Schottel creates hydrokinetics subsidiary

NOVEMBER 7, 2014 — Spay, Germany, headquartered marine propulsion specialist Schottel has created a new subsidiary to handle its hydrokinetic energy business, Schottel Hydro GmbH. The new company will be active in

Hawaii ocean energy project makes progress

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. reports that its Ocean Energy Research Center (OERC) in Kona, Hawaii, has received two new heat exchangers (2-megawatt thermal duty each), and a 100

New partnership aims for offshore wind in Americas

OCTOBER 7, 2014—U.S.-based Renewable NRG Systems and Belgium’s FLiDAR recently entered an exclusive partnership for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas. The deal calls for Renewable NRG

EU provides funding for tidal turbine project

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — Two tidal energy developers — Gothenburg, Sweden, headquartered Minesto and London, England, headquartered Atlantis Resources Ltd. — are to get EUR 750,000 in EU funding. The funds will

Havyard starts fitting out offshore wind service vessel

AUGUST 21, 2014 — Havyard’s Leirvik, Norway, shipyard is now fitting out the first of two Havyard 832 SOVs (Service Operation Vessels) for ESVAGT of Esbjerg, Denmark, which will operate them as

Wärtsilä secures contract for Gulf of Mexico LNG facility

AUGUST 18, 2014—Wärtsilä will supply the control system for a shore-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, LA, owned by New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine, Inc. The facility

Cape Wind signs wind farm construction contract

AUGUST 5, 2014 — Cape Wind announced today that it has signed a contract with Weeks/Manson, a Joint Venture (WMJV) to serve as the lead construction contractor for America’s first offshore wind

Keppel to go looking for mineral rich seabed nodules

JULY 22, 2014 — Ocean Mineral Singapore Pte. Ltd. (OMS) has received approval from the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on its application for its first seabed exploration license. OMS is a Singapore-incorporated

U.S. finally moving ahead on offshore wind?

JULY 2, 2014 — After several starts, stops and stalls, offshore wind in the U.S. is starting to pick up a favorable breeze. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy

Drydocks World completes massive offshore wind platform

JUNE 15, 2014 — Drydocks World reports the successful completion of the pioneering offshore wind HVDC converter platform DolWin beta. The platform, the world’s largest of its kind in terms of capacity,

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