A new specialist marine services company, Seabed and Offshore Solutions (Seabed Solutions), has been established to address a gap in the seabed services market. The new business is based at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft, the renewables hub for the East of England. The company is led by managing director
Leidos has been awarded a contract by the US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command to develop torpedo countermeasure technologies for submarine defense. The contract has a two-year base period of performance, three one-year option years, and a potential value of approximately $36 million, if all options
Abundance has raised £7 million for Scottish tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power (Orkney). Orbital Marine Power (formerly Scotrenewables Tidal Power) will use the funds raised to build its first production model Orbital O2 2MW floating tidal turbine. Bruce Davis, co-founder and joint managing
Columbia Power Technologies (C·Power) has been selected for award negotiations to develop a new, remote, low-power wave energy converter for non-grid applications. This $3-million project, funded by the US Department of Energy, seeks to design, deliver, and test a prototype low-power WEC that lowers
Heads of state and governments, more than 120 ministers and representatives from 160 countries will gather this week to discuss how to accelerate renewable energy deployment in support of the sustainable development goals and global climate objectives. The officials will attend the ninth Assembly of
Dr. Nicklas Pisias has received the Maurice Ewing Medal, sponsored jointly by the U.S. Navy and the American Geophysical Union (AGU), for his work in the establishment of a new scientific field. Pisias, a professor emeritus at Oregon State University, accepted the award at the AGU Fall Meeting in De
Ocean Energy ERA-NET Cofund (OCEANERA-NET COFUND) has opened its second Joint Call for collaborative research and development projects in the field of ocean energy. Funding for this Joint Call is provided by seven funding organisations from four countries (Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden), three
Two new Scottish wave energy devices will take to the sea in 2020 following the award of £7.7 million from Wave Energy Scotland. Both winning firms – Edinburgh-based Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy from Inverness – will use the funds to build half-scale wave energy machines and test them in real
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected $25 million in research projects for next-generation marine energy devices. Funded by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Water Power Technologies Office, these 12 innovative projects should reduce capital costs and accelerate the inn
BP said it has approved a major expansion at the Atlantis field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and has also identified significant additional oil resources that could create further development opportunities around the production hubs it operates in the region. The $1.3 billion Atlantis Phase 3 developm
Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of its Hywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The turbine will be renamed to UNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology from 1 February and will be used as an infrastructure for research and technology projects in Metcentre
Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of its Hywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The turbine will be renamed to UNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology from 1 February and will be used as an infrastructure for research and technology projects in Metcentre
Black & Veatch UK director for Renewable Energy, Robbie Gibson, believes that asset optimisation will be as vital as new capacity as the renewables’ role grows. “People expect a reliable energy infrastructure. By 2030, for example, between a fifth and a third of the UK’s electricity is likely to com
Aquabotix has been awarded an approximately USD 70,000 contract to support a United States Navy project. The project will involve further developments to Aquabotix’s SwarmDiver product. This initial development project will conclude with a testing and demonstration to various U.S. Navy personnel. Wh
