US DoE Funds Marine Energy Projects
, operations, and maintenance of marine energy projects. Research will focus on assimilating meteorological and oceanographic modeling products and low-cost, rapidly deployable monitoring solutions.Marinesitu, Washington, is working on modular instrumentation and automated data processing for marine energy monitoring. This project involves developing and demonstrating modular optical camera systems, imaging sonar software, an instrument integration hub, and an automated, cloud-based data management system to create lower-cost instrumentation and user-friendly environmental monitoring tools. These tools
Workshop to Address Green Boats and Ports
long, with invited presentations from marine architects, designers, builders, private businesses, representatives of the federal government and international sustainability experts. Presentations will cover topics that include port sustainability, emerging green technologies, propulsion and fuel, energy monitoring and conservation, ship design, hull coatings, waste management, recycling and best practices for environmental sustainability. Progress on greening initiatives within the UNOLS fleet implemented since the 2014 workshop will be reported. In addition to the invited talks, panel sessions will
Offshore Energy: Monitoring Performance
Recent severe storms in the U.K. North Sea have resulted in a number of floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) being shut down in order to assess and repair the damage caused. Notwithstanding the possible safety implications for operations crew, oil and gas majors are facing weeks, if not months without a critical asset which in turn, is having a significant impact on future production. The design and operation of an FPSO in remote locations requires detailed information on the structural response of the vessel within the local environment offshore. Monitoring of critical
Jose Femenia Named Consultant at UtiliVisor
Jose Femenia, former Head of Engineering and Director of the Master of Marine Engineering Program at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, has been named a consultant at utiliVisor. UtiliVisor is an energy advisory firm that offers comprehensive energy monitoring and analysis services for the marine industry, providing accurate, reliable solutions to boost the fuel efficiency of vessels. Mr. Femenia will serve as a technical advisor for utiliVisor clients on shipboard propulsion and power systems. “Jose’s background at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and as a
February 2025
