy power plant in Kvalsund Strait, near Hammerfest, Northern Norway. According to Are Børgesen, Chairman and Founder of Tidal Sails, the project proposal is up for European Commiss
Royal IHC has expanded its activities with the acquisition of Robbins Technology Group (RTG) in Brisbane, Australia, and Fraser Hydraulic Power (FHP) in the UK. With these latest acquisitions, IHC has expanded its offshore rental fleet and gained a stronger foothold in the mining market respectively
DNV GL has issued new service specification certification of tidal turbines and arrays, along with a new technical standard for tidal turbines. The new service specification DNVGL-SE-0163 Certification is built on the foundation of DNV-OSS-312 Certification of Tidal and Wave Energy Converters and th
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has allocated £2.25 million to 8 technology developers and consortia as part of its second competitive call for novel wave energy converters. The projects will receive £300,000 each to take their technologies through WES’ stage one technology development process over the p
CorPower Ocean, a Swedish wave energy developer, has completed €6.5 million funding round for the development of its wave energy technology whose design was inspired by the pumping principles of human heart. According to CorPower, the investment will allow a third round of testing of its CorPower wa
The Canal de Panamá has just released this amazing video which shows the backhoe dredger Alberto Aleman Zubieta during its deepening work on the Panama Canal Expansion Project. Royal IHC delivered the giant to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in 2013. The vessel is equipped with three spud hoist
US Department of Energy (DoE) has selected California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) to receive $1.5 million in additional funding for the California Wave Energy Test Center (CalWave) project. According to Stonehenge Metals, part of the Cal Poly team, the $1.5 million funding award is targeted at
Royal IHC (IHC) – a Dutch maritime group focused on the design and construction of vessels and services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets – has just posted this Cutter Pump photo on its facebook page. The picture shows three brand new CutterSpecial® pumps with Curve® impeller ready t
The Dutch fishing cooperative YE 118 Noordland BV has taken delivery of its new shellfish dredger from Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam. The new vessel, called YE 118 Noordland, has fishing gear specially designed for dredging razor shells. It comprises a 5.5-tonne basket that is lowered over the
The Cebu City Government has bought five brand new heavy equipment units which will be used for the road repair schemes and the waterway dredging projects. Engineer Jose Marie Poblete, Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) chief, said that the equipment turned over to them by the supplie
