A team of researchers carried out scientific research on volcanic activity at Nishinoshima around its sea areas (more than 6km away from Nishinoshima) using a research vessel for the first time since the volcanic eruptions in November 2013. The team was formed by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sc
ROVOP, an independent subsea Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) services provider, has established a Western Hemisphere headquarters and support base in Houston as well as appointed three ROV industry professionals to lead the business. Scott Wagner, Brett “Gonzo” Eychner and Wayne Betts bring a combin
GE Oil & Gas and Statoil have issued their final call for entries for their Open Innovation Challenge which launched in January 2015, Subsea UK reported. GE & Statoil issue final call for five $25,000 cash prizes; The partnership is crowdsourcing solutions to reduce trucking of sand in fracking proc
Marine South East (MSE) and Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) have concluded the project whose aim is to reduce high costs of anchoring for marine energy devices. The aim of the SAMED project was to validate anchoring technology using helical screw piles. The technology should be usable for seabed anc
Nagasaki prefecture, Japan, plans to develop a testing site for renewable marine energy to aid research and development of this sector. According to Wall Street Journal, the government of the Nagasaki prefecture will include the marine renewables experiment sites in the projects for the current fisc
The Underwater Centre, a subsea training and trials facility, has appointed Steve Cullen to the newly created role of ROV Operations Manager, where he will lead the development of the Centre’s ROV training and trials activities. He joins the Centre from Ashtead Technology and Subsea 7 where he took
Dutch Marine Contractors has successfully completed the turnkey installation of a new LiDAR Buoy, manufactured by EOLOS, off the coast of Ijmuiden, the Netherlands. EOLOS appointed Dutch Marine Contractors last year to fulfill their requirement of a turn-key Dutch contractor who could arrange transp
As part of a report, recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), an exhaustive analysis was conducted to understand what the wind industry in the U.S. could look like decades from now based on changing electricity demand, fuel prices, wind power costs and transmission infrastructure. T
As part of a report, recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), an exhaustive analysis was conducted to understand what the wind industry in the U.S. could look like decades from now based on changing electricity demand, fuel prices, wind power costs and transmission infrastructure. T
Carnegie Wave’s CETO 5 technology has been used for the recently grid connected Perth Wave Energy Project. The CETO system operates completely submerged under water. Power can be generated either offshore or onshore. For onshore generation, the fully submerged buoys drive seabed pump units to delive
The next UK Government should implement policies to continue to develop renewable energy, according to 79 percent of the Scottish adults. The results of a poll conducted by YouGov show that 4 in 5 adults (79 percent) in Scotland are in favor of the pro-renewable energy UK government. Those in favor
The detailed design of the Protean wave energy converter (WEC) has been completed. The design of 1.5 kW Protean wave device has been completed by Moore Commerce Pty, a technology development company engaged to deliver 30 Protean 1.5 kW devices. The manufacturing stage of the device will commence dur
Exxon Mobil Corporation began production in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico at Hadrian South with facilities tied back to the nearby Lucius project, reducing additional infrastructure requirements. Daily gross production from Hadrian South, ExxonMobil’s deepest subsea tie-back in nearly a mile and a ha
RS Aqua is expected to supply wave measurement buoys for the MERIKA project initiated by UHI (University of the Highlands and the Islands). RS Aqua supplies oceanographic and environmental equipment to the research, survey and monitoring markets. The company has been awarded contract by the Scottish
