Subcon, together with its partners Recfishwest, BHP, National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) and Curtin University, has launched its Integrated Artificial Reef (IAR) in the Exmouth area. The reef integrates offshore structures into a purpose built reef through re-engineering and augmentation with
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has selected Samuel C. Harp as its first vice president for advancement and chief marketing officer. Harp has spent much of his career in academic, technology, and research institutions and will begin working at WHOI on October 1. “It is paramount that
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 27 – September 2, 2018.
DesignPro Renewables’ hydrokinetic turbines that will be tested at the SEENEOH site in Bordeaux have been sent off from County Limerick, Ireland, and are now on their way to France.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent to Equinor for start-up of the Aasta Hansteen facility in the Norwegian Sea, during the course of autumn 2018. Aasta Hansteen is located approximately 320 kilometers west of Bodø in a water depth of 1270 meters. The field is developed with a SP
A new system for monitoring subsea cables in the offshore renewables sector has completed tests at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, aimed at demonstrating technical and commercial viability of the technology.
Tyne Subsea, a multi-million pound research and testing facility being developed in the North East, UK, has completed its first commercial test in one of Europe’s largest commercially available hyperbaric pressure testing chambers. The facility, which is being developed by engineering group British
Fugro has completed the geophysical acquisition portion of a 2018 Carson Basin seep hunting programme offshore eastern Canada. The workscope covers an area of 18,875 square kilometres in water depths from 300 to 3,300 metres in this frontier region offshore Newfoundland. From its deepwater survey ve
Protean Energy and PEARL Clean Energy have signed an agreement for PEARL to acquire the Protean Wave Energy Converter technology assets (WEC Assets). The key terms of the agreement include PEARL spending a minimum of $700,000 on the WEC Assets within the first 5 years from signing the agreement and
Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE) has conducted the first launch of its 50kW wave energy prototype in the Port of La Rochelle, located in the Biscay Bay, in the western France.
Renewable energy systems division of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has called the test laboratories to apply for the accreditation that will allow them to issue industry-standardized reports to developers that verify the power performance of their tidal energy devices.
Danish wave energy developer Crestwing has secured funding for the upcoming two-year demonstration of its half-scale wave energy prototype named Tordenskiold.
An Innovate UK funded project focused on developing a smart integrated monitoring system for offshore energy subsea cables has drawn to a close following tests at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The new technology should ultimately lead to better maintenance and repair of underwa
Equinor and partners at Gullfaks and Snorre have decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the Gullfaks and Snorre fields with power from floating offshore wind. This could be the first time an offshore wind farm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms, the company said. The project f
