After the successful transport of the dismountable cutter suction dredger “Ural River” from Nijkerk, the Netherlands, to Kazakhstan, in early 2015, Wagenborg was asked to transport an identical dredger, named “Mangystau”. The vessel will be transported from Nijkerk to Bautino in Kazakhstan. Mangysta
NEMOS, a German wave energy developer, has begun with the components testing for the full scale prototype device expected to be deployed in summer this year. Parallel to the endurance testing of the NEMOS 1:5 device at Nissum Bredning test site in Denmark, first components of the full scale prototyp
JBA Consulting has teamed up with ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and the Met Office to apply its metocean forecasting and planning tool, ForeCoast Marine, to two of SPRs’ offshore wind farms. The tool will be used at the Wikinger offshore wind farm to inform and help manage live metocean risks durin
Starting this month, crews under contract of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, will begin dredging roughly 2.6 million cubic yards of material from the Baltimore Harbor and Channels navigation project via a $25.6 million contract awarded this past fall. This dredging is being per
Canada-based Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) has set up a January 15 deadline for research proposals in the fields of marine renewables, marine geoscience, and seismic and marine sound.
ETA, a UK-based subsea cable specialist, has formed a new division that will focus on the provision of marine cable connectors, terminations and accessories. Following the participation in several projects such as Cape Sharp Tidal project in the Bay of Fundy, and Delta Stream tidal project in Ramsey
UK-based subsea cable specialist ETA has announced the formation of a new division to focus on the provision of marine cable connectors, terminations and accessories. The new division will continue to provide bespoke designs and at the same time develop ETA’s production lines for larger scale projec
ConocoPhillips Alaska has donated $500,000 for the completion of the energy research facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The funding will be used for the completion of the fourth floor of the new engineering building at UAF which will house the UAF Alaska Center for Energy and Powe
Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd (APSEZL), part of the Adani Group, has announced a plan to expand its existing terminal Adani International Container Terminal Private Limited (AICTPL) at its flagship Mundra port. The expansion of AICTPL will position Mundra as the major transshipment hub in the country provid
GE Power Conversion has signed a contract to equip offshore wind turbines manufactured by Shanghai Electric Wind Power Equipment (Sewind) with 4MW Fully Fed LV3 wind converters. Totalling 1GW, the deal is set to be one of the biggest offshore wind projects in China, GE said. The converters will be m
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers helped California make history this week when the largest container ship ever to visit the United States berthed at the port of Oakland, an achievement port officials are calling a milestone in trans-Pacific trade. The quarter-mile long Benjamin Franklin, operated by
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure of Guyana is calling for proposals from power producers to develop an electricity generation system from renewable sources which would power a town called Bartica. According to Stabroek News, Guyana’s daily, the ministry is looking for proposals for the generati
There is every reason to believe that 2016 will see a series of developments for renewable energy, especially in new markets in offshore wind, according to Bruce Valpy, Director at BVG Associates. The year ahead of us will see the commissioning of the first offshore farm in the US, at Block Island,
There is every reason to believe that 2016 will see a series of developments for renewable energy, especially in new markets in offshore wind, according to Bruce Valpy, Director at BVG Associates. The year ahead of us will see the commissioning of the first offshore farm in the US, at Block Island,
