The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) announced today that the Icebreaker offshore wind project, planned for the Ohio waters of Lake Erie, will utilize Mono Bucket foundations, developed by Denmark-based Universal Foundation (UF). “Universal Foundation’s Mono Bucket foundation recent
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) announced today that the Icebreaker offshore wind project, planned for the Ohio waters of Lake Erie, will utilize Mono Bucket foundations, developed by Denmark-based Universal Foundation (UF). “Universal Foundation’s Mono Bucket foundation recent
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) and Vitens Evides International (VEI) from the Netherlands have just released an update video about their Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. This program, launched in 2014, is strongly focused on improving the
FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at Edinburgh University and Canadian marine turbulence specialists Rockland Scientific will join forces to measure impact of turbulence on wave and tidal energy devices. The organizations will work together to develop tank-scale turbulence measurement technolog
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has just announced that after 62 days of work their hopper dredger McFarland successfully completed emergency dredging operations on the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The ‘Mac’, one of four oceangoing hopper dredgers owned and opera
MBN Lars Hoppe, dealer for Waterking amphibious excavators and accessories in Germany, recently organized dredging demonstration for a German water board district. The demonstration started with the help of a Waterking WK 100 NG-AS. The amphibious excavator was equipped with side pontoons and spudpo
According to the Department of Water Resources (DWR), construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is its nearing completion. The barrier now spans the approximately 750-foot-wide river between Jersey and Bradford islands and blocks sa
Osiris, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has taken delivery of its new Bauer Enriched Air Nitrox diving system for projects in the global offshore renewable and oil and gas industries. The IMCA compliant system offers a safe and cost-effective solution by enabling longer dive times with a potentia
Construction of the 900-meter quay at the Port of Gothenburg has been completed three months ahead of schedule thanks to close collaboration between the Port of Gothenburg, the terminal operator APM Terminals Gothenburg and the contractors. The quay is now ready to receive large ocean-going containe
Anchors for BlueTec tidal platform are being towed into position on May 28, 2015, ahead of the planned installation of the floating tidal platform. The platform will serve as a demonstration targeted at remote locations, and will be deployed off Texel island, after which it will be connected to the
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, has completed the cable laying procedure for its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The cable was installed using Bourbon’s Argonaut tugboat that is 69 m long and 14 m wide. The installation of the 2 km, 7.5 kVA cable started on Monday, May 25.
China is planning to build three wave energy test sites off Shandong, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. The small-scale test site planned for Shandong will be designated for both tidal current and wave energy technologies. The site off Zhejiang will comprise a full scale test site for tidal turbines
NNMREC, together with NOAA, will be performing a current survey throughout Puget Sound, Washington, US, to ensure the accuracy of tidal current predictions. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) through its Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) will be
With EDF set to operate a tidal energy array near Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France at the end of 2015, GE Power Conversion reported that it is on track for finalization of the electrical conversion system, due for summer 2015. GE’s Belfort team is working diligently to perform relevant tests befor
