Marine GeoSolutions Pty Ltd (MGS), a Perth-based marine geophysical and hydrographic survey company, has completed a substantial offshore marine survey in support of Carnegie Wave Energy’s CETO 6 Yirra Wave Energy project. The project involved the acquisition of high resolution hydrographic and geop
Bureau Veritas has finalized the acquisition of HydrOcean, a French engineering company which provides design support for the construction of ships, offshore structures, racing yachts and marine energy systems. Established in 2007, HydrOcean specializes in assessing and optimizing hydrodynamic perfo
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) has formed a Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) to accelerate PowerBuoy® commercialization and market adoption. The TAP consists of selected potential customers, end-users, technical stakeholders, and scientific consultants from various markets to incorporate a wide
Eco Wave Power has received an official recognition for a “Pioneering Device” by Dr. Bracha Halaf, the Israeli Chief Scientist on behalf of the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources. In accordance with a governmental decision, Dr. Halaf approved that EWP’s wave energy powe
The RFA and IMarEST launched the new maritime professional development programme at the ‘London International Shipping Week’ event yesterday. As President of IMarEST, Martin Murphy from Tidal Energy Ltd, the company behind the DeltaStream tidal energy device, introduced the programme by saying: “Pro
A new research project looking at optimum layouts for offshore electrical connections for marine energy farms has developed a ‘decision tree’ to help guide designers and developers towards the most cost effective array configuration for their development. The Optimum Electrical Array Architectures r
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) has deployed its APB350 A1 PowerBuoy approximately 14 miles northeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The APB350 A1 contains an improved Power Takeoff (PTO) system compared to the APB350 that was deployed in 2011 and then redeployed in 2013. The APB350 A1 features
Fortum and Seabased Industry have agreed to replace an export cable at their Sotenäs demonstration wave power plant, located some 8 kilometers northwest of Smögen, Sweden. The companies said that several insulation failures occurred during connection of the plant this summer, so a new cable has been
Carnegie Wave Energy has demonstrated the ability to swap CETO units during plant operation at its Perth wave energy project. The second CETO 5 unit has been retrieved and CETO unit #1 deployed in its place last week. The retrieval of the second CETO 5 unit was informed by lessons learnt during the
Natural Power and its sister company SeaRoc have been awarded a contract by EDF to oversee the HSE and marine operations at the Paimpol–Bréhat tidal farm in North Brittany, France. David Wotherspoon, Operations Director at SeaRoc, said: “Natural Power and SeaRoc have extensive experience in offshore
Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Mauritius Research Council (MRC) to explore opportunities for commercial wave energy plants in Mauritius. Following on from the recently announced MOU with the Government of Seychelles, the
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from August 31 – September 6, 2015. ORE Catapult, CENSIS team up for new tidal sensors A new type of sensor could soon be installed on the blades of subsea tidal turbines to monitor the interaction between marine
A Singapore-based Atlantis Resources has seen its interim loss trimmed by some 14% compared to the same period a year before. The developer behind MeyGen tidal energy project posted a loss of £3.5 mln (S$7.5 mln) for the period ended June 30, 2015, versus a £4 mln (S$8.7 mln) loss in the correspondi
Nova Scotia start-ups have a chance to compete for up to $170,000 (C$ 225,000) through Innovacorp’s provincial I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition. The I-3 competition supports high potential, early stage knowledge-based companies, and encourages entrepreneurial activity across the Nova Scotia provi
