Oceanflow Energy, a UK-based tidal energy developer, has completed the winter trials of their Evopod floating tidal energy device. The device was deployed in Sanda Sound, South Kintyre, UK from August 7, 2014. The aim of the trials was to demonstrate Evopod’s low motions and survivability characteri
Ocean Power Technologies has announced plans to deploy their APB-350 (A1) PowerBuoy wave device in summer 2015. The company stated the new PowerBuoy APB-350 (A1) will use the existing structure deployed in 2013, with a newly designed power take-off (PTO) system and upgraded components. The deploymen
Carnegie Wave has installed the third and final CETO 5 Unit off the Garden Island. The full array of three units is now operating at Perth Wave Energy Project site. Carnegie initially planned to retrieve the two deployed units for inspection prior to installing the third, but the company decided to
DTOcean will showcase the alpha version of the decision-making and planning tool for the development of tidal and wave arrays to pioneering project developers, utilities, OEMS, technology developers and supply chain actors. The workshop organized by DTOcean provides an opportunity for shaping the de
Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) Student Research Travel Program has provided six Nova Scotia students the opportunity to build their international networks through travel to the USA, Ireland, and Bermuda to conduct their thesis research in the fields of marine renewable energy and offsho
It’s the second day of the Adriatic Oil & Gas Summit (AOG) in Budva, Montenegro, a summit focused on the offshore oil and gas investment opportunities within Montenegro, Croatia and Albania. The day two started off by covering the production lifecycle for exploration from the seismic and ultrasound
UK Secretary of State, Ed Davey, has 3 months to make a decision on the project. The six-month examination period closed on December 10, 2014. Planning Inspectorate had a period of 3 months to consider and make a recommendation to the Secretary of State. The Planning Inspectorate issued a report of
At deltas of rivers where fresh water mixes with salt water, energy associated with the salinity gradient can be harnessed using pressure-retarded reverse osmosis process and associated conversion technologies. Salinity power is one of the largest potential sources of renewable energy. The potential
Muckle LLP have been advising BEL Valves on the establishment of a new £10m subsea engineering facility for Newcastle’s Quayside. Plans for the 20,000 sq ft Neptune Test Centre on the Spillers Tyne Mill site, which will house four hyperbaric chambers that simulate the environment of subsea depths up
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts within the Magellan Mountains in the Pacific Ocean. The contract was signed on 10 March 2015,
ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to OTEC International (OTI) for its OTEC floating power plant. The elements of the design evaluated by ABS include the barge hull and mooring system, energy conversion equipment, hazardous materials handling and storage, cold-water import conduit and warm-
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with BGP has started the acquisition of the Bilby Non-Exclusive 2D seismic survey. The Bilby 2D seismic survey in the Bedout Sub-basin and Broome Platform, Western Australia comprises of approximately 12,300 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution broadband data over 2×
Oceanus 2 device is back at A&P Falmouth, Seatricity’s manufacturing partner, for a winter refit in preparation for redeployment to Wave Hub test site. Oceanus 2 wave energy device has been tested at Wave Hub, which enabled Seatricity to test the installation methodology along with the communication
Halcyon Tidal Power has halted the submission of the formal application for the Scots Bay tidal project until the Provincial Legislation on renewable energy is passed. Halcyon proposes to construct a 1100 MW ‘Halcyon Solution’ tidal range lagoon facility in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Halcyon has
