Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved plans for the development and operation of the Wintershall’s Nova field. Wintershall and its partners will invest close to NOK 10 billion in the development project. Recoverable reserves on the field are estimated around 80 million barrels of o
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has contracted COWI A/S to screen parts of the North and Baltic Seas to find new potential locations for offshore wind farms to be built.
ASL Environmental Sciences has appointed Dr. Steve Pearce to the position of acoustics scientist. Pearce brings over a decade of experience in underwater acoustics R&D to the ASL team. Prior to joining ASL, Pearce was a system engineer at Kongsberg Mesotech and managed projects relating to singlebea
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has recently purchased and trialled a new type of marine robot called a Deepglider. The vehicle will join the NMF-MARS glider fleet, and will allow the UK science community to collect water column data at depths of up to 6000 metres. The new Deepglider is simil
Irish company Exceedence has entered limited overfunding in a crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its initial target having been 112% funded by almost 280 investors.
A French trade mission to the Netherlands is being organized in October to explore opportunities for the development of joint international projects that would accelerate the take-off of marine energy sector.
DNV GL has completed the installation of the 320kV high-voltage direct current gas insulated switchgear (GIS) prototype at its KEMA High Voltage DC Laboratory in Arnhem, Netherlands, as part of the PROMOTioN project.
DNV GL has completed the installation of the 320kV high-voltage direct current gas insulated switchgear (GIS) prototype at its KEMA High Voltage DC Laboratory in Arnhem, Netherlands, as part of the PROMOTioN project.
Tocardo Tidal Power has taken up a mission to raise awareness about the worldwide potential of tidal energy with the help of Marjan Minnesma – director of the foundation that pushed the Netherlands to instate a policy to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
The offshore wind industry could support an annual average of 847 jobs in the U.S. state of South Carolina through 2035, according to The South Carolina Jobs Project: A Guide to Creating Jobs in Offshore Wind report.
Infinera, provider of intelligent transport networks, said it has successfully completed a series of record-breaking submarine field trials over MAREA, a 6,600-kilometer submarine cable between Virginia Beach, Virginia and Bilbao, Spain. The trials used Infinera’s fourth-generation Infinite Capacity
BP has received UK government approval to proceed with the Vorlich development in the central North Sea, targeting 30 million barrels of oil equivalent and expected to produce 20,000 barrels gross a day at peak. The £200 million project is part of a programme of North Sea subsea tie-backs that will
FMGC has recently installed the cast iron shells (IBOCS) – developed to ballast subsea electrical cables – at a depth of 30 meters on the Centrale Nantes SEM-REV offshore test site. These tests are part of the FORESEA project, which aims to help bring marine renewable energy (MRE) technologies to ma
French developer GEPS Techno has secured 77% of the targeted €2 million in a fundraising campaign launched to support the development of the company’s wave energy technology.
