Marine Renewables Canada has issued a request for proposals for research projects to be funded by Marine Renewables Canada in conjunction with the Standards Council of Canada’s Mirror Committee (SMC) to the International Electrotechnical Committee’s (IEC) Technical Committee 114 (TC114) – “Marine en
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars that the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is issuing its third open funding opportunity announcement, OPEN 2015, for up to $125 million. OPEN 2015 will s
Energinet.dk has invited potential contractors to prequalify for an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey to be carried out in 2015 at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm site. The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet.dk is preparing the installation of a 33 km export cable from the planned
The North Sea Region has the potential to act as an engine for growth in Europe, add value to the European Union and contribute to the objectives of the EU2020 strategy. Whereas the EU has developed regional strategies for the Baltic and Adriatic Sea areas and has begun developing strategies for the
Renewable energy has made strong advances in the power generation fuel mix in many developed and developing nations in the past decade. Energy-hungry nations are increasingly turning to renewables in order to meet their rapidly increasing demand, according to a recently issued report from Frost & Su
A new analysis suggests that large-scale wave energy systems developed in the Pacific Northwest should be comparatively steady, dependable and able to be integrated into the overall energy grid at lower costs than some other forms of alternative energy, including wind power. The findings, published
An unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey is taking place this month (January 2015) at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. The survey is being carried out ahead of planned geotechnical surveys, to identify seabed ground conditions and the presence or absence of seabed unexploded ordnance for the nearsho
In the UK Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, Mr Andrew Turner, MP for the Isle of Wight, asked if David Cameron would join him in supporting the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre, a public / private partnership. Mr Turner explained the centre, based on the Isle of Wight, will provide the world’s firs
Reportstack has announced the publication of a market research report on Offshore Vessels and Cables Market, which says that the market is expected to register substantial growth between 2014 and 2020. Reportstack’s report on “Offshore Vessels and Cables Market – Market Size, Competitive Landscape a
Frazer-Nash has won a commission to help support the Marine Farm Accelerator (MFA) − an Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult programme which is being delivered in collaboration with the Carbon Trust. With commercial-scale marine energy farms close to deployment in UK waters, the MFA is working t
GEV Group has announced that a prototype of its turbine maintenance structure is now complete and ready for field trials. The structure is an inflatable habitat for servicing wind turbine blades, which has been developed to drive down the costs of O&M since it will will dramatically reduce the numbe
A foundation structure for Tocardo’s tidal turbine to be installed at Den Oever, Netherlands, was loaded onto a truck for its transport to the dockside on January 5. The tidal turbine will be the second one Tocardo is installing at the site, managed by Tidal Testing Centre, following the installatio
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Power in Sweden, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 – Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles” report to their offering. The report provides an in-depth analysis on global
Harsh Vardhan, Indian Union minister for science, technology and earth sciences stressed out the need for a better exploration of ocean energy. During his talk at the inaugural programme of the Golden Jubilee year celebration of National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Vardhan said: “We must
