First German Floating Foundation Secures Grid Connection German engineering consultancy Gicon has received permission from a governmental agency to feed 2.3MW of grid connection capacity through the country’s first floating offshore foundation – GICON®-SOF. RWE-Led Consortium to Bid for Dutch Borsse
EMO Marine Technologies has secured the transmission of oceanographic data by establishing a real time link via fiber optic cable from Minas Passage seafloor to FORCE onshore site. The link provided by EMO Marine will transmit site data gathered by the sensors affixed to the FAST-1 monitoring platfo
Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) has contracted the Biscay-based wave energy developer Oceantec Energías Marinas to supply its technology for the deployment off Basque coast. Under the €2.5 million contract, Oceantec Energías Marinas will provide its point absorber oscillating water column (OWC) techn
Ocean Tech Services (OTS) has deployed an AXYS WindSentinel buoy based LIDAR system near offshore wind development areas along the coast of New Jersey as part of a contract to install, operate and maintain the buoy for a 1-year data collection mission signed with Pacific Northwest National Laborator
Ocean Tech Services (OTS) has deployed an AXYS WindSentinel buoy based LIDAR system near offshore wind development areas along the coast of New Jersey as part of a contract to install, operate and maintain the buoy for a 1-year data collection mission signed with Pacific Northwest National Laborator
Cape Sharp Tidal has reportedly postponed the installation of the first out of two tidal turbines originally planned to be installed in the Bay of Fundy this fall. According to The Chronicle Herald, Cape Sharp Tidal has changed the original plan of installing the first OpenHydro’s 2 MW tidal turbine
China has discovered its first subsea gold mine, worth hundreds of billions of yuan. As China Daily informed, the mine was discovered in the water of Sanshan Island, and it is estimated to hold 470.47 tons of the mineral. Shandong Third Institute of Geological and Mineral Exploration found the mine
Innovate UK and the Government of India are to invest up to £3.4 million in collaborative industrial research and development projects that propose new commercial solutions to India’s clean-tech, healthcare and ICT sectors. The aim of the competition is to bring together small to medium-sized compan
Magseis has entered into an agreement with Shell for the further joint development of a system to deploy Magseis’ MASS technology in ultra-deep water. According to the company, the agreement regulates the further work leading up to a full-scale pilot test which is planned for completion early Q1 201
The BlueTEC floating tidal platform is currently being upgraded with Tocardo’s larger T2 tidal turbine. According to Bluewater’s social media, BlueTEC platform has been lifted on the quay today, November 12, 2015. Tocardo’s T2 200 kW tidal turbine will be mounted on the platform, doubling its curren
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has recently awarded £2.25 million to 8 wave energy technology developers to support the development of their technologies. The successful projects will receive funding to take their technologies through WES’ stage one technology development process. Take a look at the bri
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Apple have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote the development of ocean energy in Ireland. Under the MoU, Apple has committed a €1 million fund that will help developers who receive an SEAI grant to test their ocean energy prot
40South Energy and Elements Works are conducting final preparations ahead of the next week’s deployment of their H24 wave energy unit off Italy. The 50 kW device has been moved to Livorno harbour, and will be deployed next week as the first phase of Marina di Pisa project. Another H24 device will be
Enorasy Labs has pulled out of US Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize challenge and shifted its focus on developing turbine technology. The company has announced that it has decided to focus its efforts on developing its Gravity Control Turbine, based on DARLEM control, and on energy storage sy
