Synchro: Helping to Pull Emerging Tech through the “Valley of Death”
support working in collaboration with applicants and developers to get their technology integrated so that it can be evaluated.It’s about helping companies and technologists navigate the aforementioned long-running challenge of emerging from the ‘valley of death’, moving promising technology from its infancy and adolescence to full maturity, where perhaps it can be deployed to help solve some of the more pressing challenges for scientists, legislators and corporations globally. “The [subsea] community has faced this problem for many years,” said Ruhl. “There
Woodside Backs Seismic Data Acquisition Company
“It has been a pleasure collaborating with Woodside over the last two years on this project. Woodside is committed to investing in innovative and disruptive technologies in the oil and gas industry, whilst striving to continuously improve safety. We look forward to continuing to develop this promising technology with Woodside’s support.&rdquo
FORESEA Backs 10 Offshore Renewable Energy Developers
– a wave energy technology developer and recipient of a FORESEA award. “We are very proud to obtain this FORESEA award. It will help us finance sea trials on the SEM-REV site and then to reach sea-proven status with a new power range for our technology. Being selected as a promising technology is also a very positive sign for our future investors,“ said Jean-Luc Longeroche, chairman & CEO of Geps Techno – a wave energy powered autonomous platform developer and recipient of a FORESEA award. “The Pays de la Loire region is among the European leading
Insights into Inertial Sensor Technology
consuming less than 1 W. Staying on the technology theme, are there any emerging or maturing technologies out there today that – when and if they develop as expected – will drive your business further, faster? Cold Atoms Inertial Sensors seems to be a very promising technology to provide quite cost effective solutions but much more accurate than RLG or FOG devices. In 2016, a British submarine will demonstrate a one-axis accelerometers working on this principle with an improvement of 1,000x over current solutions. There is still a very long way to go before this
Internal Combustion Engines Have Edge on OCGTs: IEA
Internal combustion engines (ICEs) are a promising technology for supporting wind and solar energy, a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds, apprises Wärtsilä. Comparing different sources of flexibility for power systems, IEA says gas-fired ICE power plants are "very mature technology" and "cost-competitive to OCGTs" (Open Cycle Gas Turbines). Commenting on the alternative technologies, IEA notes that "growth in ICE plants actually exceeds that of turbine-based technologies". The findings were published in IEA's Energy Technology
From Learning to Earning
as scientists focus on enhancing the productivity of lipid-producing algae. These lipids have the potential for producing diesel or jet fuel. Increasing quantity and decreasing the costs are the focus of current research. Scripps has some of the leading scientists in the world working on this promising technology. Says de Salas-Del Valle, “It doesn’t get much attention in the press, but it will eventually allow [bio-fuel] to be economically viable.” Making new fuel is not the only exciting prospect in algae research. “Algae can absorb CO2,” says de Salas-Del Valle.
February 2024
