Denmark and the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their cooperation on offshore wind energy projects. On 4 May 2016 at the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C., Danish Ambassador Lars Gert Lose and BOEM Director Abigail Ross Hopper signed the MOU to recogn
Oil & Gas Giant Bids to Build Dutch Offshore Wind Farms Following recent media reports that Shell, one of the biggest oil and gas companies, will take part in Dutch tender for Borssele I and II offshore wind sites as part of a consortium also comprising Eneco and Van Oord, the move was confirmed thi
Oil & Gas Giant Bids to Build Dutch Offshore Wind Farms Following recent media reports that Shell, one of the biggest oil and gas companies, will take part in Dutch tender for Borssele I and II offshore wind sites as part of a consortium also comprising Eneco and Van Oord, the move was confirmed thi
Mocean Energy, one of the alternate teams to 9 Wave Energy Prize challenge finalists, is moving forward with the design of their 1:20 scale wave energy converter (WEC).
The US Senate has passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, a bipartisan legislation which includes a recommendation that USD 40 million be allocated to the offshore wind demonstration programs. Senator Angus King from Maine has urged the Appropriations Committee to include this la
The Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI) and Dispuut Offshore Technology (DOT) will host a symposium “Space for Subsea” on May 18, 2016 in Theater de Veste in Delft, Netherlands. KIVI is a professional organisation for engineers, and with 20,000 members it is the largest engineering society
Orkney-based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2 MW SR2000, the world’s largest energy generating tidal turbine.
Orkney-based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2MW SR2000 tidal turbine at Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries in Belfast. The 550-tonne machine is the first commercial scale machine the company has built. The turbine should undergo preliminary tow trials in Belfast Lough before being towed t
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in Brussels, Belgium has invited tenders for the provision of high resolution seabed mapping. EASME has been established by the European Commission to manage several EU programmes that turn EU policies into actions in the field of e
Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) is looking for consultancy services on migration modelling of hydrocarbons within Petromaks 2, ‘Norcrust’. Petromaks 2, Norcrust is a collaborative project lead by the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU). Partners are ‘Cage – Center for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment
German wave energy company SINN Power has started the long-term trials of its wave energy converter module installed in Crete, Greece.
France-based company DCNS has filed a permit application to construct tidal turbines assembly plant in Cherbourg, Normandy.
The 100 kW Nova M100 device has passed an extensive series of commissioning tests, and is now fully operational.
Carbon Trust has presented the case study for the Array Technology Innovation Programme (ATIP) aimed at achieving cost and risk reduction associated with marine energy arrays.
