Ocean Kinetics, Green Marine UK complete OpenHydro Decommissioning
Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine completed the decommissioning of OpenHydro’s pioneering tidal energy platform at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.A joint venture partnership was formed in April to deliver the decommissioning contract, combining Ocean Kinetics’ divers, riggers, welders and ROV services, and Green Marine’s offshore management, vessel, moorings and cable experience, with shared responsibility for operational engineering, cutting and heavy-lift operations.Key work included dismantling the platform’s steel superstructure - including two
EU’s Go-Ahead Brings $22M Wave Energy Scheme Step Closer to Offshore Deployment
project design period to ensure the technical designs and all plans, budgets and protocols are fully in place and approved.Having received the green light from the EU, WEDUSE project has stepped closer to the demonstration of a grid connected 1 MW OE35 floating wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) wave energy test site at Billia Croo in Orkney, Scotland.The two-year demonstration in Atlantic wave conditions will involve rigorous technical and environmental assessment of the device, developed by Irish firm OceanEnergy.OE35, the world’s largest capacity floating wave
New JV Starts Decom Ops for OpenHydro’s Tidal Energy Test Platform Off Orkney
Scottish firms Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine (UK) have formed a joint venture partnership to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform in the Orkney Islands.Work is rapidly advancing to remove the steel superstructure installed in 2006 at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC’s) Fall of Warness test site which OpenHydro used to streamline its tidal turbine technology development.EMEC awarded the decommissioning contract in early April.The OpenHydro test rig consisted of two steel piles drilled and grouted into the seabed, with a steel superstructure attached to the piles
Magallanes Puts Tadek on Tidal Energy Cables and Mooring Systems Job
two contracts in UK’ contracts for difference (CfD) allocation rounds – the first at the Morlais Demonstration Zone, in North Wales, where it will install two 1.5 MW tidal energy platforms, adding 3 MW to the 6 MW capacity secured in 2022.The second project will take place at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland where the company has its UK base and plans to install a 1.5 MW tidal energy array featuring its ATIR tidal energy platforms.Tadek Ocean Engineering is delivering a broad package of support to Spanish tidal energy developer which includes detailed design related to
TotalEnergies Joins Wave Powered Subsea Project
.6million into phase two of the program – which saw the successful integration of the core technologies in an onshore test environment at Verlume’s operations facility in Aberdeen.In 2021, Mocean Energy’s Blue X prototype underwent a program of rigorous at-sea testing at the European Marine Energy Centre’s Scapa Flow test site in Orkney where they generated first power and gathered significant data on machine performance and operation.Verlume’s seabed battery energy storage system, Halo, has been specifically designed for the harsh underwater environment, reducing operational
Mocean Energy Raises Funds for Blue Star Wave Energy Technology
further research and development into their large-scale Blue Horizon technology, which was recently awarded £3.2 million by the EU-backed EuropeWave programme. Mocean plans to refine the Blue Horizon 250kW design ahead of the manufacture and deployment of a grid-connected machine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney as early as 2025.“This new equity investment is significant for Mocean Energy – not just in the quantum invested, but in the additional strengths and specialist expertise our new shareholders bring,” says Mocean Energy managing director and co-founder
Mocean Energy to Develop 250kW Wave Machine in Orkney with EU Investment
Wave energy technology developer Mocean Energy has secured over £3 million EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.The wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and deployed in a grid-connected berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney as early as 2025.It’s hoped the project could then pave the way to a small wave farm delivering 1-2 MW of low-carbon electricity by 2030, Mocean Energy said.The Edinburgh firm has been awarded £3.2 million (€3,749,405) in Phase 3 of EuropeWave, a pre-commercia
Thai Oil Giant Joins for Renewable Subsea Power Project in Scotland
million into phase two of the programme – which saw the successful integration of the core technologies in an onshore test environment at Verlume’s operations facility in Aberdeen.In 2021, Mocean Energy’s Blue X prototype underwent a program of rigorous at-sea testing at the European Marine Energy Centre’s Scapa Flow test site in Orkney where they generated the first power and gathered significant data on machine performance and operation, the companies involved said
Scottish Project Harnesses Wave Power and Subsea Storage to Power Subsea Equipment
in the seas off Orkney and have now begun a minimum four-month test program where they will provide low carbon power and communication to infrastructure including Baker Hughes’ subsea controls equipment and a resident underwater autonomous vehicle provided by Transmark Subsea.The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has supplied instrumentation to measure the speed and direction of currents during the deployment, while Wave Energy Scotland has provided £160,000 to support the integration of the umbilical into the wave energy converter.The project aims to show how green technologies can
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