Chilean Marine Energy Research and Innovation Center (MERIC) has been inaugurated last Friday, June 17, in the presence of the country’s Minister for Energy Maximo Pecho.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are developing a new wave energy conversion technology with better control of wave loads in an effort to decrease the cost of renewable energy.
The Scottish Government has awarded GBP 1.5 million (approx. EUR 2 million) of funding to the Carbon Trust to support its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) research and design programme. The Carbon Trust will fund projects in regard to floating offshore wind technology in Scotland, international colla
Advanced meteorology helps reduce the costs of offshore wind turbines and improves the power production forecast, thus making the operation more profitable, according to research by Maarten Holtslag from TU Delft. Holtslag, who has a master’s degree in meteorology, conducted a PhD research in wind e
Renewable Devices Marine (RD Marine) is facing potential legal action from the Crown Estate following the conclusion of trials of its Capricorn tidal turbine technology.
Public consultation period for Marine Institute’s application for a foreshore lease to upgrade the Galway Bay marine and renewable energy test site has been extended by two weeks.
Wave Energy Prize challenge teams, numbering 9 finalists and 2 alternative teams, are currently finalizing their 1:20 scale prototypes that will be tested the US Navy’s MASK Basin from August through early October.
German-based wave energy developer NEMOS has manufactured the full-scale power-take off unit for its wave energy system.
The assessment of Atlantic deep sea ecosystems, supported by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 funding programme, marks the beginning of a series of expeditions in the Atlantic Ocean. The expeditions, involving at least 25 research cruises and scientists from 10 European countries, the USA and
Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has supported Quadran – Énergies Libres in the planned floating offshore pilot wind farm off the coast of the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by defining the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) concept for the tendering phase. As the step from fixed offsho
MacArtney has teamed up with Jessn Marine Equipment Company, based in Beilun Ningbo, China, to cover the ocean science industry for the Chinese market. Entering into a distributorship agreement with Jessn Marine Equipment Company is part of MacArtney’s strategic objective to upgrade Chinese business
Monitor JIP, a consortium consisting of Gemini Windfarm, Van Oord, Keppel Verolme, Mecal, ECN and TNO, is working on developing a solution which would allow monitoring the health of offshore wind support structures. Many offshore wind stakeholders acknowledge the relevance of monitoring offshore win
Sea Mammal Research Unit of the University of St Andrews, in collaboration with SMRU Consulting, has published the results of a Scottish Government-funded study that developed and tested new technology for the detection and measurement of marine mammal behaviour around tidal turbines. The technology
DNV GL Americas has entered into a contract with Phu Cuong Group (PCG) to deliver a feasibility study for a USD 435 million, 170MW Phu Cuong 1 nearshore wind farm project, the first in PCG’s planned series of similar projects along Vietnam’s southern coastline in Soc Trang province. PCG, a private f
