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.
The Goal Zero consortium has been awarded funding by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) to develop, deploy and commercialise a fully electric cargo vessel.
BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV), a California-based digital business-building and corporate innovation arm of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Malaysia’s shipping company MISC Group have unveiled a co-investment in three ventures to disrupt the maritime solutions space with deep tech.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant, is set to perform a preliminary conceptual design study to further develop its novel wave energy converter aimed at powering autonomous ocean monitoring systems.
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.
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has secured a $20 million investment commitment, with an additional $5 million second closing this fall, from a consortium led by Canadian Shield Capital in alliance with Hatch.
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.
The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center has provided $6 million to the University of Hawaii at Mānoa (UH) to provide critical research and logistical support to the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS), located offshore Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
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.
The US Port of Corpus Christi Authority and compatriot energy company Howard Midstream Energy Partners (HEP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as they intend to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s first carbon-neutral hydrogen production facility.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers have started testing thermoplastic composite blades, said to have the potential to revolutionise the marine energy industry, on a large-scale tidal power turbine.
Edinburgh-based marine energy specialist QED Naval has retrieved tidal flow measurement equipment from its tidal test site off Yarmouth Harbour.
French start-up Guinard Energies is preparing to redeploy its P154 tidal turbine in southern Brittany in France, which will be coupled with a photovoltaic installation to provide power for an electric barge servicing an oyster farm.
