Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has opened a new technology center for testing and de-risking the use of high voltage direct current (HVDC) on the electricity network in Great Britain.
Scottish Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, has warned that the inability to access EU funding as a result of Brexit puts Scotland at risk of losing the market lead in tidal energy sector.
Bilbao-based marine contractor Commercial Diving Activity (CDA) has retrieved a monitoring instrument installed at the Mutriku wave energy plant as part of the OPERA project.
Australian Minister of Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, has visited the Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power (EWP) as it looks to explore wave energy opportunities in Australia.
Tidal Technology Center Grevelingendam (TTC-GD) has secured €4.1 million from the Dutch government.
Magallanes Renovables has launched its multi-megawatt floating tidal platform in Vigo, Galicia, north-west of Spain.
Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) plans to use its technology to enable a shared grid connection of the MeyGen tidal array and Lochend wind farm in Scotland.
Oceanographers at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences have teamed up with Nortek, and Partrac, to study ocean turbulence with the aim of reducing the costs associated with tidal energy devices.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is looking to enter into a framework agreement for onshore engineering services.
RenewableUK has released a report on the global export reach of the UK-based companies working in the wind, wave and tidal energy sectors.
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 17 – 23, 2017.
Glasgow-based tidal energy developer Nautricity has installed its 500kW CoRMaT tidal turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Two UK-based tidal and wave energy developers have made it to the finals of the 2017 British Renewable Energy Awards, organized by the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted a license to Norwegian Ocean Power for the construction and operation of a 350kW tidal demonstration plant.