The UK-based company Subsea Tooling Services (STS) last week participated at the Subsea Expo in Aberdeen, showcasing some of the latest developments and technologies in the industry. The company – offering high performance subsea dredgers and associated tooling – took the opportunity to unveil its l
A new project has been launched to take a close up look at attaching organisms living on renewable energy devices below the waves, with an aim of better informing the operation and maintenance of subsea equipment. The project is being led by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in conjuncti
A new project has been launched to take a close up look at attaching organisms living on renewable energy devices below the waves, with an aim of better informing the operation and maintenance of subsea equipment. The project is being led by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in conjuncti
Kraken Sonar’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc., will receive a non-refundable financial contribution of up to $495,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). In addition to technical and business advisory services provided b
The Institute for Energy Systems and the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at the University of Edinburgh will jointly host a practical and best practice workshop on ‘how to do tank testing’. The workshop is aimed at those with little or no experience of medium scale model testing, but who need
German researchers gathered around the Research Alliance Wind Energy (FVWE) have completed a three-year Smart Blades project that resulted in new concepts for intelligent rotor blades which can adapt to the wind, thus allowing turbine rotor blades to produce electricity more efficiently, Fraunhofer
German researchers gathered around the Research Alliance Wind Energy (FVWE) have completed a three-year Smart Blades project that resulted in new concepts for intelligent rotor blades which can adapt to the wind, thus allowing turbine rotor blades to produce electricity more efficiently, Fraunhofer
Diamond Offshore Drilling and GE Oil & Gas signed contractual service agreement (CSA) that transfers full accountability for BOP performance to GE Oil & Gas. In this Pressure Control by the Hour model, Diamond Offshore will compensate GE Oil & Gas only when the BOP is available. The 10-year collabor
Fair Head Tidal is planning to submit a marine licence application this summer for the proposed 100MW tidal energy scheme located off the north Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, near Ballycastle. The team behind the Fair Head Tidal Energy Park, a joint venture between Cork-based DP Energy and Bluepo
Fair Head Tidal is pressing on with plans to submit its marine licence application this summer for the proposed 100 MW tidal energy scheme off the north Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. The team behind the Fair Head Tidal Energy Park has concluded a series of surveys both offshore and onshore, with
Swedish company Hexicon has appointed Atkins as engineering partner for the world’s first multi-turbine offshore wind floating platform to be deployed at the Dounreay Trì Project off the Scottish north coast. Atkins’ offshore wind team has been working with Hexicon to define the concept since 2015 a
New series of advisory seminars about using financial instruments such as loans, bank guarantees, venture capital and other equity instruments in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) is now open for registration. The free-of-charge events are organised by the European Commission and E
Scotrenewables Tidal Power, the developer of SR2000 floating tidal turbine, is looking to expand its team as the company moves to the commercialization of its floating tidal energy technologies.
Vattenfall Vindkraft A/S is seeking a contractor to carry out ROV inspection works of debris and potential UXO at its Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm site off the Danish west coast. The contract will cover ROV inspection of debris and potential unexploded ordnance in water depths of 10m to 20m, with
