Search results for: European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

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  • Scientific marine buoy makes a splash at Marine Energy Test Area in Wales

    2 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Launched by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE), the marine buoy will undergo sea trials to test the equipment aimed at accelerating the development of marine renewables in Wales.

  • In focus: Investments in oil, offshore wind hit a snag, while deals on new green vessels keep emerging

    17 February 2023
    Business & Finance

    Even though it is an industry which is seeing major growth, European offshore wind saw no investments in an offshore wind farm in 2022 (except in a few small floating wind projects). Oil companies are also tip-toeing around new capital investments. Meanwhile, in the shipping sector, deals on new, greener vessels continue emerging.

  • In focus: Energy transition is not moving forward – it is leaping towards net-zero goal

    17 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Green Marine, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Not long has passed since the first industry and governmental commitments to making concrete moves towards cleaner energy and shipping sectors. The road of the global energy transition started with pledges and strategies, and is planned to end in a greener, cleaner world – with all that needs to be done to get there being in the middle. This week brought numerous examples of exactly those actions that prove energy transition is what is happening right here, right now.

  • OEE appoints new presidents to steer ocean energy sector

    9 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has appointed DP Energy’s Simon De Pietro and CorPower Ocean’s Patrik Möller as its new co-presidents to steer the ocean energy sector through crucial period.

  • OceanEnergy completes tank trials of scaled OE35 wave energy device

    22 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Irish company OceanEnergy has concluded the latest round of tank testing of its scaled OE35 wave energy device model at Lir-National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) as part of the WEDUSEA project.

  • New 2030 sub-target in revised directive can keep Europe at the cutting-edge of renewable energy innovation

    25 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    A new sub-target in the revised Renewable Energy Directive for the deployment of innovative technologies is all it would take for Europe to reclaim its competitive edge in renewables.

  • ITEG checks public pulse on tidal energy and hydrogen

    4 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    The ITEG (Integrating Tidal Energy into the Grid) project has launched a study into the social acceptance of tidal energy and hydrogen technologies.

  • Natural gas hailed as backbone of energy mix with security of supply and decarbonisation vying for attention

    5 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Natural gas is still forecasted to play a crucial role and act as a trump card while the world embraces the race to net-zero.

  • Op-ed: Tony Lewis on the exciting potential of wave energy

    28 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    In an op-ed piece, Tony Lewis, chief technology officer at OceanEnergy, sheds more light on the potential of wave energy and the expectations from the WEDUSEA project, being coordinated by the Ireland-based company.

  • Orbital’s first commercial tidal turbine starts exporting clean power to UK grid

    28 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Orbital Marine Power’s O2, deemed the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, has started grid-connected power generation offshore Orkney in Scotland. The turbine is also set to provide power for green hydrogen generation to facilitate decarbonisation of wider energy requirements.

  • Activity ramping up on Irish floating wind test site

    27 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is busy with bringing forward its Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), a floating wind and wave energy technology test site which has been in development for several years now.

  • EMEC starts search for Earthshot Prize nominations

    26 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vision

    The search for the 2022 winners of the Earthshot Prize has begun, with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) appointed as official nominator for the initiative.

  • To wean off Russian fossil fuels with green hydrogen, Europe needs to ramp up renewables

    29 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    To phase out Russian fossil fuels and speed up its energy transition, using green hydrogen, Europe will need to step up renewable deployment.

  • Future of oil & gas industry hinges on cutting down emissions

    2 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    As the future of the fossil fuels industry depends on its ability to manage its GHG footprint, what’s the best way to tackle these emissions?

  • IEA: Pandemic to slow energy demand recovery. Upstream spending to pick up

    14 October 2020
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    A slow recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic or a deeper slump could delay a complete rebound in the world’s energy demand to 2025, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

  • MEECE launches tender and recruiting spree

    8 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) at Swansea University is looking for biaxial-machine tenders. Namely, Fatigue loads often drive the load regime experienced by wind, wave and tidal devices. Therefore, there is significant scope for cost reduction through characterisation of new materials for fatigue under correct operational conditions. Flexible elastomeric membrane structures are […]

  • EMEC named blue economy enterprise of the year

    19 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year having won the Rural Blue Award at The SHIREs (Scottish Highlands and Islands Rural Economy) Awards.

  • International wave energy project sets course for demonstration offshore Scotland

    17 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    A pioneering collaboration between 14 international partners has been established to deliver a €19.6 million wave energy project which aims to be the stepping stone for the commercialization of this emerging clean energy industry worldwide.

  • Waveswing wave energy trials ‘exceed expectations’

    2 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    AWS Ocean Energy has unveiled ‘highly encouraging’ results from the current phase of sea trials of its Waveswing wave energy device at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. 

  • U.S. and EU seal the deal for LNG supply as Europe seeks to cut Russian energy ties

    25 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The U.S. will supply 15 bcm of LNG to the EU this year to strengthen European energy security and reduce reliance on Russian energy.

  • Hapag-Lloyd joins maritime decarbonization center investing $10 million

    17 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and German liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd have signed a strategic partnership agreement committing to cooperate on efforts contributing to maritime decarbonisation.

  • Is there a silver bullet for the global energy crisis?

    12 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Will countries need all the energy solutions they can get – oil, gas, solar, wind, nuclear, and hydrogen – to tackle this energy crisis?

  • In focus: Are oil & gas plays truly becoming a thing of the past or are we not there yet?

    15 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    Worldwide dependence on oil and gas has been in evidence ever since the Ukraine crisis started, casting doubt over the pace and the lengths the world is prepared to go to in order to embrace decarbonisation. While the shift to green energy investments is undoubtedly both necessary and inevitable, the current global energy security concerns have – to an extent – pushed it aside as pure oil plays have dominated the energy market and trumped low-carbon diversification so far this year. Or have they?

  • Clock is ticking for the future of tidal stream energy in UK, industry warns

    23 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Leading figures in the marine energy sector have warned that the UK’s world-leading position in tidal energy can only be maintained with ‘practical support from Government to match its undoubted goodwill’.

  • Zero-carbon shipping centre and partners initiate European Green Corridors Network

    30 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    A number of ports in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea have formed a climate action partnership with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping to initiate the new European Green Corridors Network.