European Commission’s funding programme Horizon 2020 has launched a funding call aimed at scaling up the ocean energy sector to arrays in order to achieve energy cost reduction.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has hailed progress by American agencies in working with their Scandinavian counterparts to expedite the development of offshore wind in this country. The leaders of the United States, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden released a joint statemen
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited has been fined GBP 2.6 million after a 32-year-old subcontractor, working on behalf of the company, was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported. On 14 April 2010, the worker was laying ducting for
The Crown Estate has granted a lease to Statoil that will enable the start of construction of the 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm located at Buchan Deep, some 25 kilometres from Peterhead. The project – set to be the world’s largest floating wind farm – consists of five 6MW turbines which wi
The National Grid statistics have shown that wind generated more electricity in the UK than coal over the course of an entire month for the first time this April, RenewableUK reports. In April 2016, wind generated 2,290 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the UK, while coal generated 1,755GWh, according to the
The National Grid statistics have shown that wind generated more electricity in the UK than coal over the course of an entire month for the first time this April, RenewableUK reports. In April 2016, wind generated 2,290 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the UK, while coal generated 1,755GWh, according to the
The French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ségolène Royal has officially inaugurated DCNS/OpenHydro tidal turbine in Brest.
The US Senate has passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, a bipartisan legislation which includes a recommendation that USD 40 million be allocated to the offshore wind demonstration programs. Senator Angus King from Maine has urged the Appropriations Committee to include this la
Nova Scotia Energy Minister, Michel Samson, shares his views on the opportunities the emerging tidal energy sector is offering.
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the Hawaii intergovernmental renewable energy task force meeting in Honolulu on 16 May to discuss current and future plans for leasing areas in waters off Oahu for offshore wind development. Specifically, BOEM will present the details of BOEM
Mainstream Renewable Power is currently in arbitration with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) over the terms of its CfD contract for the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth, Scotland. The project has supposedly lost the CfD due to an ongoing judicial review re
Carbon Trust has presented the case study for the Array Technology Innovation Programme (ATIP) aimed at achieving cost and risk reduction associated with marine energy arrays.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has reached a settlement agreement in the class action securities litigation.
Alex Chisholm has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
