The 7th International OTEC Symposium recently took place in Busan, South Korea. Participants from at least 10 countries gathered to share the latest in technology, research, and projects. The two-day event included keynotes from Luis Vega, Yasuyuki Ikegami, and Michael Petterson, more than 20 presen
The first blade has been installed on the prototype GE Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine in Maasvlakte, according to the live webcam feed at the Port of Rotterdam. LM Wind Power is producing the 107m blades, the world’s largest, at its plant in Cherbourgh, France. The first piece was rolled out i
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Tocardo Tidal Power has been declared bankrupt by the court. M.A. Le Belle of Rensen Lawyers has been appointed as liquidator and in the coming weeks, he will talk to potential buyers. In recent months, Tocardo has sought to acquire new projects in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom. Zeeland
Ireland, Wales and Cornwall have signed a collaboration agreement outlining a commitment to work together to progress floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea The commitment, signed by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Marine Energy Wales and Marine Renewables Indu
Parts of the mining cutter suction dredger (CSD) Julia dredge and the Wet Concentrator Plant for the WCP C development are arriving on site at the Moma Mine in Mozambique, Kenmare Resources plc said in their latest announcement. The dredger was dismantled and than shipped from the Netherlands to Moz
UniSite Group, a Ningbo based company involved in dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine, mechanical engineering and green remediation projects, took part in some very significant projects all over the world in the third quarter of 2019. Q3 Highlights: UniSite successfully supplied nu
A joint initiative between Japan and Scotland will see almost £21 million ($25.7 million) invested into underwater technology projects to promote economic growth opportunities in the Blue Economy. Through a close working relationship between Scottish Enterprise and the Nippon Foundation, £20.9 milli
Australian wave power firm Carnegie is looking for new talent in areas of advanced electrical machines, hydrodynamics and machine learning. Electrical Machine Expert will join the technical team and work closely with other engineers across a broad range of disciplines in executing the technology dev
Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology recently successfully supplied a power supply system for the sand dredger Veluwemeer, which belongs to the RuwBouw Groep from Harderwijk. The new installation consists of a 1000 kVA containerized diesel generator that is placed on deck and supplies the desludging syste
DesignPro Renewables said it has formally extended its current H2020 project by an additional 4 months in order to close out its remaining deliverables successfully. The project, which began in July 2017, has achieved numerous milestones to date and has already hit a number of key targets over the l
SIMEC Atlantis Energy is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join its team in Edinburgh and a bilingual Project Engineer to join its engineering team in Bristol. Senior Project Manager will lead the integrated development and delivery programme for the MeyGen project, data centre an
Sabella’s D10-1000 turbine has been redeployed onto its gravity-based foundation in the Fromveur Passage, one of the most energetic tidal sites in France, on Saturday. The subsea cable enabling electricity export towards Ushant’s Island grid has also been connected to the tidal turbine. Despite Hurr
Malin Group, a Glasgow-based engineering company, has been granted a planning consent by West Dunbartonshire Council for Phase One of the Scottish Marine Technology Park (SMTP) in the shadow of the Erskine Bridge. Phase One includes a large fabrication facility, consent for a deep-water jetty with a
