Queensland, Australia, in partnership with Uber, has launched scUber – the world’s first rideshare submarine experience, coming to the Great Barrier Reef. From 27 May, scUber will be available for a limited number of riders to request through the Uber app and riders will have the opportunity to imme
French companies Akuo Energy and Sabella have signed a co-development agreement for the PHARES project aimed towards energy autonomy of the Ushant Island. PHARES (Progressive Hybrid Architecture for Renewable Energy Solutions in islands) project, led by Akuo will see the deployment of a pilot tidal
The €20-million flagship EU tidal energy project, Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT), has reduced the cost of tidal energy by 15 per cent and grown its supply chain from four to 14 EU countries. EnFAIT is an academic-industry collaboration between nine European partners focused on demonstratin
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the World Ocean Council (WOC) have agreed a new partnership for sustainable stewardship of the ocean, in an effort to further collaboration towards mapping the entirety of the world’s ocean floor. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Seabed
Marine Energy Alliance has reached a very important milestone by awarding services to 22 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Marine Energy Alliance aims to progress the technical and commercial maturity level of early-stage (TRL 3 – 4) marine energy technology companies with the overall g
The UK Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a new task force dedicated to finding innovative solutions to make the best use of electricity generated by renewable sources, including offshore wind. The Solving the Integration Challenge research project is a key part of the Offshore Wind
Using smart energy control technology to combine wind and wave power could provide all the world’s electricity needs, according to research from the University of Birmingham. Scientists at the University propose integrating wind and wave energy generation so that the system’s overall power output be
Intermoor’s australian engineering team has supported Carnegie Clean Energy on the analysis and design of mooring systems for their latest wave converter prototype. The collaborative project was carried out at InterMoor premises. Gavin Crossan, InterMoor Australia Country Manager, said: “We are prou
The University of Aalborg, the Institute of Marine Engineering (CNR-INM) and the Universita degli studi della Campanina, Conisma are organising a PhD course on the numerical and experimental modelling and control of wave energy converters. The course will take place at INM in Rome, between September
Sif Holding will manufacture two monopiles for the Two Towers Borssele V innovation site, the company said on Monday. According to Sif, a number of innovations will be applied in the project such as a slip joint connection, seabed protection and a full aluminum sprayed coating. One of the monopiles
The World Ocean Council (WOC) – the Global Blue Economy Business Organization – has recently partnered with the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and joined World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO). The WOC will work with the WBA and its network of Allies to develop criteria and benchmarks for sustainable de
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Ocean Power Technologies’ (OPT) PowerBuoy has been deployed in the Adriatic Sea since November 2018 by oil and gas company Eni in a project aiming to demonstrate suitability of wave energy technologies in oil and gas operations. Operating continuously and error-free for six months, as part of Eni’s
Leask Marine has won a contract to provide support for the design, fabrication, assembly and commissioning of the deployment platform for DesignPro’s 60kW hydrokinetic turbine as part of its Horizon 2020 SME Instrument funded project. “We were impressed by Leask Marine’s track record in delivering m
