Subsea services company Acteon has launched a new service, Acteon Field Life Service (FLS). Acteon FLS offers a “joined-up” approach to the capex and opex challenges presently being experienced by the industry, the company said. “Our industry, like many others that have already been transformed, req
As part of a continued push to encourage energy innovation and commercialization, the US Department of Energy’s (US DoE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) issued their first call for proposals that help bring cutting-edge energy technologies to market.
Serco has received confirmation from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) that the first of the company’s five new or upgraded Air Defence radars which prevent wind farms interfering with the UK’s air defence capability is now fully operational. Trials and analyses have shown that the Remote Radar Head
KnowRES project, supported by Ocean Energy Europe, has published a report on recruitment trends, forecasts, and most wanted profiles in the European ocean energy sector. KnowRES project aims to create an online platform to provide job intelligence to industry, candidates and academic and training in
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO.nl) has invited tenders for the collection of meteorological and oceanographic data obtained through real time field measurements at the Wind Farm Zone Hollandse Kust (Zuid). The objective of this tender is to conclude an a
What does ocean biology have to do with offshore wind energy? Quite a lot, according to this video by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which explains how scientists carefully study underwater areas to map out the best locations for potential future wind energy projects. The
An European consortium has launched a new Horizon 2020 project, Blue Nodules, on February 01, 2016. This project addresses the challenge of creating a viable and sustainable value chain to retrieve polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. The technical side of the project is dedicated to subsea ha
Subsea UK has committed £20,000 to the Scottish MATE ROV competition, the industry body announced at Subsea Expo. The initiative, organised by the Robert Gordon University, encourages young engineers to design and test underwater machinery with help from industry mentors. Subsea UK joins BP, which h
Wavepower Technologies, a private investor in the wave energy industry, is looking for wave energy professionals who would help the company deliver its aim of advancing the sector.
The OCEANERA-NET initiative has launched a second joint call 2016 for collaborative research in ocean energy sector.
AGR has finalised a frame agreement to act as technical advisors to Norwegian state-owned Gassnova, as the country progresses with its Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) development. Gassnova has overall responsibility for the research, development and implementation of CCS technology in Norway. The N
Techniques being developed through research in the field of neuroscience could boost the operation of wave energy converters. Technology harvesting energy from ocean waves is akin to the brain processing sound in that both are complex systems responding to incoming waves. Thus, the possibility of co
SKF Ocean Energy team was in Harland and Wolff recently to inspect the final commissioning phase of Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 floating tidal turbine before launch in March. SKF, a global technology provider, has been working with the engineering team at Scotrenewables Tidal Power to supply
Several tidal and wave energy projects have been granted funding in the latest round of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument for Phase 1.
