Germany’s first floating offshore foundation, the GICON® SOF, has cleared an important hurdle on the way to the installation and testing phase by receiving its construction and operating license from the State Department of Agriculture and Environment of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. On March 27, GICON re
Siemens is developing a gas-insulated transmission line for carrying large amounts of energy at high DC voltages. Berlin Technical University and Dresden University of Applied Sciences, among others, are working under the lead management of Siemens on developing a new gas-insulated DC transmission l
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) has successfully completed a stage gate review with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) related to its Power Take-off (PTO) technology that could be used with both small and large scale PowerBuoys. Evaluation criteria for the stage gate review included PTO cost r
AW-Energy has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region. AW-Energy is a Finnish technology developer which has developed the WaveRoller, a nearshore wave ener
Last month Wave Energy Scotland (WES) launched its first GBP 7 million international technology innovation competition. WES aims to support and accelerate the development of wave energy technology in Scotland and was established as part of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, at the request of the Scot
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has secured GROW:OffshoreWind funding to build an innovative subsea tool which will substantially reduce project costs and improve health and safety offshore. The new tool has been designed using OMM’s experiences of working offshore and its technology will bring sig
Seatricity will redeploy its Oceanus 2 Wave Energy Convertor at Wave Hub following the winter refit. Over the next few days, a patented hydraulic pump which was stripped down over the winter for component analysis, will be reassembled at The Cylinder Service Center Ltd of Washington, Tyne & Wear, an
After months of intensive preparations, conversion work and test runs, Deutsche Windtechnik’s 24/7 remote data monitoring will now be housed in new spacious premises with technically well equipped workstations. The specific aim of the conversion was to create the necessary technical and safety condi
Industrial lifting company Granada Material Handling (GMH) has partnered with Siemens to improve its sea operations serving offshore wind turbines around the UK coast. GMH was using a ‘marinised’ version of a standard winch and decided to redesign from the ground up to provide a more tailor-made sol
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been granted type certification for the V164-8.0 MW from leading classification group DNV GL. Chief Technology Officer Torben Hvid Larsen said the type certification of the V164-8.0 MW validates the thorough test and verification programme, demonstrating the quality of t
Dutch Marine Contractors has successfully completed the turnkey installation of a new LiDAR Buoy, manufactured by EOLOS, off the coast of Ijmuiden, the Netherlands. EOLOS appointed Dutch Marine Contractors last year to fulfill their requirement of a turn-key Dutch contractor who could arrange transp
The detailed design of the Protean Wave Energy Converter (WEC) has been completed, Stonehenge Metals Limited announced this morning. Moore Commerce Pty Ltd has completed the detailed design of the 1.5kW peak output Protean device well within schedule and within budget, opening the way for preparatio
The University of Highlands and Islands has awarded RS Aqua Ltd a contract for the supply and delivery of Wave Measurement Buoys for MERIKA project. Under the agreement, the supplier is required to provide 2 years after sale support and maintenance services for the supplied hardware and software com
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, has announced the appointment of Ellen McGregor as Director for Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) for a term of five years. Ms. McGregor
