In the first quarter of 2018, renewable electricity generation in Scotland has increased for 11% or 736 GWh from the same quarter last year, with installed renewable electricity capacity also rising by 11% or 999MW over the same period, according to government reports.
Offshore wind developer Equinor has installed Batwind solution – said to be the world’s first battery for offshore wind – at its Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm.
The elastomeric mooring tethers, said to be in position to address cost and reliability challenges associated with marine energy devices, have been installed at the BiMEP test site in the Bay of Biscay, on the northern coast of Spain.
DG MARE, a body responsible for the EU Commission’s policies on maritime affairs and fisheries, has published an ocean energy market study which outlines the financial needs of the ocean energy sector in the EU.
The representative organizations for the UK marine energy sector, as well as their European counterpart Ocean Energy Europe, have expressed their disappointment on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon rejection and called the UK government to chart clear and viable route to market for tidal and wave industr
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from June 18 – 24, 2018.
The Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) – Neil Kermode – has urged the UK not to repeat the failures of the past by being ‘timid and ineffectual’ when supporting nascent technologies such as tidal and wave. The time has come to commit to making the UK a prosperous, decarbon
UK-based energy storage solutions company redT energy has launched its third generation (Gen 3) flow machine that can be coupled with tidal energy generators to store energy.
ETIP Ocean has organized a webinar dedicated to the importance of knowledge sharing and collaboration for the development of marine energy sector.
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published a new document which highlights worldwide key projects and political initiatives driving the ocean energy sector forward.
Metocean data provider ABPmer has launched its Global Data Explorer that provides information on the world’s wind and wave climate, as well as free metocean analyses and statistics.
The Scottish government is looking to commission a set of case studies to characterize the economic activity and social impact for Scotland arising from offshore wind, wave and tidal energy projects.
LOC Renewables, part of LOC Group marine international consultancy, has acquired a 70% stake in the French marine energy engineering company Innosea.
The reverse takeover acquisition between SIMEC – a GFG Alliance company – and Atlantis Resources has been completed, resulting in the re-admittance of the company with the new name on the AIM.
