Fugro has set, according to the company, a new water depth record of 2,923 metres (9,589 feet) while completing a combined sampling and piezocone penetration testing (PCPT) borehole to 62 metres (203 feet) below the seafloor. Achieved using its ‘Seafloor Drill I,’ the single deployment in the Walker
FMGC, a French-based company, has manufactured tidal turbine ballast made of grey cast iron for Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine. FMGC gravity-based tripod structure consists of three ballast blocks with a tubular shape. Two ballasts tubes weigh 55 tonnes each, and one weighs 77 tonnes. The base measures
40South Energy’s H24 machine can work both as wave and tidal unit. H24 machine consists of a guiding part located on the sea floor, or on a support structure, and of a moving part above it, which moves according to waves or tides. The machine uses WT25 power train. The mooring is provided by gravity
Scuba diving exposes you to many effects, including immersion, cold, hyperbaric gases, elevated breathing pressure, exercise and stress, as well as a postdive risk of gas bubbles circulating in your blood. Your heart’s capacity to support an elevated blood output decreases with age and with disease.
Strainstall has been selected to provide a monitoring package to support the prototype testing of Marine Power Systems’ WaveSub wave energy device. The design and deployment of sensors, coupled with monitoring system is expected to deliver an integrated solution to provide performance information. P
Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been selected to provide a complex monitoring package to support the prototype testing of WaveSub™, a wave power harnessing device from Marine Power Systems (MPS). Phase one of the monitoring solution will apply Strainstall’s complex data acquisiti
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, officially opened new production facility in Navegantes, Santa Catarina state, in the south of Brazil on Thursday April 16. The facility is used for the manufacturing of offshore equipment for the Brazilian market. It is lo
IRENA’s Project Navigator aims to facilitate the effective development of renewable energy projects worldwide. The Project Navigator tool launched by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) provides project developers with the knowledge, tools, case studies and practices needed to support
AML Oceanographic has been selected to supply CTDs for Ocean Networks Canada’s ‘Smart Oceans’ program. AML Metrec•X instruments will be deployed on cabled observatory platforms off Canadian coasts to provide data imperative to improving environmental monitoring and marine safety. AML’s UV•Xchange an
Columbia Power Technologies, US wave developer, is competing for funding at Willamette Angel Conference. The funding is provided from the angel investors that are made up from current and former executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists who look to invest in companies primarily in Oregon’s
Small and medium sized ports (SMPs) have a triple role to play in marine energy developments, it was concluded at BEPPo project’s conference. The Port of Oostende organised the BEPPo (Blue Energy Production in Ports) conference ‘Ports as hubs for marine renewable energy projects’ at the Greenbridge
The Japanese classification society ClassNK held a press conference on 20 April in Singapore to promote the activities of its new Global Research and Innovation Center (GRIC). Joined by representatives from Nanyang Technological University, ClassNK Executive Vice President Tetsuya Kinoshita explaine
ClassNK, a ship classification society, has established a research and development center in Singapore that will focus on developing maritime technologies to enhance ship safety and environmental sustainability. Class NK held a press conference in Singapore to promote the activities of the newly est
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) Ltd is making a strategic move into the Scottish tidal energy sector having signed a long term testing contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd. SME will be taking on one of the berths at the Fall of Warness tidal test site where it will deploy five
