Over the past few years, Rice University experts have been working on a new hurricane-protection options for the Houston-Galveston region. Past discussions focused on constructing a floodgate at the mouth of either Galveston Bay or the Houston Ship Channel. Rice University has just presented a third
The 2015 Rhode Island Clean Energy Jobs Report states that Rhode Island’s clean energy economy currently supports nearly 10,000 jobs and suggests that the state is expected to add approximately 1,600 new clean energy jobs over the next year. The report found that 40 percent of the clean energy firms
The climate and meteorology group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), EOLO group, has developed a technique to forecast the amount of energy waves will bring several hours in advance. The EOLO group has developed various models for predicting the amount of wave energy for the Bay of B
A new type of sensor could soon be installed on the blades of subsea tidal turbines to monitor the interaction between marine life and renewable energy installations, as a result of a new collaborative project involving the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and CENSIS. The organisations’ rese
Bibby HydroMap has completed survey operations on the €30 million Deep Green tidal energy project off Holyhead, for consultant Xodus Group on behalf of developer Minesto. According to Bibby HydroMap, the objective of the survey was to provide a detailed understanding of the seabed levels, characteri
Bibby HydroMap has completed survey operations on the €30-million Deep Green marine energy project based off Holyhead for consultant Xodus Group on behalf of developer Minesto AB. The objective of the survey was to provide a detailed understanding of the seabed levels, characteristics and shallow ge
A new type of sensor could soon be installed on the blades of subsea tidal turbines to monitor the interaction between marine life and renewable energy installations. A collaborative project involving the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and CENSIS will aim to improve the monitoring of activ
The first-of-class oceanographic research vessel R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27), has this month successfully completed its acceptance trials, the Navy reported August 27. Neil Armstrong is a mono-hull research vessel based on commercial design, capable of integrated, interdisciplinary, general purpose
The Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) platforms are recoverable instrument platforms designed to monitor and characterize the FORCE site. There are two types of platforms – FAST-1, and FAST-2. The FAST-2 platform (pictured) weighs 4,5 tons and is 4 m long. It is designed for more frequent depl
A Caribbean centre for renewable energy and energy efficiency will be based in Barbados, the country’s Energy Minister Darcy Boyce announced. During the meeting with Italy’s Special Envoy to the Caribbean, Paolo Serpi, Boyce told the Italian diplomat that the centre, which is expected to be inaugura
WERPO, an Israeli wave energy player, has designed a wave energy system that harnesses the energy of the waves to produce electricity while being only 10% submerged in the water. WERPO’s technology, initially developed under SDE Ltd, is based on the utilization of sea waves to yield hydraulic pressu
Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP) has an opening for the position of Marine Energy Administrator. Marine Energy Pembrokeshire is a partnership between technology developers, supply chain companies, public sector and academia working collaboratively to establish Pembrokeshire and Wales as a centre of
The development of the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea for a decade has been approved by the UK Oil & Gas Authority, Maersk Oil reports. The Maersk Oil operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea is expected to produce enough gas to meet
Professor Yngve Kristoffersen arrived in Longyearbyen, on August 22nd 2015, with the hovercraft Sabvabaa after drifting across the inaccessible Arctic Ocean during one year. Together with Audun Tholfsen the FRAM-2014/15 ice drift station has made geological, sea ice, ocean and atmospheric measuremen
