Canadian company Cellula Robotics said that its long-range unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) is ready to start factory integration testing. In November last year, Cellula was given a go-ahead for the phase 3 contract by Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Department of National
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition: Powering the Blue Economy to provide hands-on experience to students preparing for a career in renewable energy. NREL will hold an introductory webinar on August. 29, 20
The new technology from the Tidal Turbine Power Take-off Accelerator (TiPA) project, has recently completed subsea testing at Babcock’s Rosyth Site in Scotland. The innovative power take-off technology is being developed as part of a three-year project, which is reducing the cost of tidal power by 3
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an approval for AW-Energy’s patent application covering its WaveRoller technology. The patent provides the Finnish wave energy tech developer with broad IP protection of its latest generation WaveRoller device including a range of oper
Kraken Robotics has delivered its ThunderFish 300 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to its test partner, Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Final sea acceptance testing was completed on August 8. The delivery to DRDC was facilitated by a $1 million contract awa
Xodus Group has appointed Djamel Hamel and Chris Overton as two principal consultants to its subsea integrity management team. Djamal Hamel has been appointed to the role of principal consultant, having previously worked within a senior pipeline position for six years at Spirit Energy, as well as en
The fourth call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project, which offers free access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures, has opened today and will last until September 30, 2019. The call is open to offshore energy technology developers, including offshore wind, wave and tidal
Subsea Innovation, part of Tekmar, has won a contract with TechnipFMC in Norway, building the company’s market presence in the region. In 2018 Subsea Innovation developed a next-generation seal for their Pipe in Pipe Waterstops. Waterstop Seals provide a solution for isolating a section of flooded a
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
A new project, funded by Ocean Energy Era-Net Cofund, has been launched to support investment and growth in the wave and tidal energy sector through the creation of an integrated marine data toolbox. The RESOURCECODE project brings together the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Ifremer, Ocean Da
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) is supporting projects worth more than £1.3 million which will see the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Applied Dynamics Research (CADR) team develop new technologies for use in offshore drilling operations. OGIC has provided a total of £640,000 of co-fundin
Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) has awarded the main manufacturing contract for its first commercial O2 tidal stream turbine to Scottish based TEXO Group, who will carry out the work at their quayside facilities in Dundee. The multi-million-pound contract marks the start of major construction for the
Ocean Power Technologies, in partnership with the Acteon Group, has recently unveiled the PB3 PowerBuoy in Montrose – prior to its demonstration in the North Sea on Premier’s Huntington field. The project, supported by the OGTC and Premier Oil, is PB3 PowerBuoy’s first-of-its-kind deployment in the
