IT Power announces the appointment of its new marketing and business development manager. Abbie Badcock, based in London, will be in charge of the marketing and business development strategy and implementation for this leading international renewable energy consultancy. IT Power’s Joint Managing Dir
Polar Supply and Research Vessel ordered by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs was named and launched at STX Finland Oy’s Rauma shipyard. NB 1369 was named to S.A. Agulhas II by Director General Mrs Noshipho Ngcaba from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs. The ev
Spectrum announces a major Multi-Client transaction with CGGVeritas priced at USD40mill. Spectrum will acquire the 2D Marine Multi-Client library from CGGVeritas encompassing more than 500,000 km of seismic data. This transaction is in line with the growth strategy of Spectrum to become a leading Mu
Argentina is considering the development of “nuclear propulsion” for its diesel-engine submarines, Defence minister Arturo Puricelli said… (bernama) [mappress] Source: bernama, August 1, 2011;
Communities along the coast agree it’s time to start getting locals involved in the discussion about where to put wave energy sites. By Brandon Smith (klcc) [mappress] Source: klcc, August 01, 2011
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has approved a Rhode Island ocean zoning plan that designates waters off the state’s… Alex Kuffner (therepublic) [mappress] Source: therepublic, August 01, 2011
Port operator PD Ports is aiming to turn Hartlepool into a centre for offshore wind industries. By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, August 01, 2011
China’s manned submersible Jiaolong returned to its attendant ship at about 1:02 pm on Saturday after placing a marker on the seabed… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, August 1, 2011;
Jun Inoue and Masatake Hori, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), JAMSTEC, successfully obtained in situ observations on the genesis and development of an Arctic cyclone that occurred near the Arctic marginal ice zone (79.0° N) on its expedition in September 2010. The observations, carried o
Leading international renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, and marine, engineering and offshore specialists, SeaRoc, have jointly published an article on learning safety lessons from the European offshore wind industry in the offshore supplement of North American Wind Power. The article goes
Leading international renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, and marine, engineering and offshore specialists, SeaRoc, have jointly published an article on learning safety lessons from the European offshore wind industry in the offshore supplement of North American Wind Power. The article goes
NEPTUNE Canada navigated an impressive installation and maintenance cruise in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Diving down to the seafloor to investigate their 800-km cabled network observatory along the northern Juan de Fuca plate, they tended to their technically-advanced instruments and witnessed som
When the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued a ruling earlier this month upholding a long-term contract for the sale of power from Deepwater Wind’s proposed wind farm off Block Island, it was a green light for the company to resume work on the project. As the case dragged on for nearly a year, with th
Wind turbines are getting really big — some with blades as long as a football field — and more powerful, often generating 50 times more electricity than the first generation of wind power machines built in the 1980s. But scientists are also studying how to harness the wind in different ways that cou
