The Duchy of Lancaster has granted exclusivity rights to Natural Energy Wyre for the construction of a tidal barrage across the river Wyre in Lancashire, UK. This enables the developer to move to the funding and planning application stage. The £200m project, managed by Natural Energy Wyre Limited, w
Duchy of Lancaster has granted exclusivity rights to Natural Energy Wyre to build a tidal barrage across the river Wyre, Lancashire, UK. Natural Energy Wyre, the developer behind Wyre Tidal Barrage, can now proceed with the funding and planning application stage for the Wyre Tidal Barrage project. T
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has issued a second competitive project call for the development of novel wave energy converters. According to WES, applicants will need to have already identified a concept and carried our preliminary feasibility work. WES will only seek to support truly novel devices whi
Canadian offshore wind developer Trillium Power has filed a spoliation motion with the Ontario Superior Court, scheduled to be heard by a Master of the Court on June 18th, the company’s CEO John Kourtoff confirmed to Offshore WIND. The latest legal action, added to their $500 million legal action, c
AW-Energy, the company behind WaveRoller, hosted the visit from Portuguese officials at the installation site in Almagreira, Portugal. The Portuguese Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Jorge Moreira da Silva, and the Secretary of State for Energy, Artur Trinidade, visited both the
Chilean Minister of Energy Maximo Pacheco, DCNS president Hervé Guillou, and executive vice president of Chilean governmental organization for economic growth (Corfo) Eduardo Bitran, have signed a joint declaration to set up Marine Energy Research and Innovation Center (MERIC). The declration has be
The government of Chile, through the Ministry of Energy and Corfo, has signed an agreement with French-based DCNS to create a marine energy research and development center in Chile. The agreement was signed by Maximo Pacheco, Minister of Energy for Chile, Hervé Guillou, CEO of DCNS, and Eduardo Bitr
Local Planning Authority has granted an outline planning consent for the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) on the Isle of Wight, southern England. A planning application was submitted to the Isle of Wight Council in November last year for a substation and associated infras
A consultation is being launched on a marine plan that will be used to guide development activities in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters, Scotland. The Marine Spatial Plan has been developed by a working group that includes Marine Scotland, Orkney Islands Council and Highland Council. It is an im
UK Secretary of State, Amber Rudd, has granted the planning consent for the construction of the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Swansea Bay 320 MW tidal lagoon project, developed by Tidal Lagoon Power, has a design life of 120 years and a net annual power output of 400 GWh. It is enough t
Planning consent was given for construction of the world’s first tidal lagoon, in a boost to moving towards a low carbon, home grown energy mix. If built, turbines in the proposed six-mile horseshoe shaped sea wall around Swansea Bay in Wales could generate around 500GWh per year of low carbon elect
With the Western Isles grid now operating at full capacity, Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) together with representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland has set to explore alternative and innovative ways by which to connect additional renewables
The European University Association (EUA) is calling on European higher education institutions to participate in a survey on university-based energy research and education open until July 15, 2015. EUA is conducting this survey to take forward its work in the field of energy, through the European Pl
Following the decision by the Court of Session to reject Donald Trump’s latest legal action against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the Trump Organization announced it will take the case to the UK Supreme Court and European courts, saying that it was “impossible to have a fair
