A major international Oceanera-Net collaborative project, involving seven partners from across Europe and worth €1.8 million, is driving forward the development of cost effective components, specifically designed for the reliable and sustainable delivery of ocean energy.
AXYS Technologies, a Canadian environmental monitoring company, has concluded the sea trials of its TRIAXYS g3 wave sensor.
Wave energy developers, CorPower Ocean from Sweden, and US-based Columbia Power Technologies, have been selected as finalists running for two $100,000 prizes as part of Ocean Exchange platform.
Optimism from Scotland’s wave and tidal energy sectors, fuelled by the Meygen’s launch on Monday, boosted delegates at Scottish Renewables’ Marine Conference in Inverness this week.
Public meeting regarding the opportunities for using ‘green’ hydrogen produced from renewable energy in transport and heating will take place later this month in Kirkwall, Orkney.
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) will begin mooring works related to the deployment its PLAT-O tidal energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) site next week.
Marine and Towage Services (MTS), a UK-based marine services provider, has supported the recently completed works at Wave Hub site by providing its MTS Xplorer vessel for survey operations.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a contract with US Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design a new mass-spring oscillating PowerBuoy for mission critical sensors.
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering has established a Technical Authority Board to be led by Alberto Morandi, formerly head of Global Maritime Americas.
Further development of the marine renewable energy sectors is absolutely dependent on continued support from Holyrood, Westminster and Brussels, said Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, at yesterday’s opening speech to Scottish Renewables Marine Conference.
FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility is welcoming members of the public ‘behind closed doors’ for the annual ‘Doors Open Day’ where the ocean energy research capabilities of the facility will be showcased.
New Jersey-based wave energy developer, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), has reported a decrease in net loss for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 in the amount of $0.3 million compared to the same period a year earlier.
Zensor, a Belgium-based provider of monitoring solutions for offshore industry, received the ‘Rising Star’ award at the European Commission’s Blue Economy Business Awards 2016.
BioPower Systems (BPS), an Australian wave energy developer, has identified a damage on the cable that links its bioWAVE wave energy device to the onshore grid.
