The Marine Energy All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been relaunched under the new UK Parliament, with Orkney and Shetland member of parliament (MP) Alistair Carmichael as chair. Carmichael is joined by Llinos Medi MP, Harriet Cross MP, and Torcuil Crichton MP as officers, representing a cros
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has highlighted the need to direct innovation efforts toward enabling ocean energy farms to achieve technological and industrial breakthroughs by 2030. According to Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), the newly-released ‘Strategic
Scotland’s Green Marine UK has unveiled the completion of over 50 cable operations, described as complex undertakings, across oil and gas, offshore wind, subsea datacentre sectors, and emerging marine energy technologies. According to Green Marine UK, the projects have been a combination of full ma
Brussles-based European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) has applied its expertise in life cycle assessment (LCA) and circularity of composite materials to tidal turbine blades, as part of the EU-funded MAXblade project’s efforts to scale tidal energy generation and cut costs. EuCIA is keen o
As one of the consortium members, the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) has unveiled the launch of a project, which is envisioned to promote nature-inclusive designs for offshore renewable infrastructure. Funded under Horizon Europe’s ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ mission, the Nature-inclusive desig
The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has secured £41.4 million (around $53.7) from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), as part of a total of £101 million investment. According to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), funding has been awarded to the center to deliver the Atlantic
The Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has secured independent research organization (IRO) status from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a public sector organization that supports the research and innovation system. This status enables EMEC to compete for research grants from the UK
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has secured €32 million in Series B1 funding to advance the commercialization of its wave energy technology, marking a step towards making wave power a mainstream, bankable energy source. This latest investment round, the largest single investment into CorPower’s techn
Inyanga Marine Energy Group has taken control of the D10 tidal turbine, the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France, securing permission to operate the facility in the Fromveur Passage, off the coast of Brittany, until August 2028. The turbine, which delivers clean energy to the island of Usha
The UK-based marine technology consultant Cape Horn Engineering has completed the first validation of its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis for Spiralis Energy’s Axial Skelter tidal test rig, delivering a match to experimental data with less than 1.5% deviation. Following nearly a year of
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has assigned consulting company Ernst & Young (EY) to support the development of the 10 MW Hestfjord Dragon Farm in the Faroe Islands, aimed at scaling tidal energy solutions as part of a broader plan to deploy 200 MW in tidal energy capacity. The Hestfjord Dra
Finland-based AW-Energy’s WaveRoller has secured the approval of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) to deploy the ocean energy pilot project in Nambia. According to Kaoko Green Energy Solutions, the approval was granted by Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, which enable
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has scheduled subsea works at the MeyGen Tidal Array in Scotland’s Pentland Firth for late October, aiming to install a tidal turbine and recover monitoring equipment. SIMEC Atlantis Energy is set to carry out subsea operations at its MeyGen Tidal Array site in Scotland’s Pentl
CGEN Engineering, a new spinout company from the University of Edinburgh, has launched a modular generator system, designed to cut offshore renewables’ levelized energy cost (LCOE) by 10% to 15%. According to the University of Edinburgh, the lightweight, stackable system, suited for wave, tidal, an
