Wind turbines are growing up. Environmental conditions for new locations are becoming more and more extreme, colder, and more salt-ridden due to offshore placement. At the same time, the turbines are getting bigger and bigger. This means that they need better reliability over longer periods of use.
AW-Energy Oy has commissioned Etteplan to handle the engineering design for a testing facility for its patented WaveRoller technology. The WaveRoller converts the surge phenomenon that takes place on the shoreline into electrical energy. Finnish-based AW-Energy is a world-leading company in the deve
Rick Arthur from GE wrote an article on the company’s website about a research that GE is conducting to solve the issue of ice accumulation on wind turbines and other offshore infrastructure operating in extremely cold environments: I’m excited to highlight some progress GE Research has made in mode
The subsea vessel operations market is poised to see an increase in demand in the near term with day rates for some vessels set to increase. Between 2013 and 2017, Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast $106 billion (bn) of expenditure on subsea vessel operations – an increase of 54% over the preceding five
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and BP announced a new gas condensate discovery off the east coast of India in the Cauvery basin. The discovery, in the deepwater block CY-DWN-2001/2 (CYD5), is situated 62 kilometers from the coast in the Cauvery Basin and is the second gas discovery in the block.
Rapidly growing subsea products and equipment firm Ennsub is pleased to announce that it has secured a 14,000 sq ft production and office facility within the high-specification Tees Valley One Twenty scheme which forms part of the prestigious 700 acre Wynyard Park development in the Teesside area of
The Scottish Government is currently carrying out public consultation in relation to Marine Planning, Marine Protected Areas and the future of Marine Renewables. This consultation will close on 13th November 2013. Of particular interest to Dumfries and Galloway is the inclusion of proposals for two
Deltares aims to team up with other research institutes and the corporate sector to launch an international research project looking at the protection of undersea cables. The standards in place at present are relatively conservative and open to interpretation. By studying the question, Deltares hope
As part of President Obama’s commitment to promoting safe and responsible offshore oil and gas development, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James Watson announced another key step to strengthen both human safety and environmental protection on the U.S. Outer Continenta
The province is asking Nova Scotians for their thoughts on a discussion paper about the approval process for larger-scale tidal devices. This fulfills another commitment of the province’s Marine Renewable Energy Strategy. “The Marine Renewable Energy Strategy outlines how we plan to work together fo
Moody’s Investors Service says that the investments of Asian exploration and production (E&P) companies in a Mozambique LNG project are credit positive and will diversify the long-term production and reserves of the firms. “The Rovuma basin has a large amount of high-quality natural gas reserves, pa
The wind power market currently provides almost 3 percent of global electricity production. As the wind power industry matures, wind forecasting technologies are becoming critical in order to integrate greater amounts of variable wind energy into the grid. Meteorological towers, or met towers, the p
The wind power market currently provides almost 3 percent of global electricity production. As the wind power industry matures, wind forecasting technologies are becoming critical in order to integrate greater amounts of variable wind energy into the grid. Meteorological towers, or met towers, the p
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, reports that the Hallin sponsored BumbleBeeAUV team has won Best Newcomer Award at RoboSub2013. The team secured 7th position among 31 contestants during the RoboSub finals in San Diego on 28 June. A webcast of the event, which is co-sponsored by th
