The Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) at Swansea University is looking for biaxial-machine tenders. Namely, Fatigue loads often drive the load regime experienced by wind, wave and tidal devices. Therefore, there is significant scope for cost reduction through characterisation of
Development of an indigenous green hydrogen industry could generate £ 320 billion for the UK economy and sustain up to 120,000 jobs by 2050, a new report finds. The Offshore Wind and Hydrogen: Solving the Integration Challenge Report was released by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) and the
Underwater tech company OTAQ has appointed two key figures as it eyes to grow turnover to £50 million by 2025. Chris Hyde steps into the role of chief technical officer having filled the position of chief commercial officer since 2015. Furthermore, Maurice Coull has joined the marine technology comp
Norwegian-based Jotun has signed the first commercial contract for container vessels for its Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) with container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). MSC plans to install the Jotun HullSkater, a robotic technology that has been designed for proactive cle
Subsea fibre optic cable installation and maintenance player Global Marine has won the Desk Top Study (DTS) for the Singapore India Gateway (SING) cable system. The 9,000-kilometre SING cable, with landing points in Singapore and India, will also have branches to Thailand, Indonesia and Oman. The de
South Korean shipping company HMM has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) on smart ship technology.
Spanish grid operator Red Electrica and its Moroccan counterpart ONEE have completed the works to seal the leak in the reserve cable of the link between Spain and Morocco. The leak incident took place in Moroccan waters 21.6 kilometres off Spain at a depth of 208 metres. The companies advised the Sp
One of the world’s first and largest sea water floating solar systems is set for completion later this year in Singapore. From 10 September to 31 December, installation of a floating solar farm west of Senoko Fishery Port will take place. The company behind the project is Sunseap Group, Southeast As
PGS and Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) have signed an agreement under which OFG has acquired the exclusive rights to use the hardware, software and intellectual property associated with the PGS towed streamer CSEM system. Oslo-listed PGS receives shares in Canada-based OFG as settlement for the transa
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) to join a floating wind technology project. As part of the project titled Research and Development on Technologies to Lower the Cost of Floating Offshore Wind
There are only two weeks left to apply for the EU-funded Ocean DEMO 3rd call. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This call will focus on supporting technology developers wi
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed international oil company. The late sale is related to the company’s OBN seismic data library over Utsira in Norway. The Utsira OBN seismic data library is now in its final stage of data processing. Processing
Siemens Energy, lead contractor for the construction of National Grid’s Viking Link interconnector project in Lincolnshire, has installed a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell to provide off grid power to the project’s construction site for the first time. Off grid power is necessary as this site won’t
Ningbo Orient Cable (NBO) said it has won another contract for high voltage umbilical project on China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Lufeng 22-1 oilfield redevelopment project. First discovered in 1983, Lufeng 22-1 lies some 250 kilometres south-east of Hong Kong in 330 metres of water.
