Irish start-up DesignPro Renewables has revealed plans to deploy its 60kW hydrokinetic device for testing in the third quarter of 2018 as it looks for suitable river test site to facilitate the endeavor.
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking to fill two newly opened positions to support its marine energy testing activities.
Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources has extended the duration of its ongoing bond offer as the commitments made overshoot the minimum threshold.
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, and NEC Corporation have started the construction of the Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) submarine cable system. JGA is being built by a consortium of companies whereby JGA South (JGA-S), the segment between Sydney, Australia and Piti, Guam, is a consortiu
OMV (Norge) has made gas/condensate discoveries in both the Hades and Iris prospects in licence PL 644 B, located in the Norwegian Sea. In the Hades prospect the well encountered c. 35 meters gross gas/condensate column within the Cretaceous Lange Formation of which 15 meters are net reservoir sands
International recruiter for jobs in renewable energy, Quanta Consultancy Services, has launched a new subsidiary based in the Netherlands.
Swedish developer Seabased has launched a crowdfunding campaign, targeting the maximum amount of $1.8 million, to support its wave energy development activities.
The continued delay on the funding decision by the UK government for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project may reportedly cause the company behind the scheme, Tidal Lagoon Power, to soon reduce the number of employees.
TGS has announced the ‘Brazil Southern Basins SeaSeep Project’ in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil. The project will cover existing TGS surveys in these hydrocarbon rich basins as well as the pre-salt trend where many untested structures exist. Acquisition of the multibeam will start la
The EU-funded OPERA project will disseminate the results of the initiative which aims to halve the cost of wave energy during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2018.
Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo International has provided more information on the activities which led to its bankruptcy – declared in January 2018 – and the ‘re-start’ of the company made possible through a fresh investment secured a month later.
The ITF (Industry Technology Facilitator) and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) merger has now been completed. The merger to focus and enhance the technology and innovation support for the UK oil and gas industry, was announced in February this year. Teams from both organisations worked togethe
Kraken Robotics’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems, has been formally notified by the Government of Canada that its application to the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) has been approved. The company has been pre-qualified into the program for its ThunderFish 300 autonomous und
Snipping company NYK has agreed to sponsor a Japanese collaborative research Team KUROSHIO, a finalist in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. NYK will be providing the transportation for the team’s unmanned robots, which are being used in this international competition to quickly and accur
