The Carbon Trust is working as part of a consortium created to progress the development of tidal and floating wind energy test centre in Japan. The Carbon Trust has been working closely with both the Wind Energy Institute of Tokyo and the Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association on the
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched an interactive digital portal to support the development of the UK’s growing marine energy supply chain and facilitate better engagement between buyers and sellers. The Marine Energy Supply Chain Gateway (MESCG), supported by funding from Sco
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and EMEC have launched Technology Assessment Process (TAP) to de-risk marine energy technology development. TAP has been designed to support wave and tidal energy technology developers, enabling them to benchmark their technologies and follow a more structure
Scottish Enterprise has announced the successful completion of a number of key projects in the marine energy sector. Supported by £4.8 million of grants from the Scottish Enterprise Marine Energy RD&D Fund programme, Scotland continues to advance the marine energy sector through the completion of th
The final phase of a major project to investigate cost-effective methods of cable laying for tidal power arrays, with the aim of helping accelerate development of the marine energy industry, has been completed in Orkney. Funded by Scottish Enterprise, the £2.4 million Tidal Array Cabling Solution pr
Resolute Marine Ltd (RML), the Irish subsidiary of US-based wave energy developer Resolute Marine Energy, won the ‘EIP Water got talents award’ at the European Innovation Platform for Water conference in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. A panel of judges from world-class water companies and investment firms
Flemish wave energy developer Laminaria has joined forces with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Innosea, Ghent University, and TTI Testing to support the development of its wave energy converter (WEC). The main focus of the project is to prove the survivability of the Laminaria WEC, which i
Schottel Hydro will deliver 16 Schottel Instream Turbines (SIT) with a capacity of 62 kW each to the Isle of Wight-based enigneering company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME). The turbines will be delivered over the course of two years. The scope of supply also includes the power electrics for the tur
SmartBay Ireland has achieved international accreditation for health, safety, quality and environmental management. SmartBay was accredited with OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety, ISO 14001:2004 Environment and ISO 9001:2008 Quality standards. The bespoke integrated management system w
Indian state of Karnataka has struck a deal with a French-based company Tar Kovacs Systems to develop an ocean based renewable energy project. The deal was reached during the Make In India Week event, held in Dubai last week. The week-long event gathered more than 800,000 visitors, with the aim of c
Three European research and testing sites are collaborating on the development of a methodology to improve reliability in marine energy converters. Scotland’s European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is working with the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and SP Technical Research Institute of
Tidal Lagoon Power, the developer behind proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, believes the £1 billion project still has the support from within the UK government, BBC reports. The UK government announced on February 10 it would conduct an independent review into the feasibility and practicality of tid
Civils contractors said that unless the UK government adopt a sea-change in its approach to the renewables sector, the industry will ‘fall off a cliff’ – costing jobs and growth, particularly in Scotland. In its response to the Scottish Affairs Committee’s inquiry into renewable energy, the Civil En
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has made two final contract awards from its first competitive call for power take-off systems. The first contract in the amount of £474,493 has been awarded to Trident Energy who joins the stage 2 programme Another award of £90,000 will be made to Exceedence who will parti
