The final cable connection of the Sabella D10 tidal turbine still remains to be done, as the vessel MV Palembang was proclaimed unsuitable for this specific task on Friday, June 26. Several attempts to stabilize the vessel and enable it to operate the delicate lifting of both ends of the cable and m
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc will today begin the tendering process for three main operations and maintenance (O&M) contract packages to support the £1billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Having previously named General Electric and Andritz Hydro as preferred bidders to manage the operations and mainte
Atlantis Resources Limited completed the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines Limited (MCT) from Siemens AG in an all share deal, conditional upon admission of the consideration shares, the company reported today. “Accordingly, as consideration for the acquisition, Atlantis has issued 9,911,577 ne
Guernsey’s Renewable Energy Team, working under Commerce and Employment Department, has carried out a survey on public opinion regarding the use of renewable energy sources, ITV reported. The results have shown that tidal energy is the most popular. Namely, of 500 surveyed people, 86% expressed thei
The Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today, June 30, a report confirming that the ocean energy sector will make an “important contribution…to meeting the future energy needs of the European Union”. “The ocean energy industry welc
The conference programme for Ocean Energy Europe 2015 is taking shape with many of the sector’s big names preparing to participate in the event set to take place in Dublin, Ireland in October. Amongst those confirmed are: President of Ocean Energy Europe Rob Stevenson, Scottish Development Internati
Wolfestone, a UK translation company, organised an event for West Wales Exporters Association at Hydro Industries on Wednesday 24th June for their monthly seminar. The topic was ‘Manufacturing and supply chain issues regarding exporting’. The seminar was held by Wayne Preece, the Group Chief Executi
Australian wave energy company Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has established its base in Cornwall, UK. Carnegie has located in Cornwall having secured a berth at Wave Hub and due to the region’s infrastructure, supply chain and suitability for the deployment of the company’s CETO 6 wave technology. T
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is recruiting two project managers for Wave Energy Scotland (WES). The deadline for applications is July 15 and interviews will be held on July 24. Reporting to a programme manager, project managers will have a key role in running the innovation programme. They
Wave Hub, a test site off Cornwall, provides shared offshore infrastructure for the demonstration and proving of offshore renewable energy technologies. Wave Hub test site is located 16 km off the north coast of Cornwall in South West England. The site offers four berths for testing offshore renewab
Sabella, a Frech tidal energy developer, has installed its D10 tidal turbine at Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island. Sabella has completed the turbine installation yesterday, June 25, at 6.30 pm. Tidal Energy Today spoke to Sabella who confirmed that the company will continue with the operation of c
During the meeting in the House of Commons, members of parliament raised questions over the power price for the proposed £1 bln Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project. UK Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom was asked whether she thinks that the Government’s guarantee to pay for the energy that will cost three
Sabella is currently performing the deployment operation of its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine in Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island, France. The team on-board Combi Lift’s cargo ship Palembang is performing the installation of the turbine. After the immersion, Sabella will run tests to ensure the deployme
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from February to April 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier. Electricity generated in the first quarter of 2015 rose by 1.3 percent, from 93.7 TW/h a year earlier to 94.9 TW/h. Re
