The Carbon Trust is working as part of a consortium set up to progress the development of a tidal and floating wind energy test centre in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The Nagasaki Prefecture has been identified as a potential location for the offshore renewable test site, to not only take advanta
The final phase of a major project to investigate cost-effective methods of cable laying for tidal power arrays, with the aim of helping accelerate development of the marine energy industry, has been completed in Orkney. Funded by Scottish Enterprise, the £2.4 million Tidal Array Cabling Solution pr
The report summarizes the state of the science of interactions and effects of marine renewable energy (MRE) devices on the marine environment, the animals that live there, and the habitats that support them.
Resolute Marine Ltd (RML), the Irish subsidiary of US-based wave energy developer Resolute Marine Energy, won the ‘EIP Water got talents award’ at the European Innovation Platform for Water conference in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. A panel of judges from world-class water companies and investment firms
Flemish wave energy developer Laminaria has joined forces with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Innosea, Ghent University, and TTI Testing to support the development of its wave energy converter (WEC). The main focus of the project is to prove the survivability of the Laminaria WEC, which i
Schottel Hydro will deliver 16 Schottel Instream Turbines (SIT) with a capacity of 62 kW each to the Isle of Wight-based enigneering company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME). The turbines will be delivered over the course of two years. The scope of supply also includes the power electrics for the tur
SmartBay Ireland has achieved international accreditation for health, safety, quality and environmental management. SmartBay was accredited with OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety, ISO 14001:2004 Environment and ISO 9001:2008 Quality standards. The bespoke integrated management system w
Allswater, a Canada-based engineering firm specializing in marine and offshore applications, has designed XTidal Instream Platform (XIP) aimed at tidal energy industry. The third generation platform has been designed with an increased platform capacity, modular construction and enhanced stability –
Indian state of Karnataka has struck a deal with a French-based company Tar Kovacs Systems to develop an ocean based renewable energy project. The deal was reached during the Make In India Week event, held in Dubai last week. The week-long event gathered more than 800,000 visitors, with the aim of c
Three European research and testing sites are collaborating on the development of a methodology to improve reliability in marine energy converters. Scotland’s European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is working with the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and SP Technical Research Institute of
SmartBay Ireland Ltd. has recently achieved international accreditation for its integrated health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) management system used at the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site. The bespoke integrated management system achieved accreditation under OHSAS 18001:
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published a revised version of ‘Guidance on wire rope integrity management for vessels in the offshore industry’ (IMCA SEL 022 Rev. 2/IMCA M 194 Rev. 2). This document provides guidance on the necessary elements of an integrity management s
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 15 – February 21). Norway’s Statoil has reportedly given up on constructing a new platform to develop its Snorre 2040 project offshore Norway for a subsea solution which should cut costs, hel
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has made two final contract awards from its first competitive call for power take-off systems. The first contract in the amount of £474,493 has been awarded to Trident Energy who joins the stage 2 programme Another award of £90,000 will be made to Exceedence who will parti
