The Crown Estate has announced that it is considering a new leasing programme that would boost small scale wave and tidal projects. As an active manager of the UK seabed, the Crown Estate has announced plans to simplify the process for awarding access rights for tidal and wave developers. Under the
The integrated SET-Plan will play a central role in a new European energy research and innovation (R&I) approach designed to accelerate the energy system transformation. According to the Strategic Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS), the new integrated European Strategic Energy Technology
A university researcher has received a funding boost from the Canadian government for the development of innovative hydrokinetic turbines. An investment in the amount of C$500.000 (US$ 385.300) has been announced for the Engineering Faculty of the University of Manitoba. It will support the testing
European Commissioner and four ministers have been confirmed as participants of the Ocean Energy Europe 2015 conference. The event is organized with the support of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White, will be joi
Atlantis Resources, the developer behind the MeyGen tidal energy project, has celebrated the progress made on the construction of the project located at Caithness, Scotland. In particular, the celebration marks the completion of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) of four bore holes, 550 m long ea
Atlantis Resources has kicked off grid connection cable burial works for the tidal energy project, MeyGen. The company has already completed Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) of bore holes from the foreshore into the inner sound and down to the seabed, with subsea exits on all four bore holes. E
Basque Government has officially opened bimep marine platform for research, development, and operation of marine energy converters near the coastal town of Armintza, Spain. With a power generating capacity of 20 MW, bimep is a research infrastructure dedicated for demonstrating the technical and eco
Alstom has decided to lower the sale price of most of its energy assets to General Electric (GE) in an effort to win European Commission’s approval for the acquisition deal. Since the Extraordinary General meeting held on December 19, 2014, which approved the acquisition by General Electric of Alsto
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited will partner with the University of Western Australia (UWA) on a AUD 460,000 project part funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant to research and develop more efficient anchoring systems for wave energy converters. The project will use a multidiscipl
The state government of Schleswig-Holstein welcomed a delegation from the French partner region Pays de la Loire for a 3 day visit starting on July 15. During the visit a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the regions with a view to cooperating in the field of skills and qualifications i
Inter-Departmental Marine Coordination Group’s (MCG) ‘Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth – Review of Progress 2014’ report provides an update on Irish marine sector key activities undertaken in 2014, and offers an overview of expectations for 2015. The report sets out the work done in 2014 to implement the
The boundaries of Anglesey Enterprise Zone are to be extended to include a new marine renewable energy zone and the Menai Science Park site. Wales government said the new sites include the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone, a 37 km2 of seabed off the west coast of Anglesey, and Cefn Du, the 21 hectar
Ed Davey, former UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has criticized government’s announcement to cut subsidies for renewables. Following the UK government’s yesterday’s announcement to introduce measures to deal with a projected over-allocation of renewable energy subsidies, Ed Davey
Premiers of Canada’s provinces issued Canadian Energy Strategy document that aims to strengthen the economy, create jobs, ensure a secure supply of energy for all Canadians, address the climate change, and support energy innovation. The Energy Strategy provides the foundation for provinces and terri
