The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has added marine energy to the open-source System Advisor Model (SAM) toolkit to facilitate the cost and performance analysis for wave and tidal energy systems.
TEPCO Renewable Power (TEPCO RP) has joined the TetraSpar floating foundation demonstration project by buying a 30% stake. In addition to TEPCO RP, the share structure in the project includes Shell holding a 46.2% share, RWE 23.1% and Stiesdal Offshore Technologies 0.7%. Through their collaboration
The fifth and final MaRINET2 call results have been announced, bringing the project’s total budget for free lab, tank and open-sea testing for offshore renewables to €5 million.
Danish engineering company Ramboll has announced it will provide multidisciplinary engineering expertise to the Equinor’s floating solar project planned for deployment offshore Norway.
Kongsberg Maritime has announced the next generation of its HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Named HUGIN Endurance, the new AUV boosts operational duration to approximately 15 days, enabling extended survey and inspection missions. This allows HUGIN Endurance to undertake extensive mission
Ballard Power Systems has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Ventures, an Australia-based provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy, for the development of a new fuel cell-powered ship, called C-H2 Ship, designed to t
Once only a multi-purpose concept, a solution that uses already existing breakwaters coupled with integrated wave energy devices has become a reality in the Powerpier project that will soon be deployed for trials offshore Norway. Geir Arne Solheim, the chief executive officer of Havkraft – a technol
A collaborative, green solution developed by COSL Drilling Europe, Kongsberg, and NOV is poised to generate savings in offshore drilling operations.
Fugro is developing an offshore platform from which uncrewed vessels and drones can perform inspection and maintenance operations on offshore wind farms. Together with three partner companies and a research institute, Fugro has been granted EUR 3.3 million for the RoboDock project by the Netherlands
Stena Drilling has entered into a strategic framework agreement for decarbonisation exploration with dCarbonX for the development of “geoenergy” resources.
Scottish developer of floating tidal technology Orbital Marine Power is completing the final assembly of the O2 tidal turbine ahead of its launch at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) planned for this spring.
Shell, C3 AI, Baker Hughes, and Microsoft have launched the Open AI Energy Initiative (OAI), a first-of-its-kind open ecosystem of artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions for the energy and process industries. Specifically, the OAI provides a framework for energy operators, service providers, e
Scottish marine energy company Nova Innovation has announced a ground-breaking project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay.
A research project on sustainable installation and decommissioning of XXL monopiles for large next-generation offshore wind turbines has been launched in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) will give EUR 4 million to support the project, called Sustainable Installation of XXL Mo
