
In less than two weeks, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 will open its doors! The industry will meet again face-to-face on 26 and 27 October 2021 in RAI Amsterdam.

Portuguese, Dutch and Spanish wave energy stakeholders recently came together to mark the successful wrap-up of the BASEPOINT project, a laboratory test programme for the Symphony wave energy converter at Sines Tecnopolo in Portugal.

The Triton-C wave energy converter, developed by U.S.-based marine energy company Oscilla Power, has arrived to Hawaii ahead of its upcoming deployment.

Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean has been appointed to the European Commission’s renewed Clean Energy Industrial Forum.

Wave Swell Energy’s (WSE) wave energy demonstration project at King Island, featuring the UniWave200 device, has seen significant and vital progress in recent weeks.

Swedish-Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power has appointed Avi Waller as its new chief operating officer (COO).

Wave Energy in Southern Europe (WESE) project, whose goal is to improve the current knowledge on the potential environmental effects of wave energy, has released an open access ecological risk assessment tool for wave energy converters.

Marine Energy Test Area (META), a Welsh national marine energy test centre, has welcomed Tom Hill as its new project delivery manager.

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has informed that its proposed wave energy project in Mauritius, to be developed with Bombora Wave Power, received subsidy from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.

Irish marine energy developer GKinetic Energy and Norwegian tidal energy company Tidal Sails have been featured in the Ocean Exchange shortlist for the $100,000 award bestowed to green and sustainable ocean energy innovations.

The UK government has unveiled the 12 businesses from across the UK who will showcase their green technology and innovations at the Global Investment Summit – one of which is the Scottish-based tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power.

U.S.-based marine energy start-up CalWave Power Technologies has commissioned its CalWave x1 wave energy device off the coast of San Diego in California.

EU-backed ELEMENT project, whose aim is to slash the cost of tidal energy by 17% using artificial intelligence, is well underway with preparations to start with the onshore testing programme at ORE Catapult’s Blyth facility.

The Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) programme, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has launched the fifth call for applications, offering also limited open water support for marine energy testing through its facility network.