Marine energy has taken a prominent place in the shortlist for this year’s Scottish Green Energy Awards having been featured in several prestigious categories honouring innovation, dedication and commitment to renewable energy.
ABS has awarded ABS CyberSafety product design assessment (PDA) to the DS4 Smart Platform developed by South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
TIGER project partners have carried out a bathymetry campaign of the seabed in the Gulf of Morbihan as part of preparations for the installation of Sabella’s tidal turbines.
Saipem has entered into a cooperation agreement with WSense, an Italian start-up, for developing complex communication networks for subsea drones.
Eco Wave Power Global has signed collaboration agreement with Lesico for the production of eight floaters for the EWP-EDF One project in Israel.
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has hired two UK-based consultancies to deliver oceanographic modelling support for its Deep Green tidal energy technology.
French marine energy company HydroQuest has tested the scaled model of its new tidal turbine technology at the Institute of Marine Engineering, part of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy.
Arup Group has found that replacing steel with concrete could reduce the costs of floating wave energy converters by 20%, as part of a project funded by Wave Energy Scotland (WES). Also, a new decision-making tool dubbed Convex has been developed to help wave energy device developers assess the feas
Dutch wave energy company Slow Mill Sustainable Power has come closer than ever to the first real sea demonstration of its wave energy prototype, which is currently undergoing final assembly before taking on the challenge of producing clean and renewable energy off the shores of the Netherlands.
Spanish research and technological development centre Tecnalia has unveiled a new version of the HarshLab laboratory with increased features and capabilities to carry out tests and research and development activities to address the needs of offshore industries and increase their competitiveness.
The Australian Ocean Energy Group (AOEG) has unveiled plans to establish the world’s first integrated ocean energy marketplace in an effort to accelerate the adoption of wave and tidal energy in the county, and showcase the ability of ocean energy to integrate with other renewables.
Spanish company Wedge Global is designing a new wave energy converter model for the Sea-Titan project. Wedge Global is currently conducting factory acceptance tests on the prototype and initial results are “positive meeting expectations”, the Flow Accelerator stated in its recent post. According to
Finnish wave energy company AW-Energy has secured a new patent approval in the European Union for its latest generation WaveRoller wave energy technology.
Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to technology in an autonomous tug project from ST Engineering, POSH and M1 Limited.
