Scottish Ministers are gathering in Inverness for a convention to discuss how to tackle issues affecting the Highlands and Islands. Climate change and population growth will be among the main topics of discussion at the Convention of Highlands and Islands, along with economic opportunities related t
AXYS has appointed Richard Khaira-Creswell as the director of the Project Management Office (PMO) and senior principle metocean engineer. The PMO at AXYS coordinates efforts company-wide to help the company meet and exceed clients’ Floating LiDAR and Metocean campaign project expectations. In this r
OES-Environmental (formerly Annex IV) and ORJIP Ocean Energy are setting up a marine-energy-related workshop on December 4, 2019. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a state of the science on environmental effects of marine renewable energy and to examine pathways for determining data needs, m
ETIP Ocean, in cooperation with OES-Environmental, will host a webinar at 15:00 CET on 19 November 2019 on marine spatial planning and ocean energy development. In this webinar, you will hear experts discussing MSP approaches and opportunities to the ocean energy sector, how some national maritime s
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European Marine Energy Centre EMEC is looking for a Project Administration Officer to provide administrative support to the company. The Project Administration Officer should have a good understanding of office systems and procedures, be IT literate and have sound knowledge of MS office packages, ex
The DTOceanPlus project partners recently met for 2 days of technical and PSC meeting at Aalborg University. Working sessions and discussions focused on the progress made in the development of tools for the selection, development and deployment of ocean energy systems. DTOceanPlus, through the H2020
Bibby Marine, a Bibby Line Group company, has appointed Helen Samuels as its new chief executive officer. Samuels will join the Group in January 2020 from Network Rail, where she currently holds the position of engineering director. Prior to this Samuels worked as engineering director for United Uti
The Scottish Green Energy Awards has shortlisted potential winners including those involved in the marine energy sector. In the category for ‘Outstanding Project Award’, European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been nominated for its (Hydrogen Diesel Injection in a Marine Environment) HyDIME project
Interreg France (Channel) England Programme has approved the biggest ever Interreg project that will prove to be game-changing for the European tidal stream energy sector. The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project, known as TIGER, is an ambitious €45.4 million project, of which €29.9 million (66%)
Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC), on behalf of the OPIN project, will present the potential of marine energy during Europort 2019. Taking place in the world port city of Rotterdam from 5 – 8 November, Europort is setting up a series of high-profile masterclasses targeting a specific maritime sector
Innovative companies can now apply for up to EUR 17,5 million in combined grant and equity to scale-up quickly and effectively through the EIC Accelerator. The European Innovation Council pilot is increasing their support for ground-breaking concepts that could shape new markets or disrupt existing
Edinburgh scientists have demonstrated their latest robotics technology developed for the renewable energy sector as part of a multi-million-pound collaboration. A consortium of five universities, including Edinburgh, has unveiled the latest results from the ORCA Hub – an academic centre for researc
The 10th Okinawa Hawaii Ocean Energy and Economic Development Symposium will take place on November 8-9, 2019 in Kona on the Island of Hawaii. Under the Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, the United States Department of Energy, Okinawa Prefecture
