Europe’s ocean energy industry has welcomed the ambition shown by the European Parliament in a vote to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the EU’s electricity mix to 35% by 2030.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is seeking to partner with a UK-based university to accelerate electrical infrastructure research and development activities related to offshore renewable technologies.
Wave Swell Energy (WSE) has informed that the Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty accepted an honorary consultancy role with the company.
Queen’s University Belfast has officially opened the €9.7 million cross-border research center for renewable energy projects in UK and Ireland.
A Damen submersible dredge pump, type DOP350, was recently delivered to the Finnish contractor Vesirakennus Ojanen Oy for a work in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. “The DOP pump has been fitted out with a reinforced heavy duty leveler head making it the perfect tool for unloading barges. The head i
US-based wave energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has named Christopher Phebus as its new Vice President of Engineering.
Irish company DesignPro has started with the construction of the hydrokinetic device planned for deployment this spring in France.
Following multiple not yet realised 10MW+ concept plans, there is already much wind industry talk about the next-generation 12-15 MW turbines. The question is whether especially new concepts in the latter category will be mainly evolutionary scaling of current technology, or a radical departure to n
Following multiple not yet realised 10MW+ concept plans, there is already much wind industry talk about the next-generation 12-15 MW turbines. The question is whether especially new concepts in the latter category will be mainly evolutionary scaling of current technology, or a radical departure to n
Cimpina and Mar Train Heavy Lift moved QED Naval’s Subhub out of the fabrication shed to a lay-down area within the Titanic Quarter on January 13, and the platform is now set to undergo final testing before being launched and towed to the Falls of Warness tidal test site for installation.
The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA), in cooperation with Nova Scotia’s Department of Energy (NSDOE) and Dalhousie University, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for testing of innovative technologies and methodologies related to tidal energy at Dalhousie University’s Aquatron test
Sand pumping operations for the City of Isle of Palms restoration project are finally underway, the city said in their latest announcement. This major coastal protection scheme, worth $11.8 million, is being undertaken by the Oak Brook based dredging contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (G
Minesto, which is currently working to install its Deep Green tidal technology off Keelung Island in Taiwan as part of a demonstration project, has informed that it is looking to deploy Deep Green at a site in the Kuroshio current, which would lead to world’s first commercial electricity production
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld last week delivered a shallow draught ASD 2310 SD vessel, named Papillon, to De Boer Remorquage SARL, a subsidiary company of Dutch Dredging (Baggerbedrijf De Boer) and Iskes Towage & Salvage. Damen has customised the ASD for a 12-year contract with Grand Port Maritime de
