It was celebration all round on March 16th as two Kongsberg Maritime business units received prestigious Awards for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council during its annual Design Day, which took place in Oslo, Norway. Kongsberg Seatex was given an Award for Design Excellence in the Ind
In 2005, Roger Hine was designing equipment to manufacture semiconductors at Asyst Technologies in Fremont, Calif., when he was asked to… (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek ,March 18, 2011;
In the world of clean energy, kites have have become a big deal. Recent advances in technology have lifted ideas like high-altitude wind tur… (earthtechling) [mappress] Source: earthtechling ,March 18, 2011;
Cabot Corp. confirmed the safety of all its employees in Japan and said that its facilities have sustained only minimal physical damage. “We have a strong presence in Japan,” said Patrick Prevost, Cabot’s president and chief executive officer. “We are deeply concerned for the people of the region an
Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has delivered a drilling fluid and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine, which will be used on the Yme field in the North Sea. The Aker Solutions unit made a fast and efficient delivery of an ultra compact skid mounted system for drilling fl
China’s Minmetals has joined the hunt for deep sea minerals including copper and gold, a newspaper said on Thursday… (miningweekly) [mappress] Source: miningweekly ,March 17, 2011;
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) announced Teledyne Webb Research, of East Falmouth, Mass., will provide coastal gliders supporting the Pioneer and Endurance Arrays of the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) for the Ocean Observatories In
Scientists have long been aware of a link between naval sonar exercises and unusual mass strandings of beaked whales. Evidence of such a link triggered a series of lawsuits in which environmental groups sued the U.S.Navy to limit sonar exercises to reduce risk to whales. In 2008, this conflict rose
The powerful Japan earthquake last week damaged some communication cables that link many countries in the Asia-Pacific region and to the… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes ,March 17, 2011;
In the second half of 2010 Hydrex carried out a full inspection and removed all fouling from three drilling vessels in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling company.This was done to reduce the weight and drag of the vessels and increase their available deck lo
Natural Power, RES and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal have signed a significant research and development joint venture focused on developing the next generation VENTOS® computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for wind energy applications. The announcement was
Sunergy, Inc today announces that the container with the 3 dredges and operating equipment has arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This now sets the stage for operations to commence on the Company’s 140 sq. km. Pampana River Project once the shipment clears customs and is moved to the site. Company o
In order to decrease the risks associated with subsea power cabling in offshore wind farms and other energy-related projects, DNV is inviting the industry to develop common best practices. Several wind farms have been struggling with subsea cable issues but little knowledge or experience is yet publ
Tender requires full inspection of the section of submarine cable and pipeline, between the port of Otranto (IT) and the approach of Aetos (GRE), being the 400 kV HVDC link between Italy and Greece, with production of inspection reports. As part of activities maintenance by cleaning the wire cathode
