Renewable Devices Marine (RD Marine) is facing potential legal action from the Crown Estate following the conclusion of trials of its Capricorn tidal turbine technology.
Public consultation period for Marine Institute’s application for a foreshore lease to upgrade the Galway Bay marine and renewable energy test site has been extended by two weeks.
Wave Energy Prize challenge teams, numbering 9 finalists and 2 alternative teams, are currently finalizing their 1:20 scale prototypes that will be tested the US Navy’s MASK Basin from August through early October.
German-based wave energy developer NEMOS has manufactured the full-scale power-take off unit for its wave energy system.
Moray Council, the only authority in Scotland to own a dredger, invited Liebherr-Great Britain to design and supply an excavator for direct mounting on its new £2.5 million dredger, MV (Marine Vessel) Selkie. The R 936 excavator, supplied with marine specification and two excavation buckets, was sel
General Electric (GE) has entered into talks with Areva, Gamesa, Siemens and the French state to discuss the potential acquisition of Adwen, a 50 – 50 offshore wind joint venture between Areva and Gamesa, Jeff Immelt, GE’s CEO, told French daily Le Figaro. GE took over Alstom’s power and grid busine
General Electric (GE) has entered into talks with Areva, Gamesa, Siemens and the French state to discuss the potential acquisition of Adwen, a 50 – 50 offshore wind joint venture between Areva and Gamesa, Jeff Immelt, GE’s CEO, told French daily Le Figaro. GE took over Alstom’s power and grid busine
Monitor JIP, a consortium consisting of Gemini Windfarm, Van Oord, Keppel Verolme, Mecal, ECN and TNO, is working on developing a solution which would allow monitoring the health of offshore wind support structures. Many offshore wind stakeholders acknowledge the relevance of monitoring offshore win
Sea Mammal Research Unit of the University of St Andrews, in collaboration with SMRU Consulting, has published the results of a Scottish Government-funded study that developed and tested new technology for the detection and measurement of marine mammal behaviour around tidal turbines. The technology
Teledyne PDS has released a newly enhanced version of Teledyne PDS LiteView freeware 3D viewer for hydrographic applications. LiteView can be used to quickly access Teledyne PDS data files, such as PDS logdata files, grid model files, 3D design model files and GeoTIFF files to view and easily naviga
Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Oregon-based Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) to encourage knowledge exchange and joint research activities.
KIC InnoEnergy has granted additional €1 million for the development of Minesto’s Deep Green tidal technology.
Cape Sharp Tidal is preparing to deploy the first OpenHydro tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.
Global Maritime is to provide mooring and risk management support to the European Union’s OPERA project that aims to halve the cost of wave energy.
