Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed ABPmer to handle a Habitat Regulations Appraisal for their Marine Renewables Infrastructure Plan (MRIP). Under the EC Habitat and Birds Directive any new plan or project has to undergo a Habitat Regulations Appraisal to determine whether it is lik
Aerial footage of the assembly process of D10 tidal turbine that’s currently underway in the port of Brest. The base is 20 by 20 meters in size, and it will carry a turbine of 10 meters in diameter. The turbine will have the capacity of up to 1 MW. The deployment of the turbine is […]
GE and Andritz Hydro consortium is the preferred bidder for supplying Swansea tidal lagoon with 16 turbines with the combined capacity of 320 MW. Flow is created by gravity through the difference in tidal height between the inside and outside of the lagoon walls. The high power output of 320 MW prod
AW Energy’s WaveRoller is a device that creates electricity by moving and absorbing the energy from the ocean waves. The single WaveRoller unit, consisting of one panel, has the capacity of 500 kW up to 1000 kW depending on wave conditions at the deployment site. Device works when the back and forth
SCHOTTEL Hydro, a subsidiary of the SCHOTTEL Group, has appointed Niels Lange as Managing Director. In 2011, Niels Lange, joined the Josef Becker Research Centre of the SCHOTTEL Group. Lange brought along his experience as researcher at the Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory of the Hamburg
Local residents are voicing their concerns over the plan to re-open Dean Quarry in fear that it would ruin the stretch of the Cornish coastline. Developers of the Government-backed project Swansea Bay tidal lagoon plan to re-open Dean Quarry near St Keverne in Cornwall to provide rock for the constr
This annual event organized by RenewableUK brings together investors, project and technology developers including decision makers from government and business with responsibilities across the UK, Europe and international markets. The event is taking place on February 25 and 26, 2015, at Edinburgh In
Pelamis Wave Power’s debts, prior to its falling into administration, amount to more than GBP 15 mln in total. Pelamis’ debt to Scottish Enterprise was GBP 8 mln at the time the company went into administration. The total debt amount increases to GBP 12.8 mln when interest charges and fees are calcu
Tidal energy generated at EMEC test sites will be used to produce hydrogen that will be stored and used later for a variety of different schemes and ideas. Proposals to produce hydrogen from marine renewables projects have been put forward by EMEC. The center is worried that grid restraints in Orkne
Tocardo’s array of three T1 tidal turbines being prepared for the installation in the morning of January 23, 2015. The array was deployed at the sluice gate of Afsluitdijk, Den Oever on the same day. The turbines can be uni or bi directional, and their capacity is 42 – 98 kW. The official opening is
Wave for Energy, a Turin-based wave energy developer, has designed and built ISWEC wave energy converter that uses a gyroscopic system which exploits wave’s slopes to produce energy. ISWEC device is designed as a sealed hull, that acts as home to all technological parts of the device. The system wor
The official document has been signed authorizing the extension of the port of Cherbourg into the main roadstead as part of the marine renewables energy (MRE) project. This represents a successful conclusion to the efforts made by French state, PNA (Ports of Normandy Authority) and the Cherbourg Urb
Sabella has signed an MoU with PLP and MEINDO to supply renewable electricity to remote areas of Indonesia. The aim of this agreement is to develop ocean current energy in Indonesia for remote areas of the country. The turbines to be deployed in Indonesia will be of 100 kW to 2.500 kW in capacity. S
Akuo Energy and Pertamina have signed an MoU for developing renewable energy projects, including OTEC plant, at various sites in Indonesia. The renewable projects will concern electricity generation from wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). The Memorandum of Unde
