Vattenfall and Pelamis Wave Power are to appoint a liquidator to close Aegir Wave Power Ltd, a company that was supposed to develop Shetland wave farm. Aegir Wave Power is a joint venture launched by Pelamis Wave Power and Vattenfall to develop a 10 MW wave farm off Shetland. Vattenfall said that th
Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric, a subsidiary of Chinese CSR Corporation, has acquired Specialist Machine Developments (SMD). SMD has announced that the company signed a sale and purchase agreement with Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co. for the sale of the entire share capital of the SMD group. Andrew Hodgs
Bas Buchner (MARIN president) and Ron van den Oetelaar (General Manager Bosch Rexroth Benelux) have signed the contract for a new wave generator for MARIN’s new Concept Basin. According to the contract, Offshore Basin and Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin will get a new wave generation control system
InfraRed has been named as the final institutional equity investor in Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, confirming full equity funding from two British institutions for the project. InfraRed Capital Partners, global investment manager focused on infrastructure and real estate, will make the investment from
The High Court has refused the application by ABP seeking a judicial review of the Government’s decision Secretary of State for Transport to grant a Development Control Order for the AMEP project. In her decision Mrs Justice Patterson found against ABP on all the grounds it put forward in applying f
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has asked the Scottish Government to provide clarity over future funding for wave energy sector, urging Finance Secretary John Swinney to investigate why Aqumarine Power had not received due payments. During General Questions in parliament, McArthur asked Finance Secretary J
Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) has secured additional EUR 4.2 mln in funding from EU research funds for marine energy activities. The announcement of the additional EU funding was made to an audience of more than 130 industry and university representatives involved in a variety of marine en
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has called on the Scottish Government to help provide clarity over future funding arrangements for the wave energy sector. During General Questions in parliament at the end of January, Mr McArthur asked Finance Secretary John Swinney for an update on progress with establishi
Companies, entrepreneurs and groups working in the area of marine renewable energy, based in the EU or in FP7-associated States are eligible to participate in the latest MARINET’s call offering free access to Europe’s leading test facilities. As a first step, the user, or the group leader must conta
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has released the results of its latest wave of public attitude tracking survey, which shows that the support for offshore wind power has remained stable since the last wave. According to the DECC’s findings, level of support for individual renewable ene
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has released the results of its latest wave of public attitude tracking survey, which shows that the support for offshore wind power has remained stable since the last wave. According to the DECC’s findings, level of support for individual renewable ene
Renewables continue to receive high levels of support from the UK public, according to the most recent survey conducted by DECC. The data collected between December 10, 2014 and January 8, 2015 show that 76% (over three quarters of UK adults) of population support the use of renewables to generate e
The project, scheduled to last for 18 months, aims to tackle one of the key issues for the deployment of offshore energy: consenting and environmental impacts. The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded EUR 1.4 million from the European Commiss
Scotland’s National Marine Plan draft is deemed unfit for purpose, according to the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee (RACCE). The draft has been under development by the Scottish Government over a five year period. The Committee is concerned, that the cur
