The present largest wind turbines have a capacity of 5-6 MW. Following five years of research at the joint European project UpWind, led by… (sciencedaily) [mappress mapid=”3327″] Source: sciencedaily, April 18, 2011
Holdings in 11 new production licences have been awarded to Statoil in the 21st licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), which was announced by the government on 15 th April. The group received eight new operatorships, with four of these in the Barents Sea and four in the Norwegian
Battelle and Levant Power Corporation jointly announced today the two companies plan to develop and commercialize wave energy harvesting… (battelle) [mappress] Source: battelle, April 15, 2011
Battelle and Levant Power Corporation jointly announced today the two companies plan to develop and commercialize wave energy harvesting… (battelle) [mappress] Source: battelle, April 15, 2011
A Korean research vessel will carry out scientific studies on seabed minerals in Tongan waters over the next several months… (scoop) [mappress] Source:scoop , April 12, 2011;
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company intends to issue USD 125 million in principal amount of Senior Secured Convertible Bonds with a five-year tenure. The purpose of the Bonds is to finance the acquisition and completion of POLARCUS SELMA, an ultra-modern and Arctic-ready 8 streamer 3D seismi
Manitoba Hydro has released publicly its expert Concepts Panel report titled, “Potential Use of Submarine or Underground Cables for Long Distance Electricity Transmission in Manitoba.” The study was commissioned following publications by Professor John Ryan on the use of submarine cables in Lake Win
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has awarded Framo Engineering the contract for engineering, procurement, manufacturing and delivery of complete subsea pumping systems for the Jack & St.Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Framo Engineering Managing Director, Ole Gams Steine, states; “We are very proud and gratefu
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, announced that three of its REMUS 6000 AUVs aided in the search for and discovery of wreckage from downed Air France Flight 447 nearly two and a half miles below the surface off the Atlanti
The Navy may be brought in to help in a row between Greenpeace and the Brazilian oil company Petrobras… (tvnz) [mappress] Source: tvnz, April 11, 2011;
Offshore wind is the mean of a reliable, intensive and abundant renewable energy. This relatively new source of electricity generation,… (prsafe) [mappress] Source: prsafe, April 11, 2011
Two companies, one from St. John’s and one from Brighton in the United Kingdom, are about to pool their experience in offshore wind, wave… (vocm) [mappress] Source: vocm, April 11, 2011
Statoil has initiated an investigation after the gas leak that occurred at Visund on April 9. The gas leak occurred in a riser carrying oil and gas from well A21 to the Visund platform. On Friday April 8, Statoil decided to shut down production from the Visund field to carry out inspections on the [
The Living Oceans Foundation has chosen The Bahamas for the opening of its Global Reef Expedition, a five year, world–wide study of the health of the coral reef environments. In making the announcement, Captain Philip Renaud, USN (ret), the Foundation’s Executive Director, noted that up to 80 percen
