The Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) has received a funding boost from NTR Foundation, an independent philantropic organisation, to investigate low carbon energy opportunities in Ireland.
Located 1.5 km off the coast, the platform will serve as the field control tower for the test bed with the aim of hosting the equipment and people to conduct research, development and innovation (RDI) initiatives in the marine science and technologies sector.
Atlantis Resources has entered into partnership with Equitix, an infrastructure investor, to advance around 650 MW of Atlantis’ tidal power projects in Scotland.
MMT, a Sweden-based marine survey services provider, has extended the charter of multi-purpose vessel Stril Explorer to accommodate the activities in the marine renewables sector.
FAB Link Ltd has hired Intertek to provide marine environmental and planning support for the France-Alderney-Britain (FAB) Project.
The EU and India have committed to dialogue and cooperation on clean energy, energy efficiency and climate action.
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has released energy statistics report for the fourth quarter of 2015, with the provisional annual data for the year.
Funding boost in the amount of £300,000 has been awarded for the advancement of Morlais Tidal Energy Demonstration Zone off Anglesey, Wales.
The power take-off system (PTO) of AW-Energy’s WaveRoller wave energy device has passed the 6-month inspection with flying colors.
European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide £500 million to improve the electricity transmission connections between wind, wave and tidal renewable energy schemes and the national power network in the north of Scotland.
Renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, has appointed Euan Fenelon as Director of Asset Management, and Kevin Quinn as Head of Site Management.
Norwegian-based Seabased Holding AS (SHAS) has become a new major shareholder of the Swedish-based wave energy developer Seabased AB, while initiating the creation of a new Nordic Ocean Renewable Energy Group.
The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), in collaboration with Vodafone, will attach ‘marine smartphones’ to harbour seals in Orkney to gain better understanding of population change in the species.
SEENEOH is a tidal testing site on the Garonne river, in close proximity to the city center of Bordeaux, France, designed to test full-scale river and mid-scale ocean tidal energy devices.
