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  • UK: Pelamis Introduces Unique System for Installation of Wave Energy Converter

    28 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Pelamis Wave Power has recently developed a unique system for quickly and safely installing and removing the machine from its anchoring system and electrical connection. The system allows the machine to be connected to its mooring and electrical system in around 90 minutes and disconnected in less than 15 minutes. This ‘plug and play’ system […]

  • RME Gets Preliminary Permit for Yakutat, Alaska Wave Energy Project

    8 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Resolute Marine Energy (RME) announced that its preliminary permit application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been approved, marking the official start of the Yakutat, Alaska Wave Energy Project. “This approval is an important milestone for RME. After several years of research and testing we are finally poised to move forward with a […]

  • Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project Moves Forward (Australia)

    8 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    This week, Bio Power Systems held information meetings regarding its 250 kW wave energy project. The meetings took place at Port Fairy and Yambuk, with about 50 attendees. The ABC news site quotes Dr Timothy Finnegan, the company’s chief executive, as saying: “Just wanting to be well informed and we appreciate that and we’re providing […]

  • Fugro Seacore’s Vessel to Instal Foundations for Perth Wave Energy Project

    17 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced that it has made a commitment for the manufacturing and installation of the offshore foundations for the Perth Wave Energy project. The contract for the installation of the foundations was awarded to Fugro Seacore (Australia) Pty Ltd (Fugro Seacore). As a provider of geotechnical services and specialist […]

  • UK: Aquamarine Power Unveils Wave Energy Converter Oyster 800

    14 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      The UK’s leadership in the development of wave-generated power continued apace as wave energy developer Aquamarine Power invited Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond MSP to unveil the Oyster 800, the company’s next-generation hydro-electric wave energy converter.  800kW device At a ceremony at Burntisland Fabrications’ yard at Methil, Fife, the First Minister welcomed the advancements […]

  • UK centers on solar, tidal, and wave energy research co-ops

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

    The UK government-funded Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £16 million into the establishment of three Supergen energy hubs, and a solar knowledge exchange network, with the aim of boosting more coordinated energy research.

  • Cal Poly bags $1.5M grant for wave energy test center

    30 March 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Cal Poly’s Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy has received a one-year $1.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy for the second phase of assessing the feasibility of establishing a national wave energy test center off California.

  • VIDEO: Marina di Pisa wave energy project cable installation

    24 September 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    40South Energy and Elements Works have completed the subsea cable installation for the Marina di Pisa wave energy project off Italy. When fully completed, Marina di Pisa project will comprise two 40South Energy’s 50 kW H24 devices that can work both as wave and tidal units, but for this specific project the units will behave […]

  • USA: Water Power Program Offers Funding to Wave Energy Devices

    27 March 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    On Tuesday, March 20, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Program notified potential future applicants of an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement tentatively titled, “In-Water Wave Energy Conversion (WEC) Device Testing Support.” DOE intends to fund one industry-led project that will deploy and test a WEC device for one year. The device will be […]

  • Eni, CDP, Fincantieri and Terna Establish New Company for Wave Energy

    29 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Eni, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Fincantieri and Terna have signed an agreement to set up a company for the development and manufacturing of wave-energy power plants. The agreement was signed in Ravenna by the chief executive officers of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Fabrizio Palermo, of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, of Terna, Luigi Ferraris, and of Eni, […]

  • Oregon’s NNMREC bags $40M to build wave energy test site

    22 December 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    US Department of Energy has allocated $40 million to Oregon State University’s Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) to construct an open-water wave energy testing facility off Oregon.

  • Wave Energy Project Offshore Oceanside, Last One in California (USA)

    16 August 2011

    The cancellation of three ocean wave-energy projects in Sonoma County leaves a proposal north of Oceanside as the only one of its kind…   By Mike Lee (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, August 16, 2011;

  • AXYS Technologies Buoys Measure Wave Energy Potential Offshore Chile

    1 July 2011

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has recently delivered two TRIAXYS™ Next Wave Directional Wave Buoys to Instituto Nacional de Hidráulica…   (axystechnologies) [mappress] Source: axystechnologies, July 01, 2011

  • OPT Awards Four Contracts for Reedsport Wave Energy Project (USA)

    20 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., (“OPT” or the “Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announced today that it is awarding four…   (oceanpowertechnologies) [mappress] Source: oceanpowertechnologies, April 20, 2011

  • UK: New Website Provides Comprehensive Insight in Wave Energy Trials

    29 April 2013

    Information collected during impact assessment activities at wave energy test centres across Europe is to be released through a new website.  The site is designed to present detailed information to a non-technical audience, and will feature statistics on areas such as wave data, marine mammals, sea birds and reef ecology. It is targeted at anyone […]

  • Australia: Bombora Launches Its Patented Wave Energy Converter Device

    8 April 2013
    Technology

    Australian-based specialist renewables technology company, Bombora Wave Power (“Bombora”) has launched its patented Wave Energy Converter Device (WECD), designed to harvest wave energy in an eco-friendly way and to produce zero-emission electricity. The WECD uses a simple, low impact and resilient design that offers inherent survivability from storms as well as resilience to rogue waves […]

  • USD 2 Mln Wave Energy Prize Attracts 92 Teams

    13 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave energy enthusiasts from industry and academia have formed 92 teams to move toward the first milestone of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wave Energy Prize. The design-build-test competition is encouraging the development of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices that will achieve the DOE’s goal of doubling energy capture, thus reducing the cost of […]

  • Australian wave energy prototype passes survival mode testing (Video)

    21 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Moored MultiModal Multibody (M4) wave energy converter (WEC) has passed a survival mode test, demonstrating its endurance in harsh offshore conditions.  During testing on November 18, 2024, the device endured waves up to 2 meters high, achieving a maximum hinge angle of 39.8 degrees while withstanding mooring loads exceeding […]

  • Sweden’s project gets €1.7M boost for wave energy converter technology

    4 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The INFINITY Project, coordinated by Sweden’s RISE Research Institute, has received €1.7 million in funding from the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) to advance lifetime-aware model predictive control (MPC) technology for wave energy converters (WEC). The three-year project, starting in December 2024, will include real-time testing of a 1:3 scale InfinityWEC PTO system, conducted on […]

  • Western Australia’s Innovation grant backs WaveX’s wave energy tech

    28 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    WaveX, a renewable energy business, and Centre for Energy Research & Innovation (CERI) resident, has secured a Western Australia State Government Innovation Booster Grant (IBG) to accelerate the integration of advanced control systems into its D-Spar wave-powered generator.  The competitive Innovation Booster Grant program is funded through the $25.8 million New Industries Fund, administered by […]

  • ZOEX Power completes installation of wave energy device at Port of Aberdeen 

    1 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based ZOEX Power has finished the installation of its 100 kW wave energy device at the Port of Aberdeen, South Harbour.

  • 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.

  • Final LiftWEC wave energy concept moves forward to tank trials

    5 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The partners in the EU-funded €3.4 million LiftWEC project have selected the final concept for a wave energy device, based on hydrodynamic lift forces, that will be put through its paces at the wave tank in Ecole Centrale de Nantes.

  • 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.

  • OPT secures US government contract for wave energy-powered unit

    5 October 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has been hired by US government’s commercial services contractor Amentum Services to provide its PowerBuoy solution in support of the security efforts of the country.