Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) announces that the Student Research Travel Program is now open for its September 2013 round of applications. The program is available to full-time senior honours & graduate students conducting thesis research at a Nova Scotia based university and undertaki
Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) announces that the Student Research Travel Program is now open for its September 2013 round of applications. The program is available to full-time senior honours & graduate students conducting thesis research at a Nova Scotia based university and undertaki
Aveillant has completed live demonstrations which show that its Holographic Radar™ reliably removes wind turbines from airport radar with no degradation to radar performance. The two week showcase demonstrated the technology in action at Prestwick airport, where live data from two Holographic Radars
On July 11, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a fact sheet that summarizes the findings of a study on potential economic impact of offshore wind energy on the Southeast Region. To better understand the employment opportunities and other potential regional economic impacts from offshore wi
As part of the offshore wind test and demonstration leasing programme launched in June, The Crown Estate today issued a call for expressions of interest (EOI) in non-grid connected (off-grid) projects and variations to existing offshore wind projects. The Crown Estate manages the UK seabed, investin
In accordance with the statutory requirements of the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries released for public comment a draft proposal to designate critical habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Critical habitat desig
Rodolfo Sancio, Ph.D., P.E., a senior geotechnical engineer and an Associate of the firm based in Texas, will present next month at the Current Topics in Marine Foundation Technologies Seminar in Seattle. The event, hosted by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), will be held August 1-2, 2013, at th
SSP Technology of Kirkeby, Denmark has completed three prototype wind turbine blades for Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The 83,5 meters blades are leaving SSP Technology’s factory on July 16-18 2013 and are on their way to Scotland for the installation on a 7 MW test offshore turbine. The blades ar
Marine protected areas (MPAs) in England, Wales and Scotland are worth a one-off 0.92 – 1.93 billion pounds to recreational users, says a new interim report of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment based on research led by researchers from Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen. These values would further
A unique field experiment being conducted off the coast of Portugal this week combines ocean robotics and marine biology in a complex aquatic dance. Researchers are using a fleet of robotic vehicles to track over a dozen Mola mola (ocean sunfish) as they forage across the coastal ocean. During this
PhD student Helen Miller has been in the news in the Northeast with her research on Windermere. Working with the British Geological Survey, the Environment Agency and the University of Southampton, her PhD studies aim to investigate modern and glacial environments and processes in Windermere. A BGS
RenewableUK has hailed an authoritative new study from Cardiff University on people’s attitudes towards renewable energy. The study, conducted over two and a half years, with 2,441 participants, highlighted the fact that a massive 82% of people say that they are worried about the country becoming de
A team of Cardiff University’s researchers have found that a large majority of the British public support moves to an efficient, clean, fair, and safe energy system but distrust remains a concern. Transforming the UK energy system – public values, attitudes and acceptability brings together the find
Santos announced a gas discovery at the Bianchi-1 well in Retention Lease WA-49-R, located in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. Wireline logging and pressure testing has confirmed 112 metres of net gas pay between 4,748 metres and 5,343 metres in the primary target Triassic-aged Mungar
