ECN has confirmed that the Fugro Oceanor Seawatch floating LiDAR is in the pre-commercial stage according to the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology. In collaboration with RWE, Eneco and Fugro Oceanor, ECN has performed a Fugro Oceanor S
dotOcean has designed an innovative geotechnical profiling system for deep sea waters, the Deep Sea GraviProbe. The system’s cone is lowered in the underwater sediment layer, analyzing those layers during intrusion. Under its own weight it penetrates loose and consolidated mud layers and measuring d
The Minister for Jobs, Richard Burton, together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, today announced details of a €28 million investment in research equipment and facilities through Science Foundation Ireland. A total of 21 exemplary research projects will be suppor
Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) researchers have deployed SWIFT buoys from a helicopter to assess the extremely stormy conditions in the Pacific ocean, off Oregon, USA. The Surface Wave Instrument Float with Tracking (SWIFT) is a free drifting system to measure waves, wind
Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk will be working with Lloyd’s Register (LR) on measuring underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind farm substation development. Energinet.dk will take on installation of the substation for guiding the electricity into the onshore grid. The
Some of the EU’s environmental directives present regulatory burdens that hinder tidal and wave energy sectors growth, said Stephanie Merry, Head of the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) Ocean Energy Group.
The FaBTest marine energy testing site off Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, has seen record-breaking waves brought to the site location by the New Year storms. FaBTest measured waves 9.3 metres high as Storm Frank passed over the site location, surpassing the previous largest wave in the bay which was seen o
New Jersey’s Senate yesterday approved a bill that clears the path for Fishermen’s Energy to build the proposed 25MW wind farm off Atlantic City. The state Senate voted 28-9 in favour of the Wind Energy Projects S2711. The bill, which was passed by the Assembly by a 48-21 vote on December 17, permit
NEMOS, a German wave energy developer, has begun with the components testing for the full scale prototype device expected to be deployed in summer this year. Parallel to the endurance testing of the NEMOS 1:5 device at Nissum Bredning test site in Denmark, first components of the full scale prototyp
Canada-based Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) has set up a January 15 deadline for research proposals in the fields of marine renewables, marine geoscience, and seismic and marine sound.
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (IMR) has issued a tender invitation for delivery and deployment of electro-optical umbilical cables and subsea distribution units for extension of the ‘Lofoten-Vesterålen Cabled Ocean Observatory’ (LoVe). Lofoten-Vesterålen cabled observatory (LoVe)
Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) has applied to US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to surrender the license for the Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project. The unconstructed Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project works would consist of two 300 kW OpenHydro tidal turbines each mou
ConocoPhillips Alaska has donated $500,000 for the completion of the energy research facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The funding will be used for the completion of the fourth floor of the new engineering building at UAF which will house the UAF Alaska Center for Energy and Powe
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure of Guyana is calling for proposals from power producers to develop an electricity generation system from renewable sources which would power a town called Bartica. According to Stabroek News, Guyana’s daily, the ministry is looking for proposals for the generati
