Energy saving

OpenHydro to supply tidal turbines to French pilot tidal project

Thursday, 05 June 2014 Robin Whitlock

OpenHydro, a DCNS company, will supply two new tidal turbines for installation at a new pilot marine energy project at Paimpol-Bréhat in France.

Mauritius

SEFA supports Mauritius energy efficiency project

Thursday, 09 January 2014 Robin Whitlock

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US$1 million project preparation grant for a Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC) system in Mauritius

NREL software could improve energy efficiency and generate cost savings

Friday, 22 November 2013 Robin Whitlock A unique software application developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) could improve the efficiency of commercial buildings by allowing occupants to interact with buildings more ...

New propulsion system cuts energy consumption 75%

Tuesday, 01 May 2012 REM Engineers in Australia have developed a new method of propelling a ship or displacement vessel while saving at least 75% of energy consumed by current propeller-based systems, yet maintaining the same ...

Green light for “world’s first solar and wind-powered UOV”

Friday, 16 September 2011 Toby Price Renewable-energy marine technology company SolarSailor and Australian ship builder Forgacs Engineering Pty Ltd have joined forces to market, prototype, and build what they describe as “the world’s ...

Shipping industry launches "Virtual Arrival" to save fuel, cut emissions

Wednesday, 13 July 2011 Toby Price The Oil Companies International marine Forum (OCIMF) and the industry forum, Intertanko, recently launched the concept of Virtual Arrival in Brussels in the presence of Siim Kallas, EU Commissioner for ...

Submarines get greener LED lighting

Tuesday, 15 March 2011 The Solid State Lighting (SSL) project of the US’s Office of Naval Research kicked off recently with testing of a suite of LED lighting fixtures aboard USS New Hampshire, a Virginia-class nuclear-powered ...

Turboden breaks into UK heat recovery market

Monday, 21 June 2010 Turboden, a Pratt & Whitney Power Systems company with 30 years of expertise and experience in the design and manufacture of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generation systems, has entered the UK ...