European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has purchased a 1.8 MWh vanadium flow battery (VFB) system from Invinity Energy Systems. EMEC will deploy the flow battery at its tidal energy test site on the island of Eday. A world-first project will combine flow battery technology with tidal power to produce
NOAA-funded Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) will acquire a DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV) from iXblue. The contract consists of one DriX USV along with a novel custom-designed universal deployment system. The deployment system can launch and recover the USV as well as other AUVs,
Vestdavit and H. Henriksen recently carried out sea trials and provided proof of concept for SOLUSV – a new launch and recovery system for unmanned surface vehicles. The tests took place on board a Vestland Offshore vessel, whose existing boat and davit system were modified to accommodate SOLUSV equ
Seismic surveys have for decades been a key part of offshore exploration, producing comprehensive imagery of sub-bottom rock formations that allow the location and evaluation of oil and gas deposits. They also find their use in assessments of the seabed for offshore construction, installations of re
Scottish marine engineering firm QED Naval has launched a tender for inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works related to Subhub tidal platform refitting.
TechnipFMC’s Schilling Robotics division has selected Energid Technologies’ Actin robotics software development kit (SDK) for its new automated Gemini ROV system. Schilling Robotics is leveraging motion control features of the Actin software to enhance the performance and effectiveness of the Gemini
The government of Canada has made one of its largest-ever investments in tidal energy by awarding multimillion-dollar funding to Sustainable Marine for the development of a floating tidal energy array in Nova Scotia.
A three-year trial in the Netherlands has shown that the floating solar panels produced by the Dutch-based company Floating Solar are capable to withstand storms without damage.
The BladeBUG inspect-and-repair robot for offshore wind turbine blades has carried out its first open door walk on an operating turbine. Over two days in mid-October, the six-legged robot repeatedly scaled blades on ORE Catapult’s 7 MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine located off the coast of Fife.
Ireland-based provider of hydrokinetic solutions GKinetic Energy has been selected to receive support from Europe’s BlueInvest Readiness Assistance Programme.
CGG and Shearwater have agreed to suspend negotiations around creating a marine streamer equipment JV until visibility in the streamer replacement cycle improves. The companies said that decision comes due to the downturn in the oil and gas industry, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Both parties
Ocean robotics firm Houston Mechatronics Inc. (HMI) has secured a deal to provide 26 all-electric ‘Olympic Arms’ to Triumph Subsea Services for their fleet of work class ROVs. This landmark agreement represents the industry’s first commercialisation of this technology. Derived from HMI’s Aquanaut te
The scaled-down BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has capsized offshore Santander, Spain, during what is described as a ”historic swell generated by Hurricane Epsilon”. The 1:6 BlueSATH prototype, installed in El Abra del Sardinero back in August, had already completed its testing campaign in
The Seattle-based company Oscilla Power has raised over $300K in an ongoing crowdfunding campaign that will remain open for two more weeks.
