The offshore wind market is set to experience a significant improvement in Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) over the next five years, as technology and supply chain gains improve, according to the renewables market analyst MAKE. The improvements in LCOE within the offshore market will be mainly
The first Protean™ wave energy converter (WEC) buoy has been deployed at Port of Bunbury, Western Australia. The deployment will enable Protean Wave Energy Ltd to collect operational and environmental data for a pre-feasibility assessment ahead of a commercial pilot wave farm. The multi-buoy demonst
Minesto has ordered a modified version of Subsea Riser Products’ (SRP) bottom joint system for its Deep Green tidal energy power plant, with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. Within the agreement signed between the two companies, SRP will deliver a version of its Rocksteady bottom jo
The first six cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes arrived in the River Mersey on Sunday, 1 May, ready for installing and commissioning at the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal. Produced by leading Chinese manufacturer ZPMC, which also supplied the five ship-to-shore cranes already on
Barge Master has received the Spotlight on New Technology award for its T40 motion compensated knuckle boom crane at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. “We are extremely honored to be receiving the Spotlight on New Technology award for our BM-T40 motion compensated knuckle
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has secured £4.5 million funding to start the deployment of an array comprising its PLAT-O tidal energy systems at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The company has now moved their operational base to Orkney and will be grid-connecting their first sy
The Damen Shipyards Group and GustoMSC have started collaborating in order to produce a range of self-propelled and non-self-propelled jack-up platforms for the offshore industries – the DG JACK range. The collaboration, announced at this year’s OTC in Houston, will be based on GustoMSC’s track reco
Dutch SMST has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a 3D motion compensated crane (MCC) for Østensjø Rederi’s new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) which will be deployed at the 580MW Race Bank wind farm offshore UK. The SMST motion compensated crane is designed to transfer equipment to an offsh
Following completion of pre-deployment preparations, Protean Wave Energy has announced the imminent deployment of the first Protean wave energy converter (WEC) buoy at Port of Bunbury, Western Australia.
Floating Power Plant (FPP), a Danish offshore energy developer has formed marine technology partnership with Norway-based Ocean Power & Energy Services (OPES), to advance its floating wind and wave energy device.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 25-May 1, 2016). Spotlight on LNG-Powered Dredger Royal IHC recently released an article written by Robert van de Ketterij, Managing Director of IHC MTI, about the advantages and challenges of running a tra
Seabed levels around the five turbines fitted with Tyre Filled Net (TFN) scour remediation system units at the 60MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm have risen, Norfolk Marine Ltd, the developer of the system, reports. Monitoring has shown that pile stability has increased as the scour pits have fill
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has hailed the French government’s initiative to reach 100 MW of installed marine renewable energy (MRE) projects by 2023.
Leask Marine, an Orkney based marine renewables service provider, has been working with Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) to prepare the deployment site for SME’s PLAT-O tidal platform.
