The German government is set to instruct the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to assess the ways of increasing the country’s 2030 offshore wind capacity goal from 15GW to 20GW.
Industry body Subsea UK and NSRI, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, have launched the latest call for companies to drive forward R&D between Scotland and Japan. The call includes the wider underwater industries, focusing on renewables, aquaculture and carbon capture storage.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has signed a grant agreement with the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for €1 million in funding to support its tidal turbine development program.
The Danish Government has appointed DNV GL CEO Ditlev Engel as Denmark’s special envoy for Climate and Energy until the end of September 2019.
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate will open the bidding procedure for developers interested in building the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III and IV offshore wind farms without subsidies in March 2019.
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate will open the bidding procedure for developers interested in building the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III and IV offshore wind farms without subsidies in March 2019.
Scottish tidal technology developer Orbital Marine Power has signed an agreement to demonstrate its floating tidal technology at the Morlais Tidal Energy Project, in Anglesey, North West Wales.
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has engaged the services of external assessors to provide technical expertise for the evaluation of applications proceeding to the next stage of wave power innovation program.
The government-backed Wadden Fund has approved the funding for a pilot wave energy project that will see the Slow Mill wave energy device installed off the coast of Texel island in the Netherlands.
Danish government’s Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) has set aside €58.5 million (DKK 437 million) to support innovation in green energy sector that will be distributed via two calls for projects over the course of 2019.
Representatives from six French coastal regions and the industry have severely criticised France’s offshore wind targets set out in the new multiannual energy programme, describing them as a ”disaster” and ”the worst-case scenario”.
Representatives from six French coastal regions and the industry have severely criticised France’s offshore wind targets set out in the new multiannual energy programme, describing them as a ”disaster” and ”the worst-case scenario”.
The French government presented a multiannual energy programme on 27 November, revealing plans to increase onshore wind capacity from the current 14.3GW to some 35GW by 2030 and to add further 2.2GW of offshore wind, on top of the 3GW already tendered and waiting to be built.
The Crown Estate has detailed the criteria it would assess at the Pre-Qualification (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) stages of the proposed Round 4 offshore wind leasing tender in the UK.
