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  • Bombora grabs government funding for wave energy study

    13 January 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Bombora Wave Power has received Au$181,000 (~$127,000) of funding support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to complete a detailed ‘Levelised Cost of Energy’ (LCOE) study for its wave energy converter. The study aims to confirm that the Bombora WEC will make an important contribution in diversifying the electrical energy supply matrix. The project […]

  • Sweden gets grid-connected wave energy plant

    17 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Sotenäs Wave Energy Plant, developed by Seabased in cooperation with Fortum and Swedish Energy Agency, has been connected to the Swedish national grid. The first 1 MW of the wave energy farm was connected to the Swedish national grid via a 10 km subsea cable after the 120 tonnes subsea generator was deployed. A number […]

  • Another company withdraws from Wave Energy Prize

    11 November 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    Enorasy Labs has pulled out of US Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize challenge and shifted its focus on developing turbine technology. The company has announced that it has decided to focus its efforts on developing its Gravity Control Turbine, based on DARLEM control, and on energy storage system. Ahead of quitting the Wave Energy […]

  • British Columbia set to exploit wave energy potential

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Canadian province of British Columbia has collected enough detailed information about the height, frequency and direction of its coastal waves to start developing and testing wave energy converters in the ocean, a new report has found.

  • Sandia Labs sets up wave energy webinars

    11 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Sandia National Laboratories has scheduled two webinars to be held this month with a focus on wave energy sector development.

  • WERPO to build wave energy plant off Ghana

    4 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    WERPO has signed a partnership agreement with ACEP to develop wave energy power plant off the coast of Ghana. Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) and the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) will form a joint venture in Ghana, under which they plan to erect wave energy power station. ACEP is expected to take […]

  • Ocean RusEnergy Upgrades Its Wave Energy Generator

    1 August 2013

    The company has released an upgraded version of the Ocean wave generator 160. The new generator weighs 35 kg, with diameter of 160 mm and a length of 2 meters. The previous version of the generator was weighing 45 kg, with a diameter of 180 mm and a length of 1.5 meters. The new generator […]

  • OPERA project set to reduce wave energy costs

    16 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) will host the sea trials of the wave energy converter as part of the OPERA project which aims to halve the cost of wave energy. Project OPERA (Open Sea Wave Operating Experience to Reduce Energy Cost), coordinated by Tecnalia and Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), will see the […]

  • Blackbird International to Develop Wave Energy Project in Ghana

    4 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Blackbird International Corporation (BBRD) has signed a partnership agreement with ACEP, The Africa Center for Energy Policy, with the goal of installing a sea wave energy power plant to supplement the region’s energy needs. Blackbird International Corporation’s fully owned affiliate, Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) has signed a joint venture (JV)agreement with ACEP, The Africa […]

  • 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 […]

  • RenewableUK Applauds Scottish Government’s Wave Energy Move

    25 February 2015

    RenewableUK has welcomed the latest announcement by the Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing, who gave details of the £14.3 million budget for Wave Energy Scotland, along with its business plan, the first call for funding and its programme of activity. Commenting on Mr Ewing’s announcement, RenewableUK’s Wave & Tidal Development Manager Dee Nunn said: “This is […]

  • NEMOS Completes Wave Energy Converter Commissioning Works

    19 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    NEMOS has finalized commissioning works for 2019 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototype in Ostend. After the main steel components were delivered, the Power Take-Off System with sufficient data acquisition integration was fitted to the assembly. The belt drive and spring system, that connects the submerged to the floating part of the device, were installed and […]

  • SEA-TITAN to Hold Wave Energy Workshop in Italy

    18 July 2019

    SEA-TITAN, a European Commission H2020 Programme funded project, will hold a workshop during ETWEC 2019, in Napoli, Italy on September 04, 2019. The project is aimed at making a step change in the wave energy sector by designing, building, testing and validating a crosscutting and innovative Direct Drive Power Take-Off solution to be used with […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland funds control systems trio

    27 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has selected three of the most promising control systems concepts from its technology program to share a little over £630,000 to further develop their ideas.

  • MiniWEC works to maximize wave energy capture (Video)

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from the Washington University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-UW) are conducting tests on a small wave energy converter test platform whose results could make a contribution to the greater marine renewable energy community.

  • Wave Energy Scotland seeks control systems expertise

    21 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish wave body Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking to appoint up to three external assessors to provide technical expertise for the evaluation of applications proceeding to the third stage of the organization’s control systems innovation program.

  • FPP’s wave energy tests take off in Denmark

    23 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Danish clean energy developer Floating Power Plant (FPP) has started a series of tests on the power take-off (PTO) system of its wave energy converter at Aalborg University.

  • HACE commissions its first wave energy converter

    7 September 2018
    Technology

    Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE) commissioned its first wave energy converter with multiple oscillating water columns on August 31 in the Atlantic Port of La Rochelle, located in Biscay Bay in western France.

  • Seabased makes Sri Lanka wave energy deal

    27 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Seabased, a Swedish wave energy company, has formed partnership with Infocom Connect to provide renewable energy for commercial projects in Sri Lanka.

  • Wave Energy Scotland hires PTO technical experts

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

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has appointed two experts for independent assessment of the projects that will proceed to the next stage of its power take-off (PTO) development program.

  • Tidal and wave energy experts come together in Ireland

    29 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Ireland is ‘ideally positioned to become a global market leader in wave and tidal energy production,’ according to Tony Lewis, the organizer of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2017.

  • Video: Control systems for tidal and wave energy converters

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has released a recording of the webinar that explored the relation of control systems and performance of marine energy converters.

  • Planning for Albany wave energy center gets underway

    9 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A meeting between Western Australia’s government officials and renewable energy industry stakeholders has been held in Albany to chart the course for the establishment of Wave Energy Centre of Excellence.

  • UK: Wello Installs Penguin Wave Energy Converter

    2 July 2012

    Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has today (July 2nd 2012) announced that it has successfully installed Penguin wave energy converter in Orkney waters.   The Penguin wave energy converter is now floating and connected to mooring lines in Billia Croo test site. After careful planning the actual installation of the Penguin took only 36 hours. The […]

  • WaveX partners with compatriot firm to optimize its wave energy technology

    28 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Australian renewable energy business WaveX has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a compatriot consultancy company, Floating Solutions Consulting (FSC). According to WaveX, under the MoU, FSC is to apply its expertise in operations and maintenance (O&M) from the oil and gas and defense sectors to enhance the operability, reliability, and lifecycle costs of […]