Hydroquest’s river tidal turbine has been installed in the Loire river in the city of Orleans, according to laRep news site. The installation represents another test phase for the river tidal turbines. It is expected that the turbine will be connected to the electricity grid in March or April. Frede
Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. and the University of Hawaii (UH) have jointly developed a novel autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can effectively deploy seafloor sensing equipment by combining features of a free-swimming AUV and those of a bottom crawling vehicle. This ‘hybrid’ autonomous unde
Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training company, will share its experience in the field of offshore renewables and marine energy at the annual Wave & Tidal 2015 conference and exhibition next month. Presenting on day two in the session ‘Next Generation Enabling Technologies for the Wave and Tidal
Van Oord’s Flexible Fall Pipe Vessel (FFPV) ‘Nordnes’ has been refitted at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen under a tight schedule with the Seatools completing upgrades of the vessel’s Fall Pipe ROV (remotely operated vehicle). The FPROV is an underwater robot that steers the mouth of the fall pipe, ther
Marlink has been selected to provide high-end VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) services for the fleet of the international dredging and offshore contractor Van Oord. The contract is expected to include 30 vessels being supported by Marlink’s customized VSAT services by the end of 2015. Marlink’s
Contractors will begin the construction of a 340-meter access road at the MeyGen tidal stream project today, majority owner of the project, Atlantis Resources, announced. The announcement marks the start of all onshore construction at the site, a preparatory stage which will pave the way for the 398
WERPO, a wave energy technology specialist, has signed an agreement with Beijing Capital Group (BCG), who will exclusively represent WERPO in China. Shmuel Ovadia, director at WERPO and inventor of its proprietary sea wave energy technology, stated: “China is one of WERPO’s strategic locations, both
An Israeli contractor has invested in three large Hitachi excavators to supply rocks for extending breakwaters, which will form part of the construction project for two new container terminals at the ports of Haifa and Ashdod. AD Edan Hadash Earthmoving Contractors Ltd. has purchased two ZX470LCH-5s
DHI and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are currently testing a scaled model of a 10 MW offshore wind turbine on a floating platform. The basin tests include simultaneous wind and waves and take place in DHI’s deep water basin as part of the INNWIND.EU project. Floating offshore wind turbi
IDEOL has secured over 10M€ in funding this last December in order to finance its accelerated domestic and international growth. Three new investment funds (HPC CAPITAL, PACA INVESTISSEMENT and CPG) as well as three existing shareholders (the DEMETER 3 AMORCAGE Fund, the Emergence INNOVATION 1 Fund
The LNP appears to be confused about their own policy regarding the Cairns port dredging proposal in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, announced Cairns and Far North Environment Center (CAFNEC). The community has been told that State Government policy was NO new dumping in the Marine Park. Recentl
When a Belgium-based dredging company required two anchors of a type not commonly available, they knew where to turn. Theo Kloosterman, Manager of Damen Anchor & Chain Factory (AKF), takes up the story: “The client was looking for two High Holding Power NAF type anchors, for their dredging vessel. T
A web portal designed to give businesses access to comprehensive data on Channel area’s marine renewables sector including courses, installations and businesses involved in the MRE sector will be launched at Channel MOR Project’s conference, it is stated in Cornwall Marine Network’s press release. T
Carnegie Wave has announced that the works on the onshore power plant for the Perth Project have been completed, and the plant is now ready to be connected to the electricity grid, it is stated in Carnegie Wave’s press release. Carnegie has received approximately USD 45.000 grant from the Western Au
