The results of the work conducted by MARIBE project partners will be presented during a two-day advisory session next week in Brussels.
Jobs supported by the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry will have fallen by the end of 2016 by an estimated 120,000 since their peak in 2014, according to new data published by industry trade body Oil & Gas UK. The analysis, carried out by marketing services company Experian, forecasts that in 2016
Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and manufacturer of marine robotic systems, was appraised at level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). The appraisal was performed by JFR Consulting, and included an examination of Hydroid’s business practices and develo
Canada-based Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) has opened a funding call for research proposals in the fields of marine renewables, marine geoscience and marine sound.
TenneT has presented a ‘hub and spoke’ concept to set up a large European offshore electricity system that incorporates building of an island in the middle of the North Sea. Numerous wind farms can be connected to the artificial island – a total capacity of over 30 GW can be connected on an island o
TenneT has presented a ‘hub and spoke’ concept to set up a large European offshore electricity system that incorporates building of an island in the middle of the North Sea. Numerous wind farms can be connected to the artificial island – a total capacity of over 30 GW can be connected on an island o
Marine environmental consultancy, Hartley Anderson, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, is currently welcoming applications to tender for a study to model underwater sound propagation during geophysical surveys and predict received sound levels for marine mammals. Several seism
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed to expand Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to protect additional Gulf of Mexico habitat. The plan lays out five expansion scenarios, ranging from no expansion of the 56-square-mile sanctuary, to one bringing it to a
European Commission’s Horizon 2020 has granted multi-million funding for tidal energy projects run by Tocardo, and OpenHydro, with their partners.
Classification society DNV GL said it has with partners initiated a follow-up of the LNGreen project, a new carrier design concept. The joint development project will build on the learnings from the first project to further “increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the concept,” DNV GL said
Cape Sharp Tidal has released a video showcasing the interaction between an OpenHydro tidal turbine and a group of pollock shoaling around it at slack tide.
A research by industry body, Subsea UK, has found that, 90% of surveyed companies in the UK’s subsea industry have in the last 18 months seen sales drop by 30-50% or more. Of those, 28% have lost half their revenues with sales decreasing by 50% or more, while close to 6% reported no impact on sales
The Marine Energy Event will be held on 26 October 2016 from 12:30 to 18:00 at RAI Amsterdam as part of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC).
A report which describes a new method for estimating the risk of collision between harbour seals and tidal turbines has been published.
