A competition run by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) offering free Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) to successful technology developers has been launched. Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Energy Minister, announced that the winner of the competition will be taken through the full ETV p
James Fisher has acquired the entire share capital of Mojo Maritime. The initial consideration is GBP 3.2 mln in cash, plus potential future consideration of GBP 0.3 mln if the earnings before interest and taxation are GBP 0.65 mln or greater for the year ending December 31, 2015. Mojo Maritime, a F
The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has appointed Gareth Lewis as the Group’s Director. Gareth Lewis’ past positions include Project Director for Seagreen Wind Energy Limited for the Firth of Forth projects, and Project Director for Brims Tidal Array Ltd – a joint venture between SSE and Open Hydr
OpenHydro aims to deploy two tidal arrays before the end of 2015 in France and Canada. OpenHydro, a subsidiary of DCNS, celebrates a decade in business while preparing for the realization of two major tidal energy projects. Irish-based company is working with Emera, through its jointly funded ventur
Anders Jansson, CEO of Minesto, finds the EU action on climate very encouraging and hopes it will inspire other nations and regions outside EU to follow it. A central objective for the 2030 framework is to reduce EU domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent below the 1990 level by 203
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), JBA Consulting and Met Office have joined forces to develop software for operational planning at EMEC’s wave and tidal test sites in Orkney. The system for Marine Mission Planner will be based on JBA’s ForeCoast Marine Mission Planner – a forecasting and dec
Anglesey Skerries tidal project could be restarted after the recent acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, the initial developer of the tidal array project, by Atlantis Resources. The location of the proposed Anglesey Skerries tidal array project is in the Sound between the group of rocks and islan
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released regional and national jobs analysis, which has revealed that UK renewable energy jobs grow 7 times faster than national average employment growth. In the UK as a whole, employment in renewable energy has increased by 9 percent across all sectors, b
SeaGen S 1.2 MW system is capable of delivering up to 20 MW/h of electricity per day. In 2008, the installation and commissioning of SeaGen S 1.2 MW turbine was completed at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The turbines have a patented feature that allows the rotor blades to be pitched through 18
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has been awarded three internationally recognized standards in quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management. Following the assessment by DNV-GL, the technology innovation and research centre received three accreditations: ISO 9001:
British Standards Institution (BSI), a UK-based business standards company, has published a new guide on undertaking environmental impact assessments for offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. PD 6900 Environmental impact assessment for offshore renewable energy projects guide was developed by BSI
Carnegie Wave has performed tank tests of their CETO 6 wave energy converter at FloWave ocean energy testing facility, in Edinburgh. The aim of the tests was to understand the performance of CETO 6 technology under a range of operational conditions, as well as implementing CETO 1 advanced tuning str
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from December 2014 to February 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier. Electricity generated in the fourth quarter of 2014 fell by 5.3 percent, from 93.9 TW/h a year earlier to 89.0
According to a DECC public survey, nearly four fifths of the public (79 percent) said they supported the use of renewable energy to provide the UK’s electricity, fuel and heat. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) states that this level of support is consistent with the previous three year
