The U.S. Energy Department, in coordination with the U.S. Navy, yesterday announced funding for two companies that will continue to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology as a viable source for America’s clean energy future. Ocean Energy USA and Northwest Energy Innovations will test their
ORPC has concluded its successful OCGen® Module Mooring Project at its federally licensed Cobscook Bay, Maine project site. This first-of-its-kind project, funded partially by the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Maine Technology Institute, proved the stability of the prototype OCGen® device in reversing ti
A lot is going on this week in the Netherlands when it comes to offshore renewable energy sector. On Monday, one of Dutch companies established a partnership with a Greek offshore renewable technology developer, aiming to further develop and commercialize a floating wind energy system. Then, two of
Atlantis Resources Ltd has signed a 10-year (extendable) seabed Sublease with the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy in Nova Scotia, Canada (FORCE). The Sublease provides Atlantis a berth for tidal turbine deployment in the Bay of Fundy, within the demised area of seabed allocated to FORCE under
A group of leading offshore companies, including Bluewater, Damen and Van Oord, have joined together to realize a unique floating tidal energy platform, which will be moored near Texel in the Wadden Sea and generate clean electricity from the tides. The platform is a trial for remote locations world
AXYS Technologies Inc has announced the EDP Inovação (EDPi) WindSentinel floating LiDAR system has survived a major storm that ravaged the coast of Portgual near Viana do Castelo on October 16, 2014. Enduring gale force winds with gusts of over 90 km/hr and waves the size of three-story buildings (1
DONG Energy plans to deploy two seabed mounted current profilers within the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm Site, on or around the 4th November 2014. The deployment of both seabed mounted current profilers are expected to take no longer than a day and will be in situ for a maximum of two months, with a
ABB has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to design, engineer, supply and install an Alternating Current (AC) power transmission cable system that will connect Butendiek, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC (high voltage direct cur
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Two Westermost Rough offshore wind turbines saying “Hello!” to stormy clouds. Accompanied by two vessels working at the site, the Strill Server and NOS Discovery, the turbines on the photograph are two of total three installed at Westermost Rough. The offshore wind
The U.S. Navy has committed to get half of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. One element of that strategy will be looking to extract energy from tides, currents and waves. The University of Washington is helping to reach that goal with an $8 million, four-year contract from the Nav
ASIFF BV, a subsidiary of brokering and consultancy company Costa Renewables The Netherlands BV (CRNL), and Greek owned ZEUS Development BV i.o. have joined forces in further developing and bringing to market of Zeus Development’s unique, under WIPO PCT patent-pending, UNFLOP (UNsinkable-stable unaf
On September 24, the largest offshore tower to date has left the AMBAU plant in Cuxhaven for Scotland. Consisting of four segments, the tower has a total height of 106 metres and a diameter of 7.33 metres at the base flange, making it the largest of its kind. AMBAU manufactured the tower on behalf [
The first OCEANERA-NET Joint Call 2014 for RTDI proposals is now open. The Joint Call is worth €7 million and is purposed for research and development of innovative solutions in wave energy, tidal energy, tidal and ocean currents, salinity gradient and ocean thermal energy conversion. The aim of OCE
In an effort to stabilize and reduce energy prices, False Pass is looking into harnessing tidal power, writes Alaska Public Media. A study that kicked off in 2012 found “only the best tidal current we’ve ever measured,” said the lead scientist Bruce Wright. According to Wright, this would enable the
