Anders Jansson, CEO of Minesto, finds the EU action on climate very encouraging and hopes it will inspire other nations and regions outside EU to follow it. A central objective for the 2030 framework is to reduce EU domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent below the 1990 level by 203
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released regional and national jobs analysis, which has revealed that UK renewable energy jobs grow 7 times faster than national average employment growth. In the UK as a whole, employment in renewable energy has increased by 9 percent across all sectors, b
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from December 2014 to February 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier. Electricity generated in the fourth quarter of 2014 fell by 5.3 percent, from 93.9 TW/h a year earlier to 89.0
According to a DECC public survey, nearly four fifths of the public (79 percent) said they supported the use of renewable energy to provide the UK’s electricity, fuel and heat. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) states that this level of support is consistent with the previous three year
Energy Wales Unit team has been created to identify core energy policies and delivery priorities in Wales, including marine energy as one of the key areas. Edwina Hart, Welsh Minister for Economy, Science and Transport is updating energy policy objectives after after consultation with stakeholders.
Fortum Corporation, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is now the newest member of Ocean Energy Europe. Fortum is participating in three wave power demonstration projects. The first project, implemented in France, uses AW-Energy’s WaveRoller technology. Fortum will be responsible for the project devel
The European Commission has found a Portuguese scheme that will support demonstration projects producing wave, tidal and offshore wind energy to be in line with EU state aid rules. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “The development of new renewable technologies
The European Commission has found a Portuguese scheme that will support demonstration projects producing wave, tidal and offshore wind energy to be in line with EU state aid rules. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “The development of new renewable technologies
Portuguese demonstration scheme for ocean energy technologies will be granted aid for 25 years in the form of a feed-in-tariff to compensate for the higher costs of the new technologies. The European Commission decided Portuguese scheme aimed at promoting renewable energy technologies is in line wit
Small and medium sized ports (SMPs) have a triple role to play in marine energy developments, it was concluded at BEPPo project’s conference. The Port of Oostende organised the BEPPo (Blue Energy Production in Ports) conference ‘Ports as hubs for marine renewable energy projects’ at the Greenbridge
Registration to become an interested party on the application for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, developed by SMart Wind, will close tomorrow, April 22. During this pre-examination stage at the Planning Inspectorate, all those who registered can have their say on the proposal and commen
Registration to become an interested party on the application for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, developed by SMart Wind, will close tomorrow, April 22. During this pre-examination stage at the Planning Inspectorate, all those who registered can have their say on the proposal and commen
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has signed a long term testing contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). SME has secured one of the berths at the Fall of Warness tidal test site where it will deploy five PLAT-O systems in an array over the next two years. This array will host Schottel
Regen SW has written to MPs and Parliamentary candidates in the UK’s south west, urging them to support the development of a world-leading renewable energy industry in the next Parliament by signing the South West Renewable Energy 2015 General Election Manifesto. Candidates have been asked to pledge
