Dutch floating solar solutions provider SolarDuck has partnered with Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) for a project named WINDFORCE. The project aims to investigate the wind-induced dynamic behavior of floating solar plants. Funded by TKI Offshore Energy, the project was...
The Dutch government has granted €3 million to a consortium consisting of BW Offshore, Switch2, MARIN, TU Delft, and Strohm to develop an industrial-scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia production and storage facility. The project, named OFFSET, aims to address...
MARIN collaborated with Econowind, a ship design and engineering firm focused on wind-assisted ship propulsion, to test the effectiveness of two VentiFoils, aerodynamic wing-shaped pieces integrated with smart suction that provide a strong propulsive force, under real-world wind conditions. The...
Dutch MARIN started the EU-funded project Optiwise to improve and demonstrate energy savings using wind propulsion and hydrodynamic improvements. The EU called for 10 percent single energy savings and 20 percent combined. Optiwise consortium aims to develop and use holistic...
Three innovative barriers are being tested by the Netherlands’ Maritime Research Institute (MARIN) to prevent collisions between ships and wind turbines. Following the incident with the Julietta D on January 31, 2022, an experimental investigation was launched. This stricken ship...
A consortium led by TNO today launched a study on new, floating flexible solar energy systems. The ambition is to build a commercial system of 1-5 MWp around 2024, which can be installed and electrically linked up with one of...
Dutch tech scale-up Seaqualize successfully completed offshore trials for its inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the ‘Delta600’. Together with testing partners Van Oord and nautical research institute MARIN, the offshore lifting tool was tested for fixed-to-floating, floating-to-fixed and floating-to-floating transfers...
A joint industry project, led by MARIN, is aiming to improve the efficiency of offshore wind farm installation and maintenance vessels, by using better data for planning and executing operations. The Offshore Operational Advisory System (OOAS) project should lead to...
Belgian marine contractor DEME launched its first ever wind farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) on 1 October, 2020. The vessel, named ‘Groene Wind’, was developed in close cooperation with Dutch Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam and research institute MARIN. The vessel is...
Royal IHC and MARIN reached a milestone last week when they successfully completed the last phase of model testing in their autonomous service operation vessel (SOV) project. Royal IHC (IHC) and MARIN are working together on developing an autonomous SOV...
