A new strategic alliance between Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, and clean energy financier Narec Capital will unlock fresh opportunities for firms in the renewable energy market to develop and scale up technologies that generate low carbon power from the air, sea and sun. By com
A new strategic alliance between Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, and clean energy financier Narec Capital will unlock fresh opportunities for firms in the renewable energy market to develop and scale up technologies that generate low carbon power from the air, sea and sun. By com
To address the most pressing challenges facing ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, the federal government released a National Ocean Policy action plan. The draft requests comments on actions the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other federal agencies on the National Ocean Council will tak
Bjørn Jalving has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea division and a member of the Kongsberg Maritime management group, effective 1st January 2012. Jalving will succeed Rolf Arne, who is moving to a role working with strategic projects in Kongsberg Maritime. Jal
The government is to invest over £10 million in new research and development to help demonstrate that wave and tidal energy can be generated at scale, and with lower energy production costs. Marine Energy – Supporting Array Technologies is a competition for collaborative R&D funding that will suppor
Nova Scotia Power may have a tidal turbine back in the water this year but it’s more likely to be early 2013, says the CEO of parent company… (thechronicleherald) [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald , January 12, 2012; Image: OpenHydro
Portuguese town Peniche will soon start generating power from the waves on the power plant called WaveRoller. Estaleiros Navais de Peniche has been testing an innovative wave energy structure which weighs 280 tons and is 44 meters long. The prospect of the project is to utilize currents to trigger t
Telecommunication experts are excited about the opportunities that the improved fiber optic cables capability brings to Africa. As highlighted, the major jump in the segment will be seen in a year ahead across the entire continent, especially in Uganda, said Warid Telecom’s former executive Yussif K
TWMA has become a member of Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum. DNS has grown since its inception in 2009, to have over 160 members drawn from operators, major contractors, service specialists and technology developers. With annual decommissioning expenditure in the
ITF, the global oil and gas technology facilitator, has announced the challenges that its membership of operator and service companies want to see tackled as priorities in 2012. Up to 100% funding will be available for the right solutions to some of the industry’s most pressing challenges and ITF ai
Sea Fibre Networks, owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecoms network, CeltixConnect, announced a major fibre contract with Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform. Colt’s customers will be enabled with the lowest latency solution connecting Ireland to the UK with onw
In line with their Strategic plan and in response to the diverse commercial demands of the business, the Coastline head count continues to increase. Coastline Surveys Ltd have carefully selected the following personnel for their expertise and the ability to complement the already strong team, who un
By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and academic colleagues have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The new chemistry-based spill r
With a new and innovative technology, it is now possible to comply with exciting legislation on noise reduction during installation of offshore wind turbines. According to legislation from the EU the sound emissions from the installation of windmills at sea must be reduced so the threat to the marin
