The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) signed an interagency agreement for cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, and marine energy in particular, smart grids and energy efficiency. Two bilateral agreements signed
Irish government’s West Action Plan for jobs has included a series of actions to develop the marine research and ocean energy industries in the region. The West Plan covers counties Mayo, Roscommon and Galway, and if successful, it is estimated to create of 25,000 jobs in Western Ireland. The Plan s
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Frazer-Nash Consultancy have created an open source tool designed to asses and reduce tidal energy project risks. The tool, with associated guidance documents, helps to identify key uncertainties in wave and tidal energy, according to Frazer-Nash. They pr
Aquatera has completed the first phase of tidal array cabling project that involved the installation and retrieval of Jee’s ‘U-tube’ cabling protection structure. The Aquatera’s role involved lifting, moving, positioning and recovering the 50 m long Jee’s cable protection system. The cabling solutio
CorPower Ocean, a Swedish wave energy developer, is recruiting for a modeling and control engineer who will assist in the development of the company’s wave energy converters. Job responsibilities involve managing modeling activities with regard to performance, performing batch simulations and analyz
The first of the two OpenHydro’s tidal turbines has been positioned on its barge ahead of the planned installation set to take place before the end of 2015 as part of Paimpol-Bréhat project. The Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project involves the installation of two 500 kW OpenHydro’s turbines 16 km o
Unique Group has acquired an Aberdeen-based marine survey equipment company GSE Rentals (Geophysical Survey Equipment). GSE Rentals is now wholly owned by Unique Group and the company’s workforce will be retained, Unique Group’s press release reads. Former owner, Stan Moroney, will continue as busin
As part of the ongoing extension works, the Port of Cherbourg has made 44 hectares of port land alongside a heavy-load quay with a bearing capacity of 15t/m2 already available for the marine renewable energies sector. The €100 million worth of ongoing extension works undertaken by Ports of Normandy
40South Energy and Elements Works, Italy-based tidal and wave energy developers, have deployed and grid-connected their H24 wave energy device. The deployment took place on November 12, 2015, and according to 40South Energy’s social media, the device was subsequently connected to the Italian grid. T
Elaine Greig has joined The Renewables Consulting Group’s (RCG) team as a Director and Head of Service Delivery. Greig joins RCG following her previous roles as Head of Offshore Renewables at DNV GL, and Project Director at Vattenfall. Elaine has over 22 years’ experience in the electricity supply i
Regen SW, an organization representing renewables sector in the South West of England, has sent a draft set of policy recommendations intended to accelerate the commercialization of wave and tidal energy to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Following the last month’s South West Mar
Tocardo Tidal Turbines has installed an array consisting of 5 tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the Netherlands, on September 24, 2015. The array has the capacity of 1.2 MW, and consists of 5 Tocardo’s T2 tidal turbines. The 50 m long and 20 m wide suspension structure, desi
QED Naval has completed the installation and retrieval trials of its Subhub tidal foundations platform. Recent testing of the Subhub operational model in high tidal flow conditions confirmed its ballast system capabilities and installation and retrieval methodology, according to QED Naval. QED Naval
Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) has contracted the Biscay-based wave energy developer Oceantec Energías Marinas to supply its technology for the deployment off Basque coast. Under the €2.5 million contract, Oceantec Energías Marinas will provide its point absorber oscillating water column (OWC) techn
