Indonesia has promised that it will provide incentives, including import-tax reduction, in an effort to increase investment in the country’s renewable energy projects. According to The Jakarta Post, Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, Sudirman Said, announced new regulations that would
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded funding to ORPC Ireland for conducting a feasibility assessment to identify tidal energy development opportunities in the coastal waters of County Donegal, Ireland. The project will review existing resource data, evaluate grid accessibil
Atmocean, a US wave energy developer, has retrieved its wave energy system that was deployed off Ilo, Peru. The system was deployed on July 5, 2015, and remained on sea trials for three weeks. Atmocean stated the system experienced wave heights of 4 m over diurnal cycles during the deployment. The d
Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) has started preparations ahead of announced additional testing of Oceana in-river turbine. According to ACEP, works at the its Energy Technology Facility are ramping up for the testing of the Oceana Energy’s in-river turbine as the testing of the turbine at
Jan De Nul Group is set to further expand its modern fleet with a self-propelled, cutter-suction dredger to be built at Croatian shipyard, Uljanik in Pula. The vessel, currently designated “JDN8069”, will feature 1 × MAN 14V48/60CR + 2 × MAN 9L48/60CR engines as well as 3 × step-up, RENK Rheine gear
Carnegie Wave Energy, an Australian wave energy developer, has completed the geophysical surveys and identified a number of feasible sites for the CETO 6 project. The geophysical survey activities used a number of different methods, including single and multi-beam echo sounding, side scan sonar and
The Liebherr product portfolio contains a large number of machines for the mining industry that perform a wide range of tasks both efficiently and reliably. One of these machines is the R 9150 mining excavator, purposely equipped with robust components, specifically designed for mining purposes. The
Mainstream Renewable Power has applied to the Scottish Ministers to vary the consent granted by the Scottish Ministers for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in October 2014 to increase the maximum rated turbine capacity. Last year, Mainstream Renewable Power selected Siemens to supply its SWT-
The Striped Bass Association (SBA), a Nova-Scotia based conservation group, is opposing to the installation of in-stream tidal energy turbines in the Minas Passage at the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. SBA is calling upon respective agencies, industry, and government to act in support of striped bass an
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has announced the beginning of marine operations related to anchor trials and anchor installations in West Bay and FORCE demonstration area in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. The announced operations will take place from August 19-26, 2015. In a noti
Columbia Power Technologies, an Oregon-based wave energy developer, has been chosen as one the finalists in the 2015 Defense Energy Technology Challenge. The Challenge is part of the annual Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit that will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug
DNV GL has issued a Statement of Feasibility for Alstom’s Oceade™ tidal turbine, which is the first milestone in the process of achieving Prototype Certification of the tidal turbine Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW. Alstom has been selected to supply four Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW tidal turbines to one of the world’s
DNV GL has issued a ‘Statement of Feasibility’ for Alstom’s Oceade 1.4 MW tidal turbine. DNV GL is using DNV-OSS-312 to certify the Oceade 18 tidal turbine, with the first stage in the process involving a full risk assessment of the turbine and agreeing actions to mitigate the risk of failure, DNV G
NEMOS, a German wave energy developer, has started the fully automatized operation of their scaled wave energy system in Denmark. The fully automatized 1:5 scaled NEMOS wave energy device is operating at Nissum Bredning test site in Denmark. It is equipped with optimized hardware and advanced operat
