The final cavitation testing of the ACORN (Advanced Coatings for Offshore Renewable Energy) project has been concluded. The coatings developed during the project, which were applied on a marine turbine prototype, have been exposed to aggressive conditions in a cavitation tunnel, and according to the
The international project to establish a connection between UK and France that will enable the transmission of electricity between the two countries is progressing well with surveys taking place off East Devon and Alderney. Survey work at the proposed ‘landing site’ at Budleigh Salterton beach in Ea
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has acquired a containerized hyperbaric chamber in order to increase the safety of the underwater activities of the research facility. The hyperbaric chamber is part of the equipment strategy included in the PLOCAN roadmap in order to answer to the
Waves4Power, a Sweden-based wave energy developer, is organizing a public viewing of their WaveEL wave energy device at Eriksberg quayside, Gothenburg, Sweden, ahead of its deployment.
UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is seeking comments on effectiveness of current regulatory framework in enabling innovation. DECC’s ‘Consultation to ensure regulation in the energy sector encourages innovation’, launched today, invites stakeholders to offer their views on how the
KIC InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe, has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in an effort to bring new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The call is seeking European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger, that have an innovat
The OCEANERA-NET project will offer the latest information about the upcoming second joint call for collaborative research in ocean energy at a side event during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2016. The aim of the OCEANERA-NET joint call 2016, set to be launched early in 2016, i
Fraunhofer UK, part of Europe’s largest application-oriented research organisation, has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop an innovative solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry.
Twenty Members of European Parliament (MEPs) came together to present ‘Northern Seas as the Power House of North-Western Europe’ Manifesto calling for the larger deployment of marine renewables and offshore wind in the Northern Seas. The manifesto aims to develop the potential of renewable energy lo
The US Department of Energy (DoE) and Wave Energy Scotland (WES) are organizing a joint workshop on wave energy converters (WEC) system requirements and performance metrics. The goal of the workshop is to reach out to the wider wave energy community to facilitate input into the important specificati
Director of RenewableUK’s Welsh office, David Clubb, has responeded to UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments that appear to indicate he is edging away from supporting the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project. In response to comments Cameron made while giving evidence to the House of Commons Liaison
Seatricity, a Falmouth-based wave energy developer, has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the Shell Springboard 2016 awards. The developer of the Oceanus wave energy device is in the run for Shell’s 2016 funding award of up to £150,000. Shell Springboard provides funding to UK’s small and
Paimpol-Bréhat tidal project, jointly developed by DCNS and EDF, could see the first OpenHydro’s tidal turbine installed next week. DCNS, parent company of OpenHydro, planned to install the first of the two 500 kW OpenHydro’s tidal turbines in December 2015, but due to unsuitable weather conditions
Atlantis Resources, an Edinburgh-based tidal energy player, has appointed Cameron Smith as Director of Project Development. Cameron has joined Atlantis’ new Executive Management Group based at its corporate headquarters in Scotland and will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Tim Corneli
