The University of Western Australia (UWA) is now home to the only geotechnical modelling facility in the world that operates three centrifuges. A third 26-tonne fixed-beam centrifuge was lowered by crane into the new Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre building after arriving from France last week.
Statoil and its licence partners have opted for gas-fired power solution for Johan Castberg as the most suitable and socio-economic solution for the development. Aker Solutions, Aibel, ABB, Unitech, Pöyry and Thema Consulting have contributed to the power analysis. The power solutions include full a
Richard Parkinson, Operations Director of James Fisher Marine Services, has shared his experiences in tidal energy industry, as well as his views on the future development of the sector.
Norwegian tidal technology developer, Tidetec, has completed a structural integrity analysis of its lifting prototype ahead of the upcoming deployment of its tidal energy technology.
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, has officially unveiled the MeyGen project, the world’s largest free stream tidal power project, at a ceremony held today at the Nigg Energy Park in Scotland.
Ecofys WTTS has performed the first ever full uncertainty assessment of a floating LiDAR to support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) in their preparations of the next round of Dutch offshore tenders. The aim of the study was to quantify the certainty with which the wind data, currently mea
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been granted preferred supplier status by Atlantis Resources for a 5-year period in connection with the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the MeyGen Phase 1A tidal turbines.
US Department of Energy has released a video update on the final wave energy testing for its Wave Energy Prize challenge.
Quoceant, an Edinburgh-based engineering firm, will offer updates on a collaborative wave energy project, funded by Wave Energy Scotland, during the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference.
ECA Group is engaged in Smart and Networking Underwater Robots in Cooperation Meshes (SWARMs) project in charge of 3 different work packages. The €17.3-million project started in July 2015, involving 35 partners from 10 European countries through 3 years. The main goal of SWARMs is to make AUVs, ROV
Innovacorp has opened a new competition called Spark West to identify and provide seed capital for start-ups in western Nova Scotia, with the preference for clean and ocean technology sectors.
Tekmar Energy Limited (TEL) and Subsea Innovations Limited (SIL) signed a strategic collaborations agreement to collaborate in sales, product development and strategic initiatives towards cost and risk reduction in OWF cabling equipment and O&G SURF and pipeline ancillaries. The two companies signed
Wave-tricity, a UK-based wave energy developer, is pondering options to refit and refurbish a concrete barge that would be used as a trials platform for its wave energy device.
Generation from the UK’s offshore wind farms rose by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from 4.7 TWh in the first quarter of 2015 to 5.1 TWh , with the impact of increases in capacity exceeding that of lower wind speeds, according to the data published by the UK government. Despite higher [&h
