The offshore wind market is set to experience a significant improvement in Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) over the next five years, as technology and supply chain gains improve, according to the renewables market analyst MAKE. The improvements in LCOE within the offshore market will be mainly
The offshore wind market is set to experience a significant improvement in Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) over the next five years, as technology and supply chain gains improve, according to the renewables market analyst MAKE. The improvements in LCOE within the offshore market will be mainly
The first Protean™ wave energy converter (WEC) buoy has been deployed at Port of Bunbury, Western Australia. The deployment will enable Protean Wave Energy Ltd to collect operational and environmental data for a pre-feasibility assessment ahead of a commercial pilot wave farm. The multi-buoy demonst
The DNV GL-led WIN WIN (WINd-powered Water INjection) project, which gathered industry players from oil & gas and offshore wind sectors, including ExxonMobil, ENI Norge, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd., Statoil, VNG Norge, PG Flow Solutions and ORE Catapult, is on the right track to make the best use of bot
Aker Solutions has won an engineering achievement award at the OTC conference in Houston for its El-drive subsea electric actuators. The newly developed electric actuators are designed to operate valves in subsea production and processing systems. The Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has secured £4.5 million funding to start the deployment of an array comprising its PLAT-O tidal energy systems at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The company has now moved their operational base to Orkney and will be grid-connecting their first sy
FMC Technologies won a Spotlight on New Technology award for its InLine ElectroCoalescer, and was recognized at the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston on Monday, May 2. This award recognizes and honors innovative technologies in the oil and gas industry that impact offshore explora
One in three Danes wants Denmark’s electricity to come exclusively from renewable energy sources within the next five years, with only 10% of the country’s population willing to wait 15 years or more for this to happen, according to a survey commissioned by DONG Energy. Almost 77% of respondents pre
The PPG protective and marine coatings business is presenting its new PHENGUARD subsea coating system. According to the company, the new product combination of PHENGUARD Subsea 610 coating and PHENGUARD Subsea 780 coating is a two-coat subsea system with high-temperature resistance up to 180 C for s
Ulstein has introduced a new cable lay vessel, the LX109 design. The new, patent pending, Ulstein Cable Arch system in combination with open top vessel design results in total of 12,500 t of power cable that can be laid as one single piece, the company explained. This was made possible by positionin
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has introduced a new design for a cable laying vessel featuring an in-house developed Cable Arch system. The LX109 vessel combines the Ulstein Cable Arch system with open top vessel design, resulting in a total of 12,500 tonnes of power cable that can
Following completion of pre-deployment preparations, Protean Wave Energy has announced the imminent deployment of the first Protean wave energy converter (WEC) buoy at Port of Bunbury, Western Australia.
Floating Power Plant (FPP), a Danish offshore energy developer has formed marine technology partnership with Norway-based Ocean Power & Energy Services (OPES), to advance its floating wind and wave energy device.
Experts from various organizations around the world have come together for IEA workshop to advise on an in-depth feature on renewable energy to be included as part of IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2016.
