
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been working with the U.S.-based marine energy company C-Power on the integration of its novel field data collection and control system in the SeaRAY device ahead of upcoming sea trials in Hawaii.

Germany-based port and transport logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) revealed it would be actively involved in the newly founded H2Global foundation to successfully implement its hydrogen technology projects.

U.K.-based Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) has formed its first regional cooperation committee, as the use of LNG as ship fuel rises in the Asia Pacific.

Certification group Bureau Veritas has delivered the world’s first Approval in Principle (AiP) for an offshore floating solar solution to Dutch company SolarDuck, marking the beginning of a new era for this form of renewable energy.

The Danish Energy Agency has opened a technology-neutral tender for 2021, where solar cell systems, wind turbines, wave energy plants and hydropower plants can all compete for support.

The 223kWp floating solar demonstrator, developed by the Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun, has celebrated two years in operation during which it successfully weathered through two typhoon seasons without any damage.

Eco Wave Power has through its Portuguese subsidiary secured an installation and grid connection permit for a 1MW wave energy pilot project planned for the Barra do Douro breakwater in Porto.

Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun has conducted an analysis into root cause of the failure of its floating solar unit that was installed in Albania, which pointed towards the weather conditions as the main reason for the incident.

Odfjell Oceanwind has secured a pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, to mature its first commercial contracts for Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) and WindGrid for the electrification of oil and gas installations. The grant is awarded under Enova’s full-

Swedish wave energy company Novige has concluded the extensive tests on its scaled NoviOcean wave energy prototype in France, with the support of the MaRINET2 project.

Sustainable Marine has completed ‘rigorous tests’ on its latest generation tidal turbine drivetrain at the world-renowned Center for Wind Power Drives at RWTH Aachen University, proving the technology is robust enough to take on the Bay of Fundy tides.

UK port operator Global Energy Group (GEG) has entered into an agreement with Swiss-based integrated energy company Proman to develop a renewable power to methanol plant utilising local sources of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in the Highlands of Scotland.

Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 has signed a letter of intent with compatriot energy company Greenstat to cooperate on relevant projects with the aim of developing a complete hydrogen value chain.

Dutch tidal energy company Tocardo has delivered its T1 tidal turbines to QED Naval as part of the TIGER project to validate the performance of the Subhub community demonstrator platform.