Last week North Sea Systems started carrying out trials of their CableFish® survey platform at EMEC. This is the culmination of the MRCF Project, managed by the Carbon Trust and funded by the Scottish Government. CableFish® will offer a survey capability that enables cable laying operations to be ex
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 17 – November 23). French oil services provider Technip has announced that, on Monday, November 10, 2014, it approached CGG to create a first tier oil and gas services provider. The pro
After growing interest in renewable energy development offshore Florida, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in coordination with the State of Florida, is organizing the first Florida Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting on December 11, 2014. The purpose of this Task
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) partners have announced the award of a broad Arctic study that will investigate the interrelationship among the physical, biological, chemical and social science components of the Beaufort Sea ecosyste
The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) and Innovate UK (the new name for the Technology Strategy Board) are jointly investing approximately CAD 1.4 million (approximately GBP 755,000) in collaborative R&D projects to develop enhanced sensing technologies for tidal in-stream energy applicati
Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) has been assigned to review the E39 as a ferry-free road connection along the coast of Vestlandet, Western Norway. This includes, as one of the main priorities, the construction of an underwater tunnel that crosses the Romsdal Fjord. The c
Deltares will be testing the design for the planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. Incorporating sixteen turbines that can deliver 320 MW, the tidal lagoon will be the world’s largest. It will be built to scale in the facilities hall in Delft so that the hydrodynamic efficiency of the des
Apqak Renewable Energy Inc. plans to develop and install marine current technology in Iqaluit which will generate electrical power from Frobisher Bay’s tidal currents. As Nunatsiaq Online reports, the company proposes to bring the most advanced tidal power generation equipment to Iqaluit to generate
Deltares will be testing the design for the planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. Incorporating sixteen turbines that can deliver 320 MW, the tidal lagoon will be the world’s largest. It will be built to scale in the facilities hall in Delft so that the hydrodynamic efficiency of the des
The Carbon Trust, through its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, has issued a call for entries from companies interested to undertake a study aimed to assess the benefits of Integrated Design in a FEED level ‒ Front End Engineering and Integrated Design (FEEDID). The primary objectives of th
Tribute Resources announced that it has established a new corporation called International Marine Energy Inc. (IME). IME has acquired the interests of Tribute Resources in Western Tidal Holdings, and the intent of Tribute Resources is to develop all further tidal power projects in Canada and interna
Tribute Resources Inc. has established a new corporation called International Marine Energy Inc. (IME). IME has acquired the interests of Tribute in Western Tidal Holdings, (WTH). It is the intent of Tribute to develop all further tidal power projects in Canada and internationally within IME. IME ha
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has completed its first round of sea trials with its tidal energy platform, PLAT-O. PLAT-O was launched from the company’s facility in Venture Quays, East Cowes, Isle of Wight and towed to the test site at Yarmouth. Once at the site PLAT-O was submerged to installatio
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has successfully completed its first round of sea trials with its tidal energy platform, PLAT-O. The tidal energy industry has struggled with high costs for installation and maintenance but SME is demonstrating that by using its innovative platform which is moored und
