Having designed gravity-base foundation for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal energy plant, a multinational professional services firm Arup has welcomed the completion of the first offshore installation phase for the project.
The Australian Marine Energy Taskfoce (AMET), a working group of Australia’s marine energy technology and project developers, has proposed the creation of a virtual marine energy cluster to drive forward sector development.
Shell Brazil has recently signed a partnership agreement with the British company Innospection and SENAI CIMATEC for the development of a robot for the inspection of cargo tanks in service of ship-platform (FPSOs). This robot called MCCR (MEC Combi Crawler Robot) will be launched from the main deck
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from May 7 – 13, 2018.
Wales has benefited from £1.4 million additional EU funding secured last month that will be used to help more than 400 people gain technical skills in new and emerging sectors in energy and power.
The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017 – a 5.3% increase from 2016, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
The consortium, led by ITPEnergised, has launched a low-cost dynamic positioning (DP) barge which is expected to significantly improve the commercial viability of the wave and tidal energy generation sector.
Menter Môn, the manager of the Morlais tidal energy project, has invited tenders for marine ecological survey in support of the tidal energy demonstration zone proposed off Anglesey in North Wales.
The governments of Indonesia and South Korea have signed an agreement to establish a research center for marine energy technologies in West Java, unveiling also the plans for cooperation on tidal power generation.
RED Engineering said it has developed new clamp technology to improve subsea well intervention operations. The two, first of a kind modular subsea clamps have been delivered to TechnipFMC for operation from the well intervention vessel, Island Constructor. The modular design will allow TechnipFMC th
A new joint industry project led by ASV Global is set to explore the technical, regulatory and societal issues of using autonomous surface vessels, integrated with existing manned shipping operations, to support offshore wind farm operations and maintenance.
Forum Energy Technologies has delivered a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to the University of Limerick (UL) to support its research into subsea inspection and intervention campaigns on renewable energy sector infrastructure. Designed and manufactured in-house at Forum’s Kirkbymoorside Yorkshire fac
Deltares has worked with HSM Offshore on the updating of the scour protection design for the Borssele Alpha & Beta offshore high-voltage substation (OHVS) platforms that connect the wind farms in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone (Netherlands) to the grid. Deltares performed model tests in 2016 to investi
The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is hosting a Mastermining workshop in Aberdeen on May 16 for subsea supply chain companies in a bid to harness opportunities in the wave and tidal market. Scotland is active in the commercialisation of wave and tidal stream energy, including via the Eur
