
A special online conference has been organized by Portugal’s leading marine energy R&D centre, WavEC Offshore Renewables, to provide a platform for Japanese energy firms, institutions and government officials to uncover key marine renewable energy opportunities in the region.

Scottish company Orbital Marine Power has established a strategic partnership with one of the leading offshore energy players TechnipFMC to accelerate the global commercialisation of its pioneering tidal energy technology.

Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy prototype has returned to dock after a successful five-month test period at sea.

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Black & Veatch to system engineering and coordination role for combined floating wind and wave energy project.

Innosea has been appointed a technical advisor to the engineering team for one of the world’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) projects, to be built at the Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant reservoir in Laos.

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Principia as lead contractor on detailed design and engineering of the floating platform that will support both wind and wave energy generating devices.

Statkraft has approved the reconstruction of the floating solar unit in Albania after suffering severe damage earlier this year.

The €20 million EuropeWave project has selected independent specialists who will provide technical expertise during the assessment of applications as part of the five-year collaborative programme.

In this week’s In Focus, we put spotlight on COP26 and energy transition updates which include biggest polluters pledging to joint action against climate change, oil majors joining forces for decarbonisation of energy and industry, and governments proposing phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies

Marine planning and environmental consultancy MarineSpace has secured a contract from Menter Môn related to the environmental monitoring for the Anglesey tidal energy project.

CorPower Ocean recently opened its Portuguese base to the public and school students to share its pioneering work in wave energy, and vision to support the future green energy transition.

The WAVEGEM hybrid autonomous platform, which generates clean power by exploiting both solar and wave energy, has been retrieved ashore after two years of tests at the SEM-REV site offshore France.

Dutch offshore floating solar specialist Oceans of Energy has announced the upscaling of the world’s first offshore solar farm system for 20 times to 1MW in capacity.

Minesto’s largest owner, BGA Invest, has sold 4.8% of shares in the tidal energy company to the European financial fund.