Innovation in the maritime sector
JALVASUB Engineering is grateful for the confidence granted by the Spanish Ministry of Defense to the MEDUSA Joint Venture. MEDUSA Joint Venture is a temporary union of companies constituted by the CIDAUT Foundation and JALVASUB Engineering to carry out the Phase I of the MEDUSA 300 Project. This project will develop the fuel cell system
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Fuelsave is one of the projects that are being funded under the Blue economy window call (EMFF-BEW-2019). Shipping accounts for 2.5% of global GHG emissions which, under business-as-usual, will grow by 250% by 2050. With over half of today’s ships continuing to operate beyond 2030, retrofit solutions are urgently needed to meet the challenges we face
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Esteyco, in collaboration with NREL (National Renewables Energy Laboratory), has been one of the awardees of the R&D call “Offshore Wind Solicitation 1.0. Round one: Enabling Large Scale Turbines (15 MW)”, from the National Offshore Wind Research&Development Consortium (U.S.). Esteyco presented a self-installing concrete gravity-base substructure sizing for a 15MW turbine. This initiative is part
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InnovaFeed is one of the winners of the very competitive Blue Economy Window call under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). The company will receive a € 2.1M grant to support its next level innovation and industrial development across Europe. First, the grant will enable InnovaFeed to capture the full potential of its current
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The World Ocean Council (WOC) – the lead GloFouling Project Partner for engaging the global ocean business and investment community – invites interested parties to the GloFouling webinar: “Ecological Engineering of Marine Infrastructure for Biosecurity”Date: 20 August 2020Time: 9:00 am (BST)Registration: https://www.glofouling.imo.org/webinar/11The webinar is open to all participants without charge. The webinars are part of the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling Partnerships Project which is working to
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Environmental concerns are influencing a greater need for renewable and sustainable energy across the world with specialist technologies being at the forefront of new designs and solutions. As maritime industries begin to tackle the climate change issues, ports and shipping companies are looking for carbon-free alternatives by testing potential solutions for vessels. The requirement to
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BlueNewables tested its WIND-bos Spar Platform successfully. The platform allows access to deep-water sites and ease turbine set-up which may in time offer a lower-cost alternative to fixed-bottom foundations, given the potential for standardisation of foundation designs and the use of low-cost, readily available installation vessels. Testing A highly devoted team, existing out of Acciona
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Navis, a provider of operational technologies and services that will improve performance and efficiency for leading organizations across the global shipping industry, announced that it will leverage the solutions offered by two startups: Navis collaborates with i4sea and Teqplay, as part of the Navis Smart Suite offering, specifically enhancing Navis’ capabilities to deliver port call
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DNV GL has launched a collaborative joint industry project (JIP) with 14 industry members to build up the industry’s first recommended practice for floating solar power projects. The planned recommended practice (RP) will provide a commonly recognised standard based on a list of technical requirements for developing safe, reliable and sustainable floating solar projects. Floating
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Blue Bio Value is a business program dedicated to the blue bioeconomy and they want you to be a part of it. They scale up marine biobased solutions to global market applications in different industries, resorting to science-based and biotech innovations, while helping to tackle important societal challenges. With the emergence of new, innovative industries
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