For the third time in almost eight decades, bed material samples are being taken from the Mississippi River. The first was in 1935 and the second was in 1989, but this is the first time it’s an effort being coordinated between different government agencies. On Wednesday, February 11th, sixteen team
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is calling for agency partners, local non-federal sponsors and customers to participate in upcoming listening sessions regarding the 2015 Executive Order, Establishing of a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). “The executive order, relea
In the energy industry there is a tendency to present the future of energy production as an “either or” situation. Many think of specific energy sources as the only possible solution to the future of energy production while ignoring the realities of a large and complicated industry.
Sabella has signed an MoU with PLP and MEINDO to supply renewable electricity to remote areas of Indonesia. The aim of this agreement is to develop ocean current energy in Indonesia for remote areas of the country. The turbines to be deployed in Indonesia will be of 100 kW to 2.500 kW in capacity. S
A new online platform, aiming to facilitate renewables technical knowledge exchange, has been launched today. Wiki-Cleantech is a free and collaborative knowledge online platform designed to gather all renewable energy scientific and technology information in one easily searchable place. It includes
Akuo Energy and Pertamina have signed an MoU for developing renewable energy projects, including OTEC plant, at various sites in Indonesia. The renewable projects will concern electricity generation from wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). The Memorandum of Unde
GE Oil & Gas has invested more than £13.5 million across its subsea manufacturing facilities in Montrose, Scotland, enhancing the business’s test and assembly (T&A) and manufacturing capabilities. The company has completed construction of a 1,000m2 heat treat and cladding workshop at its Brent Avenu
Two innovative Ramboll engineers have developed an idea to protect subsea pipelines in the Arctic region and to avoid their collisions with icebergs. The idea, initially rewarded in the Ramboll Oil & Gas innovation competition, presents a concept for deep burial of pipelines using a “cheese wire” pr
DNV GL’s Energy Academy is offering training courses for professionals in the wave and tidal energy sector, scheduled for May 5 and 8, 2015. Wave Energy Conversion course is scheduled for May 5. An overview of the fundamental principles behind the main technological solutions to convert ocean wave e
MarineSpace Ltd has recently been awarded the contract by London Array Ltd to produce the Year 1 Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring Annual Report for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm. Environmental issues have been a key focus of this project from the EIS stage to date, and publication of
MarineSpace Ltd has recently been awarded the contract by London Array Ltd to produce the Year 1 Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring Annual Report for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm. Environmental issues have been a key focus of this project from the EIS stage to date, and publication of
MarineSpace Ltd has recently been awarded the contract by London Array Ltd to produce the Year One Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring Annual Report for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm. London Array is one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms, located in the outer Thames Estuary. It co
The SeaWEED wave energy converter generates electricity by floating on the surface of the ocean and riding over the rising and falling motion of waves, and has the power capacity of 750 kW. Each SeaWEED unit consists of four modules that are connected by truss structures. The four module array inclu
By signing the ownership agreement for the NordLink, the first high-capacity power cable between Norway and Germany, partners TenneT, Statnett, and KfW, which is represented by KfW IPEX-Bank, have made the final investment decision for the project. The construction of the system will start as soon a
