Natural Power, an independent renewable energy consultancy, has obtained the aerial imaging surveyor system Trimble UX5 suitable for wind and tidal renewable energy projects. Data from the new aerial imaging surveyor will be integrated with traditional ground-based surveys, by providing highly effic
Wave Energy Conversion Corporation of America (WECCA) is competing in the Wave Energy Prize challenge with its AWECS wave energy device comprised of three articulating barges. Advanced Wave Energy Conversion System’s (AWECS) fore and aft barges are propelled by continuous ocean waves, with the power
Dragflow, together with its local partner, has successfully delivered an Electric Pump (EL604SB) with control box to a shipyard in Russia. The customer was looking for a pump that will be used for a dredging project in order to enlarge his basin floating dock in the region of Volga, near Nizhny Novg
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has introduced the latest issue of Terra et Aqua, their official quarterly publication. The magazine is supported solely by the IADC as a service to the world-wide dredging community and represents IADC’s commitment to the highest standards
Dredge Yard has sponsored for the 3rd consecutive year the Moscow Forum of Dredging Companies, organized by the Media-Group Port News with the assistance of the Ministry of Transport of Russia Federation. Specialists in dredging and shipbuilding industry gathered from around the globe to discuss abo
AXYS Technologies Inc. has recently completed two validation campaigns for its FLiDAR 6M wind assessment platform – one at FINO 1 in the North Sea and the other at West of Duddon Sands in the Irish Sea. The latest campaigns have added 11 more months of validation data to AXYS’ evidence for commercia
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult officially unveiled its 7MW demonstration offshore wind turbine in Scotland’s Levenmouth on 29 February, in the presence of the Scottish Government Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, Fergus Ewing. The Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine offers UK ind
Multi beam sounder manufacturer WASSP Ltd of Auckland, New Zealand, has introduced the first WASSP S3, an entry level multi beam sonar. The new S3 is purpose built for the survey and mapping market. The product is shipped with WASSP software for 2D/3D mapping and Polar view. ENL Group Managing Direc
KIC InnoEnergy has recently made a number of new appointments in Poland and Germany, as part of its ongoing drive to connect industry with innovative products and solutions across east and west Europe. In Poland, Jakub Miler has been appointed as CEO and Marcin Lewenstein has been appointed as Clean
Protean Wave Energy Ltd has confirmed its readmission to trading on the ASX, following the completion capital raising and the acquisition of Protean Energy Australia Pty Ltd, the holder of the Protean™ Wave Energy Converter (WEC) intellectual property. The company said it is now well positioned to r
Future dredging technologies will be based on robotization and intellectualization, according to Mikhail Chemodanov, Technical Director of Nonius Engineering. The Nonius Engineering, established in St. Petersburg in 2008, is focused on the development of automation and monitoring systems for industr
KIC InnoEnergy has recently made a number of new appointments in Poland and Germany, as part of its ongoing drive to connect industry with innovative products and solutions across east and west Europe. In Poland, Jakub Miler has been appointed as CEO and Marcin Lewenstein has been appointed as Clean
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 22-28, 2016). BAM Signs Xbloc License Agreement with Bouygues BAM Infraconsult, under its trade name Delta Marine Consultants, has signed a license agreement with Bouygues for the use of Xbloc on the Cal
The fact that the industry is now talking about the difficulty new technologies face in trying to access UK subsidies under the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme, is in itself a positive sign that the marine energy sector is beginning to make some headway towards the first commercial scale projec
