NKT has commissioned the 220 kV AC high-voltage cable system connecting the 309 MW Rentel wind farm to the Belgian shore. NKT has designed, manufactured and installed the 40-kilometer extruded three-core 220 kV XLPE HVAC (alternating current) submarine cable system. The installation was finalized in
French tidal energy company Sabella has completed the optimization works on its 1MW tidal energy turbine which stands ready in the Port of Brest for this month’s deployment off Ushant island.
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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) has appointed Kendra MacDonald as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the initiative towards the goal of making ocean economy one of the Canada’s most significant and sustainable value-creating economic segments.
Fred. Olsen wave energy converter – BOLT Lifesaver – has been fully upgraded ahead of six-month deployment off the coast of Hawaii.
The complete removal of the stranded Oceanlinx wave energy converter has taken a different turn when the authorities in Southern Australia decided to pull out only part of the device from the sea, while leaving the rest of the structure to develop into artificial reef.
Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy has accepted the resignation of its chief officer Michael Ottaviano, and appointed Jonathan Fievez to lead the company which has just agreed to receive part of the milestone payment the government committed for its Albany wave energy project.
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved plans for the development and operation of the Wintershall’s Nova field. Wintershall and its partners will invest close to NOK 10 billion in the development project. Recoverable reserves on the field are estimated around 80 million barrels of o
The South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), connecting Africa and the Americas, has now come on stream and it’s open for commercial traffic, Angola Cables informed. The SACS from Angola Cables was manufactured and powered by NEC Corporation and is one of the most advanced submarine telecommunications sy
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has deployed a motorboat to survey the waters off Dominica as part of the Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme. Following a stakeholder meeting with Dominica’s Maritime Authority and wider government in late 2017 after Hurricane Maria, priority survey areas
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has recently purchased and trialled a new type of marine robot called a Deepglider. The vehicle will join the NMF-MARS glider fleet, and will allow the UK science community to collect water column data at depths of up to 6000 metres. The new Deepglider is simil
Irish company Exceedence has entered limited overfunding in a crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its initial target having been 112% funded by almost 280 investors.
A French trade mission to the Netherlands is being organized in October to explore opportunities for the development of joint international projects that would accelerate the take-off of marine energy sector.
