Saildrone Unveils New Acoustic Capabilities to Protect Marine Mammals
timely information, Saildrone enables developers and operators to make informed decisions that prioritize the protection of marine life. As the offshore wind industry grows, Saildrone’s innovative solutions will play a crucial role in ensuring a sustainable and responsible approach to renewable energy development. This approach could serve as a model for other offshore industries, highlighting the importance of responsible and environmentally conscious practices
Seafloor Data Firm Bedrock Raises $25.5 M to Accelerate Offshore Wind Energy Development
to surveys today.""Today’s offshore wind energy sector faces substantial challenges due to the lack of detailed, rapidly available, up-to-date seafloor data. This lack of data upfront in turn hinders project planning, increases construction and site risks, and slows the pace of renewable energy development. Conventional oceanographic surveys are not only expensive, running into tens of millions of dollars, but also time-consuming, with final data potentially taking up to 12 months to materialize," Bedrock says.Bedrock says its "efficiency reduces the need for massive survey ships
US DoE Funds Marine Energy Projects
energy Harvesting to power LiDAR buoys. This project will involve the development of a wave energy converter that can power existing LiDAR buoys, which have substantial power requirements and are used to understand site-specific physical and environmental responses to marine and other types of renewable energy development.Under the theme, Low-Cost, User-Friendly Monitoring Tools for Marine Hydrokinetic Sites, are the following projects: Hydronalix, Arizona, is working on “SEARCHER", a Sea Remote Controlled Hydrographic Explorer and Recorder. This project will focus on refining and demonstrating
Japan Group Buys Stake in Taiwan Offshore Wind
;s Yunneng Wind Power for an undisclosed sum, said a joint press release. By December 2021, Yunneng plans to construct a 640MW wind farm offshore of Yunlin County and sell power to Taiwan Power Company over a 20-year period, using a feed-in tariff scheme under Taiwan’s Renewable Energy Development Act.The project supports Taiwan’s plan to introduce a total of 5.5GW of offshore wind power capacity by 2025 along the west coast of the region, which has been designated as the development area.JXTG intends to acquire expertise in the offshore wind power business, which has great
BOEM's Jim Bennett Weighs in on US Offshore Renewables
Jim Bennett, Chief for the Office of Renewable Energy Programs, BOEM Two years ago James F. “Jim” Bennett was named Chief for the Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP) at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the program responsible for overseeing offshore renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Bennett has a long career of experience in dealing with OCS issues as they relate to energy, with experience in oil and gas and now renewables. He recently spent some time with Marine Technology Reporter to discuss the current and future role of offshore
Brexit: What’s in Store for the Subsea Sector?
a UK-based power source, so a rising cost of imports would have limited impact on annual power generation costs.” On the marine energy side, the loss of EU funding is a particular concern. The EU provides valuable European Regional Development Fund monies for low carbon and renewable energy development, which parts of the UK have used to support the development of early stage wave and tidal energy generation technology, including substantial investment in Wales. This money is seeking to help these technologies reach a stage at which they can compete commercially with other energy technologies
New Task Force for California Offshore Renewables
Sally Jewell. “Today’s inaugural meeting of the California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force underscores the Obama Administration’s commitment to combating the effects of climate change and marks an important step in California’s role as a leader in renewable energy development,” said Janice Schneider, Interior Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. “California, with its track record of collaborative planning to bring online land-based renewable energy projects, now sets its eye to the sea to begin early planning on how Pacific offshore
Another Step toward Wind Energy off California
of offshore wind energy, enough to power more than 500 million homes. In May, at the request of California Governor Jerry Brown, Interior Secretary Jewell announced the formation of a California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force to examine opportunities for offshore renewable energy development. The task force, a non-decisional entity, will facilitate coordination and communication in a partnership between BOEM and state, local, and tribal governments and federal agencies concerning potential renewable energy leasing for research activities and commercial development on federal
Award Program for ASL's Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler
for early-career scientists. Although there were other deserving applicants for the Program, Dr. Timothy Whitton from the Centre for Applied Marine Sciences at Bangor University succeeded to draw our attention for his proposed study on the biological processes in areas of marine renewable energy development. Dr. Whitton will get the use of a 125, 200, 455 and 769 kHz instrument for four months free of charge starting in September 2016 to conduct his research. This will build on and progress research conducted by him during the SEACAMS project that collaborated with the Welsh marine renewable
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