The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been confirmed as the new coordinator of the EU-backed MUSICA project that aims to develop a multi-use platform combining renewable energies, aquaculture, water desalination, energy storage and green support services.
Mocean Energy’s managing director Cameron McNatt has joined the industry panel of the Net Zero Technology Centre, tasked with informing the centre’s board on the trends and opportunities a low-carbon future will bring.
Finnish wave energy company Wello and government-led agency Export Barbados (BIDC) have announced a new cooperation agreement to explore the opportunities that lie in Barbados’ marine space for energy generation.
Norway’s Bounheur ASA has established a new company, Fred. Olsen 1848, dedicated to developing and commercialising new technologies related to renewable energy such as floating offshore wind and floating solar. Fred. Olsen 1848 will focus on the development and commercialization of existing, but als
Swedish wave energy company Seabased has signed a lease agreement with the Government of Bermuda for the construction of 40MW wave energy park.
Leading figures in the marine energy sector have warned that the UK’s world-leading position in tidal energy can only be maintained with ‘practical support from Government to match its undoubted goodwill’.
Scottish tidal energy company Nova Innovation has opened a crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs investment platform.
The representatives of the Basque Energy Cluster and the Blue Cluster from Belgium have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote European offshore energy know-how worldwide.
Instream Energy Systems has named Andrew Colterjohn as its global vice president for revenue growth and development.
As the dust is settling in the aftermath of COP26, new developments in the offshore energy sector are laying the grounds for the net-zero future.
Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies has commissioned a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test rig to validate the InfinityWEC’s power take-off (PTO) with instant force control capabilities.
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year having won the Rural Blue Award at The SHIREs (Scottish Highlands and Islands Rural Economy) Awards.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s leading research and innovation centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, has appointed Cristina Garcia-Duffy as its technical director and a member of its executive management team.
South Korea has completed the construction of a wave energy demonstration plant, equipped with energy storage system, on one of the islands of the Chuja archipelago in the Jeju Strait.
