SIMEC Atlantis said that COVID-19 pandemic has had minimal disruption to its tidal business as it furloughs employees on other projects and implements cost saving measures to maintain liquidity. MeyGen in Scotland continues to export power reliably to the grid. In March this year, MeyGen delivered 2
German company NEMOS has released a video that shows how its wave energy converter (WEC) produces about 1MW of clean ocean energy. The NEMOS WEC is an new system for generating electricity from ocean waves. An elongated floating body absorbs the incoming energy and transmits to a generator by a spri
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched two new Statewide cleantech accelerators offering a variety of support services for clean energy companies including seed money to build or grow a clean energy business. The announcement advances the State’s goal for
The US Department of Energy has dedicated up to $38 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, submarine hydrokinetic and riverine kilo-megawatt systems (SHARKS). The program seeks to design economically attractive hydrokinetic turbines (HKT) for tidal an
A decision on whether to approve a further £244,000 investment in Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has been delayed – this time by coronavirus. The Isle of Wight council were set to approve the further investment to assist with renewal of licences and leases for the tidal energy scheme off the c
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) a prerecorded webinar to provide information to potential applicants on recent funding opportunity announcement. On March 31, 2020, the US Water Power Technologies Office re
Ocean energy company Bombora has appointed Ronnie Bonnar to its board of directors. Ronnie Bonnar is a former chairman of Scottish Renewables, and currently holds several non-executive directorships focused on renewable energy, including the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He brings over 15 year
WavEC Offshore Renewables has recently launched the jUMP project, a joint action for underwater noise monitoring in Portuguese waters, with funding from National Fundo Azul. The project is coordinated by WavEC and brings together ten Portuguese partners: ISPA – Instituto Universitário, FCUL – Faculd
The Horizon 2020 funded WaveBoost project has drawn to a close with a step change improvement achieved to the reliability and performance of wave energy technology. Led by CorPower Ocean, the WaveBoost consortium designed and developed a Power Take Off (PTO) system allowing wave energy converters (W
Change is the only constant. This was as true for the ancient Greek who coined the phrase, as it is for us today. Our industry is changing. The need to innovate and transform are key in remaining relevant and future-proof. This is why we present the Offshore Energy platform. It combines all the elem
Wave Swell Energy (WSE) pilot-scale wave energy converter project off the coast of King Island, Tasmania is moving forward with pontoons now in place for final assembly and the superstructure well on its way to completion. Australian company said earlier it is still on schedule to install the WEC by
Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET) announced a new marine renewable energy webinar series. The webinars will feature experts from various fields who will share their knowledge and insights, engage in dialogue with participants, and help move the conversation along as floating offshore wind and other
Infoplaza Marine Weather has secured a contract for the provision of a global metocean database to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Enineering (DSME). The metocean database, containing wind and wave data, will be used by DSME for the planning and design of marine and offshore projects. The database, w
Carnegie said it has achieved the first milestones of its new CETO ‘Digital Development Pathway’. Namely, the company has developed the machine-learning-based Wave Predictor capable of predicting the characteristics of waves that will reach the CETO Unit up to 30 seconds in the future. This is the f
