European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for a Project Manager to manage the ReFLEX project and contribute to other key projects within EMEC. EMEC is leading the £28-million ReFLEX project which will design, build and deliver a virtual energy system in Orkney using localised power balancing m
The Canary Island Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has been awarded the Navigare Mare 2019 prize in the Excellens Mare Prizes 2019. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pwc) granted the prize to acknowledge the merit and excellence of entities and people who do an outstanding job in the sustainable development of marin
Australian Government has provided a $70 million grant to set up a new Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre to bring together national and international expertise in aquaculture, marine renewable energy and marine engineering as part of a collaborative effort between industry, researchers and th
Dedicated revenue support at national level is essential to attract investment for ocean energy farms, according to a new report from sectoral advisory body ETIP Ocean. The report ‘Powering Homes Today, Powering Nations Tomorrow’ analyses the challenges faced by the sector on the route to industrial
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Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-president of the association. Dr. Weilepp will join Simon De Pietro of DP Energy, who has been OEE co-president since 2016. Dr. Weilepp has been a member of the OEE board for almost a decade and h
University of Exeter is looking for a project manager/knowledge exchange manager for its Marine-I Project. The Marine-I Project is led by the University of Exeter with five delivery partners; Cornwall Development Company, the Cornwall College Group, Cornwall Marine Network, the Offshore Renewable En
Mainstay Marine Solutions, based in South West Wales has received ISO 14001:2015 certification for its Environmental Management System (EMS). Certification means that customers and stakeholders can benefit from the knowledge that Mainstay has built an effective environmental management system in bot
The new venture will create a business specifically to deliver expert advice and cultural heritage permitting services to the growing US offshore renewables market.
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The first phase of a new £28.5 million project to create a Virtual Energy System (VES) in Orkney, Scotland, has been launched to digitally link distributed and intermittent renewable generation to flexible demand. The ReFLEX (Responsive Flexibility) Orkney project will demonstrate a first-of-its-kin
The Standardisation Institute for the Netherlands (NEN) is hosting the plenary meeting of the IEC Technical Committee TC114, developing standards for marine energy convertors, in Delft (NL) this year. From 8 to 12th April, over 60 experts from more than 10 countries convene at NEN. The plenary is ch
