In early January 2015, a team of MBARI engineers, led by Andy Hamilton, recovered an experimental buoy that creates electrical energy from ocean waves. This power buoy had been deployed six miles southwest of Moss Landing Harbor for 131 days which was also the longest deployment out at sea. The powe
The RV Cefas Endeavour has started an 18 day charter to the Government of the Netherlands organisations Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) and the Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), with local mobilisation in Scheveningen (Netherlands). The 74 metre multi-disciplinary research vessel wi
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has announced that it will manage tidal testing at Turners Falls, Massachusetts. MRECo has entered into an agreement with the Conte Fish Research Center to use its flumes in Turners Falls for tidal energy testing, MRECo’s press release reads. John Mi
A report published in January 2015 from industry consultants, AMI Consulting, calculates that the global demand for materials in the production of wind turbine blades grew by over 10% per annum in the last three years. While materials usage has risen strongly, there are uncertainties ahead and chang
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) yesterday begun onshore verification testing of a large-scale (MWT167H/7.0) digital hydraulically driven offshore wind turbine at the Hunterston Test Centre in the United Kingdom. The wind turbine was developed with support from Japan’s New Energy and Industri
WERPO has signed a partnership agreement with ACEP to develop wave energy power plant off the coast of Ghana. Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) and the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) will form a joint venture in Ghana, under which they plan to erect wave energy power station. AC
Canadian College of the North Atlantic’s Wave Energy Research Centre (WERC) was one of six research projects highlighted during a presentation to more than 50 federal ministers and dignitaries on Parliament Hill on Monday. The event was the fifth in a series of successful gatherings organized by the
The AR1500 is the latest tidal power turbine system under development at Atlantis. The AR1500 will have a rated capacity of 1.5 MW at flows of 3.0 m/s. Lockheed Martin Corporation has completed the detailed design of this turbine during 2014. The design is adjusted to withstand the harsh environment
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is soliciting public and stakeholder comment on a recommendation to modify the current boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This is the first step in a process that could expand the sanctuary. All
Blackbird International Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with ACEP, The Africa Center for Energy Policy, with the goal of erecting a sea wave energy power plant to supplement the region’s energy needs. WERPO signed a JV agreement with ACEP, The Africa Center for Energy Policy in Ghana.
In December 2014 the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) published a policy document, entitled “The Danish Solution: A BluePrint for Clean Soil”. The document provides a policy framework for identifying and prioritizing soil-contamination sites in Denmark and developing green-tec
A new way to process fibre optic signals has been demonstrated by UCL researchers, which could double the distance at which data travels error-free through transatlantic sub-marine cables. According to UCL, the new method has the potential to reduce the costs of long-distance optical fibre communica
Companies, entrepreneurs and groups working in the area of marine renewable energy, based in the EU or in FP7-associated States are eligible to participate in the latest MARINET’s call offering free access to Europe’s leading test facilities. As a first step, the user, or the group leader must conta
The budget request for FY 2016 designated to MHK technologies subprogram is USD 40.8 mln, a decrease of USD 300.000 from 2015. The objective of MHK (Marine and Hydrokinetic technologies) subprogram, a part of the Water Power Program, is to compress technology development timelines of MHK devices wit
