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  • Oil industry players help Underwater Centre turn a corner

    10 May 2018
    Equipment

    Scotland’s subsea training and trials center, The Underwater Centre, located in the Scottish Highlands, has said it has “turned a corner” after receiving industry support.

  • Iceland: Newly Discovered Current Could Affect North Atlantic Climate Picture, Says WHOI

    22 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways. The current, called the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ), contributes to a key component […]

  • CETO Wave Energy Ireland receives ‘milestone’ EuropeWave payment

    20 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Carnegie Clean Energy’s subsidiary, CETO Wave Energy Ireland (CWEI), has secured a milestone payment of €203,437 under the EuropeWave Phase 3 contract.  According to Carnegie, the funding recognizes the completion of design reports for the company’s CETO wave energy converter (WEC), marking an important step toward its 2025 deployment at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform […]

  • Carnegie reserves site for CETO wave energy device deployment in Spain

    8 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    CETO Wave Energy Ireland (CWEI), a subsidiary of Carnegie Clean Energy, has inked an assignment agreement that ensures its access to a berth reservation agreement within the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP).

  • UK: Tidal Turbine in Orkney Producing Electricity

    17 May 2012

    An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator was installed last December, in some […]

  • Subsea in May

    7 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The greatest highlight last month, and so far this year, was the merger announcement between the largest provider of subsea equipment to the industry, FMC Technologies, and the Europe’s biggest oilfield-services provider Technip. Harkand […]

  • In focus: Oil & gas players taking lead roles in energy transition

    16 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    A number of energy transition-related updates hit our headlines this week, from new developments in the renewables sector to further initiatives in ship decarbonisation – and oil & gas companies’ new moves in both of those, and more.

  • Orbital Marine forms ‘game-changing’ partnership with TechnipFMC for tidal energy scale-up

    18 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Scottish company Orbital Marine Power has established a strategic partnership with one of the leading offshore energy players TechnipFMC to accelerate the global commercialisation of its pioneering tidal energy technology.

  • Bombora welcomes former chairman of Scottish Renewables

    9 April 2020
    Human Capital

    Ocean energy company Bombora has appointed Ronnie Bonnar to its board of directors. Ronnie Bonnar is a former chairman of Scottish Renewables, and currently holds several non-executive directorships focused on renewable energy, including the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He brings over 15 years of senior management experience in the renewables sector, enhancing Bombora’s leadership team […]

  • France: Alstom Teams Up with GDF Suez for Blanchard Tidal Power Project

    30 September 2013

    Alstom and GDF Suez will prepare a common project to respond to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms announced by the French President, François Hollande in Cherbourg. Jérôme Pécresse, Alstom’s Renewable Power President and Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez, signed a cooperation agreement concerning this, in the Lower Normandy Region […]

  • Draka Offshore Awarded Baltic 2 Wind Farm Subsea Array Cable Contract (Germany)

    25 November 2010

    Draka announces that it has been awarded the array cabling contract for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting. The Baltic 2 contract, valued at approximately € 23 million requires Draka to deliver approximately 95 kilometers of 36kV subsea power cable for use in the project. The first delivery on […]

  • Scotland to Fund Offshore Wind Cost-Cutting Project with GBP 2.2 Mln

    14 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind developers with over 72% (31GW) of the UK’s […]

  • Green Light for ReFLEX Orkney Project

    10 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    ReFLEX Orkney project has progressed through the first stage of the project, following a review meeting with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Funded by UKRI through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, ReFLEX Orkney is aiming to integrate electricity, transport and heat networks in Orkney using advanced software to balance demand and supply. Moving into phase […]

  • Top news, June 8 – 14, 2015

    14 June 2015

    Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 8 – 14, 2015. UK: Planning consent granted for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon UK Secretary of State, Amber Rudd, has granted the planning consent for construction of the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Separately from the […]

  • Most viewed photos of 2017

    2 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled photo galleries that you viewed the most in 2017.

  • UK: Alstom, GDF Suez Join Forces to Equip Raz Blanchard Tidal Power Pilot Farm

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Alstom and GDF Suez will prepare a common project to respond to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms announced by the French President, François Hollande in Cherbourg. Jérôme Pécresse, Alstom’s Renewable Power President and Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez, signed a cooperation agreement concerning this, in the Lower Normandy Region […]

  • Carnegie goes full steam ahead for EuropeWave project

    16 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Having formally signed EuropeWave contract, Carnegie Clean Energy’s subsidiary CETO Wave Energy Ireland has made significant progress on the development of its wave energy technology as part of the first phase of the €20 million scheme.

  • Sea of Energy

    8 April 2015

    In 2010 the European Commission introduced Energy 2020 – a strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy, which contains among others the intention to reduce the European greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2020 and increase the use of renewable energy to 14 per cent. This has led to increased development […]

  • New Program to Make Coastal Communities More Storm Resilient

    26 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Christie Administration, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and environmental and academic partners, has launched an $8 million pilot project that will evaluate the effectiveness of a new process that uses clean dredge materials to restore salt marshes to make coastal communities more resilient against future storms. The project will also […]

  • Geophysical cable route survey completed for Ossian floating offshore wind farm

    22 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ireland-based XOCEAN has completed the geophysical survey along the 420-kilometer cable route for the proposed 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The survey, conducted using uncrewed survey vessels (USVs), took place over a span of 13 months, in water depths ranging from the shoreline to over 100 meters. The gathered data will […]

  • Scotland’s Greenock Ocean Terminal Eyes Double Traffic by 2021

    29 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s deepest container terminal, Greenock Ocean Terminal, expects to double its business in the next five years thanks to the opening of GBP 400 million (USD 495.6 million) ‘sister’ terminal – Liverpool2, according to Peel Ports. Clydeport’s Greenock Ocean Terminal has projected that it will handle 200,000 TEU containers a year by 2021, representing a 100% […]

  • Wello Appoints New CEO (Finland)

    30 January 2012

    Wello Ltd., developer of direct wave energy conversion device, announced the appointment of Mr. Aki Luukkainen as the CEO of Wello Ltd. Wello has operations in Finland and Scotland. Aki Luukkainen has an 18-year track record in executive management, corporate development and sales and marketing roles in the international markets. He has previously held executive […]

  • Protean concludes pre-commercial WEC trials

    11 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Protean Wave Energy has retrieved its wave energy device after wrapping up the final round of pre-commercial trials off Western Australia.

  • $50M for Coastal Resilience Grants

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Municipalities, counties and local government agencies may now apply for grants for projects that improve storm resiliency as part of $50 million in federal funding now available through the Department of Environmental Protection, the Christie Administration announced. The state is making U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding available […]

  • UK firm gets multimillion-dollar shot in the arm to pursue tech advancement

    28 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Transition, Vessels

    Sulmara has secured a multimillion-dollar investment from BGF, a growth capital investor in the UK and Ireland. This will enable the firm to bankroll its technological growth ambitions in the offshore energy arena, where it is eyeing opportunities in renewables.