Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand existing cooperation and accelerate the commercialisation of ocean energy technologies.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), together with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), have invited innovators to identify how marine geospatial data can be used to find suitable sites for offshore wind, and tidal and wave energy infrastructure.
There is little doubt that the past few years have witnessed the rise of energy-related collaborations to an extent never seen before. This is because cross-industry collaborations seem to be crucial for companies to ride the energy transition train which is indeed moving very fast.
UK-based marine consultancy ABPmer has been commissioned to lead a range of ecological surveys in outer Dee Estuary in North Wales as part of the proposed tidal lagoon project for the area.
Carnegie Clean Energy has signed a collaboration agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to work together on a project to develop a reinforcement learning based controller for the CETO wave energy technology.
The AZTI technology center has teamed up with Basque’s Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa to create a guide that could facilitate the implementation of marine renewable energy initiatives.
Swedish company Eco Wave Power has reported a decrease in losses for the third quarter of 2020 as opposed to the same period a year earlier.
Marine energy sector has been acknowledged at Scottish Green Energy Awards with SIMEC Atlantis Energy scooping Champion of Renewables Award for its ongoing drive to create a sustainable tidal industry in Scotland.
Danish company Wavepiston has opened a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs investment platform in order to fund the final phase of development of its wave energy technology.
Orbital Marine Power has revealed its intention to launch a crowdfunding campaign through the Crowdcube investment platform in the weeks ahead.
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in the UK is leading a project to develop a system to improve the efficiency of offshore renewable energy generation and help develop the Blue Economy. The Submarine High-fidelity Active-monitoring of Renewable energy Cables (SHARC) has secured funding from Inn
UK-based Orbital Marine Power and Designworks, BMW Group’s Advanced Design Company, have collaborated to produce a striking vision for Orbital’s floating energy generation technology.
The RESOURCECODE project has made a significant step forward with the first year of hindcast data being produced for the project’s marine data toolbox and the development of the new online platform.
The UK government has set out plans to support up to 12GW of new renewable energy capacity in the CfD4, with both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind, as well as tidal stream projects eligible to bid.
