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  • VIDEO: Spotlight on Unity Island Ecoystem Restoration Project

    6 June 2018
    Business & Finance

     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, hosted a project celebration event earlier this week for the Continuing Authorities Program Section 204 beneficial use of dredged material project at the Unity Island north pond in Buffalo, NY. Speakers for the event included Congressman Brian Higgins, City of Buffalo Deputy Commissioner for Parks and […]

  • USA: Public Comment Period for Block Island Offshore Wind Farm Extended

    24 December 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has extended the public comment period until Feb. 10, 2013 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. In response to additional requests […]

  • Irish Consul General Visits Aquamarine Power

    25 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aquamarine Power played host to Pat Bourne, the Consul General of Ireland to Scotland. He stopped by Aquamarine’s HQ in Edinburgh to catch up with the CEO Martin McAdam. Top of the agenda was the progress on the Oyster 800 wave machine, future cooperation between Ireland and Scotland, and a discussion on the potential to build future wave […]

  • HIE sets up webinar on GBP 7 mln funding initiative

    30 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The aim of the webinar is to inform people involved in the development of wave energy technology in Scotland about the GBP 7 mln support set up by the Scottish government. Highlands and Islands (HIE), through its wholly owned subsidiary Wave Energy Scotland (WES), launched its first GBP 7 mln international technology innovation competition for […]

  • Delegation Calls on Corps to Adopt DMMP

    3 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Connecticut delegation sent a letter yesterday to Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in support of the recently-released Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Long Island Sound. “As representatives from Connecticut, a state with 332 miles of coastline, […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Announces Three New Wave and Tidal Energy Projects

    1 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      The Crown Estate has announced three further agreements for lease for wave and tidal energy projects. The sites result from the third application window in the leasing process for projects in connection with the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize (in Scottish waters) and demonstration projects (all around the UK), which opened in October 2011. Voith […]

  • Tocardo, Manx Chosen for Isle of Man Tidal Developments

    17 November 2014
    Equipment, Research & Development

    Tocardo has been appointed by the Isle of Man Government as one of two preferred partners to supply tidal turbines for a major new renewable energy initiative. The announcement is part of the Isle of Man Government’s renewable energy initiative, including the development of a wind farm and installation of tidal power generation within the […]

  • GBP 6 Million Available for Wave and Tidal Projects Through WATERS (Scotland)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • USA: Long Island to Receive Money for Levees Repair

    10 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand announced that, after their push, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that five Long Island farms are eligible for funding to repair 4.5 miles of levees that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The levees protect over 700 acres of farmland and Suffolk County […]

  • USA: Public Comment Period for Block Island Offshore Wind Farm Extended

    24 December 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has extended the public comment period until Feb. 10, 2013 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. In response to additional requests […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland Gets GBP 14.3 Mln

    25 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) will receive a total of £14.3 million over the next thirteen months, Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today. ‘Wave Energy Scotland’ awarded its first contract to a group of 12 former Pelamis employees, led by former Chief Executive of Pelamis Wave Power Richard Yemm, to capture the knowledge of the […]

  • Funding Available for R.I. Habitat Restoration Projects

    27 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council is currently seeking pre-proposals for habitat restoration project funding through its R.I. Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund. The Rhode Island General Assembly established the Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program to facilitate design, planning, construction, and monitoring of coastal and estuarine restoration projects by […]

  • OpenHydro Celebrates 10 Years in Business

    5 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tidal energy company OpenHydro, a DCNS company, marks a major milestone this week as it celebrates a decade in business while preparing to deliver two of the world’s first grid connected tidal arrays in France and Canada later this year. In the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, OpenHydro is working with Emera to deploy and […]

  • MaRINET2 project officially launched in Ireland

    2 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The second Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network (MaRINET2) program, set up to accelerate the development of offshore renewable energy technologies, has been launched today in Dublin, Ireland.

  • UK: HMS Queen Elizabeth Gets Navigation Bridge (VIDEO)

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    During a visit to Rosyth shipyard, Mr Hammond oversaw the 700-tonne section being lifted into place on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Nearly two thirds of the ship has now been built and the structure is due to be completed by the end of this year. The carrier is then expected to leave the […]

  • UK: Members of Parliament embark on marine energy evidence gathering mission

    1 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Members of the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee have visited the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to gather further evidence on the progress of renewable energy in Scotland.

  • Minister Fergus Ewing Launches Energy North (Scotland)

    5 June 2011
    Authorities & Government

    New energy, enterprise and tourism minister and Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing officially launched ENERGY NORTH, the region’s leading organisation for energy and engineering business, in Invergordon on Friday (June 3) as one of his first public events in the new Scottish Government. The event was held at the Kincraig Castle Hotel and was […]

  • More Facts on Marker Wadden Project

    16 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    In just couple of months, Royal Boskalis Westminster will start the first phase of one of the largest nature restoration projects in western Europe: Marker Wadden. This EUR 33 million project includes the construction of a nature island in lake Markermeer, the Netherlands. This first island will serve as a test case for the development of […]

  • Top news, August 20 – 26, 2018

    26 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 20 – 26, 2018.

  • WES Contemplates Quick Connection System R&D Project

    15 May 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) said it is exploring options for the design and development of a system which will allow rapid connection/disconnection of a wave energy device from its moorings and/or electrical system. The connection system and method would aim to reduce the time and cost of installation and marine operations relating to a wave […]

  • HIE Names New Head of Wave Energy Scotland

    6 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Tim Hurst as Managing Director of Wave Energy Scotland (WES). WES aims to support and accelerate the development of wave energy technology through a series of competitive technology calls. Wave Energy Scotland is a subsidiary of HIE and it was set up in December 2014 at the request […]

  • Aquatera gets recognition at SCDI Business Excellence Awards

    21 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Orkney-based marine consultancy Aquatera has won an award at the annual SCDI Highlands and Islands Business Excellence Awards for its worldwide marine renewables activities.

  • UK: Scottish Enterprise Launches Second WATERS Funding for Wave and Tidal Development

    13 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • GBP 6 Million Available for Wave and Tidal Projects Through WATERS (Scotland)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • Scotland Turns to Sea in Their Pursuit of Renewable Targets

    29 July 2011

    From his office in a converted Victorian schoolhouse, Neil Kermode can see little more than centuries-old stone buildings and narrow streets better suited to horse carts than Land Rovers. Yet Kermode, head of the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, will tell you he can also see the future. Orkney, a collection of […]