The Basque Country and Scotland have partnered up in a new five-year collaborative project named EuropeWave to channel €20 million to the most promising wave energy concepts.
Deploying ocean energy at scale requires simpler, faster consenting processes that are informed by the latest environmental research, according to a new report launched by sectoral advisory group ETIP Ocean.
Marina Solutions has received permission from the Norwegian authorities to temporarily moor a wave energy test plant outside the Atlantic Ocean Park in Ålesund.
Boxfish Research said it has delivered a record-breaking depth range during its latest deep sea mission in New Zealand. According to the company, this represents the first underwater deployment of a small, battery-operated ROV to reach 710 metres, exceeding the industry standard. Boxfish said its R&
Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin Shipping Limited has pledged to offset all carbon emissions from its global shore-side operations starting in 2020. These will include all office activities, commuting and business and crew travel. To this end, Pacific Basin has partnered with
Offshore solar developer Oceans of Energy and The Seaweed Company have installed the world’s first combined offshore solar and seaweed farm in the Dutch North Sea as part of the demonstration project to showcase the sustainable multi-use of the marine space.
The Methanol Institute is urging the maritime community to mitigate pollution and emissions risk in Polar regions by adopting methanol as marine fuel, and applying bunkering guidelines developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN). The call is being issued on the back of IMO’s meetin
Orange Marine said on Wednesday it will build a new cable ship that will be even more efficient and with a reduced environmental footprint. It will be the first cable ship of its generation specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, both fiber optic telecommunication cables and inte
TechnipFMC and Bombora Wave Power have entered into a partnership to develop a floating offshore energy platform, integrating wind with the mWave wave energy technology.
Tractebel Overdick has developed a new floating wind foundation concept for 15+ MW wind turbines with a “hydrogen ready” option, and an offshore hydrogen production platform which can utilise the potential of large-scale offshore wind farms at an industrial scale of up to 800 MW. The new floater des
The iFROG robot that cleans and inspects monopiles has completed trials at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. iFROG is an amphibious robot capable of working in teams to clean and inspect monopiles above water level and up to 60 meters below (~6 bar
Danish company Floating Power Plant has appointed Ulrikke Ekelund as a new member of its board of directors.
ZeroNorth, a digital spin-off from Maersk Tankers, and maritime software developer Veson Nautical have entered into a strategic product partnership. The agreement will allow ZeroNorth’s vessel optimisation software, Optimise, to integrate with the Veson IMOS Platform (VIP), a solution for commercial
Oilfield services provider Petrofac has signed a three-year partnership with workflow automation software provider Intoware to develop and deploy workflow automation software specifically tailored to the oil and gas industry.
