DTOceanPlus partners recently met for a General Assembly in Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation and validated the integration of 3 new partners into the project. The meeting was organised by Wave Energy Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. The first year of the project is reflected in the pu
GE Renewable Energy has installed three out of four tower sections which will support the prototype Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine at Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The final tower section will be installed once the nacelle arrives at Maasvlakte during the summer, GE Renewable E
Denmark’s EUDP program has awarded DKK 4.79 million (EUR 642,000) to a floating wind – wave technology project as part of an effort to de-carbonise oil and gas production. The project gathers Floating Power Plant, Lundin Norway AS, NOV APL Limited, Semco Maritime, CEFRONT, and Aalborg University. Wi
Eco Wave Power has signed a letter of intent with the Port of Taranto, in Italy for the development of the first wave energy power station in Italy. Representatives from Eco Wave Power will arrive to the port again in July for in-depth discussion on the best path forward, the company said. In additi
The UAE Ministry of Education and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) recently signed an agreement to cooperate on the integration of renewable energy and sustainable development into the national education system. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Hussain Ibrahim Al
The OceanSET project was recently launched to provide support to ocean energy implementation in line with the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan). It is a 3‐year EU H2020 project with a total budget of €1 million that gathers together 9 partners. The SET Implementation Plan (SET Pla
Eco Wave Power has decided to broaden the ownership of the shares in the company by way of a new issue of shares followed by a listing of the company’s shares on Nasdaq First North in Sweden. “The Eco Wave Power team has worked hard over the past years to design, build and put our […]
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has reported losses for the year of 2018 of £24.0 million. Based on the company’s preliminary report, this result compares to £10.6 million loss in 2017. According to Atlantis, the increase in the year-on-year loss of £13.4 million reflects the significant changes in the Group
Damen Services Brisbane, the Queensland Service Hub for the international Damen Shipyards Group, is set to host a dredging seminar on July 9-10, 2019 at the Damen Service Hub premises in Brisbane. During the seminar, the presentations will be given by Sjoerd de Bruin, Damen’s Sales Manager for Austr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has conducted large scale field testing of the Mini Robotic Submersible Dredge (MRSD) in Virginia. The Subdredge, designed and manufactured by EDDY Pump Corporation, is the latest dredge being added to the US Military’s tool chest. During testing, there was a real dr
A team of students from Cranfield University, calling themselves the Wave Whisperers, has won the inaugural Bombora Wave Power Challenge Cup, sponsored by Welsh Government. The inaugural ‘Bombora Wave Power Challenge’ gathered forty dynamic students from across the UK to battle it out in an intensiv
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions announced 2019 selections in the latest round of the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) The TCF is a program that transitions research and development (R&D) funding to applied energy programs to advance promising technologies
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) has released the date, location and topic areas for the upcoming 2020 International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE). The event is scheduled to take place on May 19-21, 2020 at the Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C. The theme for ICOE 2020 is “Energizing a P
Diversified Technologies has introduced a new electrical power conversion technology for subsea power distribution requirements which is being developed as a Phase II SBIR for the US Navy. The PowerMod Subsea MVDC Power Distribution System converts 10 kVDC to 375 VDC directly at the seafloor and is
