Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is currently assessing Santos’ plans to conduct a geotechnical and geophysical survey within Permit WA-437-P located in Commonwealth waters. The site survey location at it’s closest point is approximately
Aker Solutions and Cognite have secured a $2 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for an offshore wind energy technology project. The NextWind Real Time Condition Monitoring project aims to develop a holistic digital solution that will enable monitoring the condition of an offsh
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Keppel Offshore & Marine have established a $10 million partnership and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop energy solutions in the areas of distributed energy resources, digitalisation, and emerging low carbon alternatives.
Dutch gas and LNG carrier operator Anthony Veder and classification society Bureau Veritas have completed a pilot for “live remote class surveys” using a wearable device and augmented reality technology. The companies said in a statement that success of this pilot opens up the way for fully remote c
Houlder, a London-based design & engineering consultancy for the marine, energy and defence markets, has commenced work in partnership with PMW Technology on a study to evaluate the potential marine applications of carbon capture technology. PMW Technology is among the latest organisations to receiv
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is using the SmartBay observatory to integrate environmental DNA (eDNA) approaches to monitor marine biodiversity in Galway bay. eDNA tool relies on the acquisition of nucleic acids from environment to detect species that have shed “biological traces”. The
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has revealed plans to develop a 10 MW typhoon-resistant floating wind turbine. MingYang will invest around CN¥ 725 million (€ 94 million) in the project, some CN¥ 616 million of which will come through a private placement of A shares. The proje
Ørsted and ITM Power are working on a design concept to integrate hydrogen electrolysers into offshore wind turbines. The project proposes an electrolyser placed in the turbine tower or very near it, directly electrically connected to the DC link in the turbine, with power flow control and water sup
German company NEMOS has released a video that shows how its wave energy converter (WEC) produces about 1MW of clean ocean energy. The NEMOS WEC is an new system for generating electricity from ocean waves. An elongated floating body absorbs the incoming energy and transmits to a generator by a spri
UK-based start-up backed by Royal IHC, TI Geosciences, has completed testing programme including harbour trials of its next generation seabed geotechnical drill – SWORD. Before entering the market, SWORD (sonic wireline-operated remote drill) will be set-up onto permanent vessel and start sea trials
With the 1st deployment mission of a system to capture and collect plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch officially over, The Ocean Cleanup is now working to develop System 002. System 002 is planned to be a full-scale cleanup system that is able to both endure and retain the collected p
Over 80 percent of the voters in the United States favour offshore wind energy, with widespread support coming from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country, according to a recent national survey. Conducted by Public Opinion Strategies in March and released this we
WavEC Offshore Renewables has recently launched the jUMP project, a joint action for underwater noise monitoring in Portuguese waters, with funding from National Fundo Azul. The project is coordinated by WavEC and brings together ten Portuguese partners: ISPA – Instituto Universitário, FCUL – Faculd
ACT Blade, a spin-off company from UK yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure, has completed the first test of its new lightweight blade for wind farms at ORE Catapult’s Blade Test Facility in Blyth. This first of two static tests was carried out in three weeks and saw a full-length 13m blade withstand the
