French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has issued a call for proposals for floating offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. ADEME aims to fund demonstration projects and testing of technological components of renewable energy systems. The call comprises three parts: – Implementation
Ocean Renewable Power (ORPC) has deployed its 2015 RivGen® Power System in the Kvichak River at the remote river village of Igiugig, Alaska. The system is providing power to the local microgrid, significantly decreasing the community’s diesel fuel use, the developer said. Equipped with ORPC’s latest
Multiseis Programmes Ltd, a Lowestoft-based company that develops software for the marine seismic industry, has expanded and moved its main UK operations to coastal renewables hub OrbisEnergy. Its four full time UK staff will work in OrbisEnergy, while its three part-time administration staff will r
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has announced the list of successful contract awards following its first international, competitive open call. The first call focused on innovative Power Take-Off systems for wave energy devices. Over £7m has been awarded to 16 technology developers and consortia, from cou
The fully assembled workshop testing of the core energy conversion system components of the Protean™ Wave Energy Converter (WEC) has been concluded. Building on the success of the workshop testing, the Protean™ WEC technology program has now advanced to the ocean based or “wet” testing phase. Stoneh
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has deployed its PB40 PowerBuoy off the coast of New Jersey. The deployment is OPT’s first since late 2013 and is a critical step in its intensified efforts to commercialize its technology. The PB40 PowerBuoy weighs 130 tons, is 110 feet in length, operates in 45 meter
SgurrEnergy has partnered with Chinese lidar manufacturer, OASIS, in a deal which will complement the company’s package of wind farm SgurrOptimiser services. The package, which includes bespoke analysis and recommendations to fully extract the wind energy potential from operating wind farms, will he
Seatricity had tested the Oceanus technology in the Beaufort Wave Basin of the Hydraulics and Marine Research Centre at the University of Cork from 13th to 17th July. The week was supported by the MARINET FP7 programme – a European Community – Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities
Following the completion of the initial phase, SeeByte, ASV and the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom have been awarded funding to carry out phase two of the Adaptive Autonomous Ocean Sampling Networks (AAOSN) SBRI call. The aim of the project is to reduce the complexity and freque
Subsea Vision has added a forth Saab Seaeye Cougar XT to its fleet. The 2000 metre-rated Cougar is to assist in unexploded ordnance (UXO) disposal. The ROV is used to locate and identify UXOs, which can include excavating the seabed to see the objects more clearly. The Cougar then lays a charge alon
Fukushima Offshore Wind Consortium plans to tow the 7 MW wind turbine from Onahama Port to its offshore site on July 31-August 1 and moor it in the following 20 days. Then, from August 20 to September 30, the developer plans to carry out the laying and burying of riser cable at the Fukushima Experim
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a call for applications for a new offshore wind technology test scheme of 50 MW. The deadline for applications is 15 October 2015 and the first commitments are expected to be assigned within the end of the year. The test scheme aims to develop new and innova
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has unveiled two advanced underwater monitoring platforms, now in their final stages of testing in Dartmouth before sea trials in the Bay of Fundy. “To harness the enormous power of the Bay of Fundy responsibly, we have to understand it,” said FORCE
Alstom and Nordic Yards have installed two 700 MVA power transformers on the DolWin3 converter platform based in the Warnemüde shipyard in Germany, operated by Nordic Yards. The transformers were designed and built by Alstom specifically for the DolWin3 converter project at its Mönchengladbach plant
