Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart has welcomed Welsh government’s offer to invest in the building of the £1.3 billion Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
The European Commission has launched a tender to set up and operate the secretariat that will provide advisory and administrative support to islands in pursuit of clean energy transition.
The founder of UK-based green outfit Ecotricity, Dale Vince, has denounced the Welsh government’s proposal to invest in the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project stating the associated costs were far higher than necessary.
The EU-funded MaRINET2 project has launched its second call for applications for ocean energy developers.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is preparing draft guidelines for the use of a design envelope approach in Construction and Operation Plans (COPs) for offshore wind projects in the United States.
Multi-disciplinary collaboration involving several Japanese companies and organizations has resulted in the development of a contra-rotating propeller technology for tidal stream power generation.
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan plans to invite bids for the long-term ocean energy research and development project to accelerate the commercialization of marine energy technologies.
The Japanese government will submit a bill on offshore wind development to the National Diet on 22 January, according to Japan Times. Given that Japan does not have unified rules for offshore wind operations, the bill would bring more clarity within the industry as it specifies the rules.
The Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) at Florida Atlantic University is hosting a summer research program focused on tackling various challenges of power generation from ocean currents.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided on 9 January not to give its final decision on a power contract between Maine Aqua Ventus and Central Maine Power Co. yet, saying that more public comment is required as the energy market has changed since the initial terms were approved in 2014, a
The European Commission has held the first high-level meeting of the EU Clean Energy Industrial Competitiveness and Innovation Forum to discuss the growth opportunities arising from the clean energy transition.
Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a video software tool called EyeSea that automatically spots the interactions between fish and marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) devices.
Norway’s Statoil could participate in the country’s first floating wind tender under the condition that there are sufficient long-term subsidies, the company’s Chief Executive Eldar Saetre told Reuters.
The First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones has written to the UK Prime Minister Theresa May stating his intention to provide ‘substantial’ investment for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon if that would enable the project to move forward.
