Ocean Energy Systems is predicting strong advances in ocean energy in 2020, driven by public and private sector funding. The last OES annual report highlights significant international investment including $25 million pledged by the US Department of Energy to support 12 ‘next-generation’ marine ener
The U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), announced 15 teams selected to participate in the first ever Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC). The MECC challenges interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of programs to identify ne
Researchers at Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science are currently refining the design of tidal turbines developed by Verdant Power. Arindam Banerjee, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics and his team recently received a $250,000 grant f
Bombora is seeking an engineer procure and construct (EPC) partner to join wave energy converter project in Lanzarote, the fourth largest of the Spanish Canary Islands, off the coast of northern Africa. Cabildo de Lanzarote, the island’s governing body, through a collaboration agreement with Enzen h
A new $3-million prize that will help generate innovation in marine-energy-powered ocean-observing platforms is now open for applications. The Powering the Blue Economy: Ocean Observing Prize will provide a new opportunity for the innovation community to develop marine energy technologies that enabl
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 11 – 17, 2019). Van Oord Kicks Off Port of Caldera Dredging In order to optimize commercial operations and reduce wait times for vessels arriving at the Port of Caldera, Sociedad Portuaria Caldera (SPC)
DEME and Royal IHC successfully launched the 7,950m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Meuse River at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, today. Meuse River has the same innovative design as the award winning IHC-built TSHD Scheldt River, which joined the DEME fleet in 20
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has announced the 20 winners for the Concept Stage of the Waves to Water Prize competition. This is the first prize administered as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Security Grand Challenge. This announcement marks the opening of the Desig
Eco Wave Power has started the assembly phase of the hydraulic land-located conversion unit for its first grid connected installation in Israel. This will be the first time that wave energy will connect to the national electric grid in Israel and a special Feed in Tariff (FIT) will be determined for
UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed Adrienne Airlie to its Board. Airlie joins ORE Catapult as a non-executive director after standing down as Martin Aitken & Co’s chief executive in 2018. She continues as a director of the firm. Commenting on the appointment, Chairman Colin
C-Job Naval Architects revealed its concept design of an Autonomous Underwater Maintenance Dredger (AUMD) today. The design was presented by the independent ship design and engineering company at the combined Maritime and Port Technology and Development Conference (MTEC) and international Conference
Sea Wave Energy Ltd. (SWEL) recently tested its technology at the LiR National Ocean Test Facility in Cork, Ireland as part of the Fast Tracked Product Development phase of the ProtoAtlantic project. During the trials in Cork, SWEL completed its tests and obtained data and readings from its WEC mode
The EU has approved a project that should optimize the anchoring and mooring of floating solar plants and adapt the anchoring to ocean environment as well. The aim is to significantly reduce the cost of anchoring floating solar parks. RISE is part of a consortium of Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese p
A nacelle from GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, ahead of a testing programme designed to prepare it for years of operation at sea. This nacelle, comparable in size to s
