Vietnam’s Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) is planning a billion-US-dollar push into offshore wind and floating solar as part of its renewable energy expansion strategy, according to Vietnamese media. At its 31 March 2026 annual general meeting, REE outlined plans to significan
New research by RenewableUK Cymru has found that 71% of Welsh people believe renewable energy development should increase, with just 6% saying it should decrease, and 58% want Wales’s future energy system to be mainly or entirely based on renewable energy. New polling published by RenewableUK Cymru
Eco Wave Power has completed its wave energy pilot program at the Port of Los Angeles in the U.S., developed in collaboration with Shell. The duo’s feasibility study of the U.S. coastline identified 77 sites with favorable conditions for potential wave energy projects, after which Eco Wave Power and
French energy giant TotalEnergies and Switzerland-headquartered sustainable construction player Holcim have inaugurated a floating solar power plant with a 31 MW capacity, located in Belgium. The plant, inaugurated on March 20, is located in Obourg on a former chalk quarry site that has been rehabil
The Welsh government has launched the Renewable Energy Sector Deal, a strategic partnership between the government and industry, focused on ensuring that Wales meets its renewable energy targets and unlocking the full economic potential of its renewable energy future. Central to the Renewable Energy
Oslo-headquartered Fred. Olsen 1848 has completed the pilot installation of automatic Tension Buoys at Europe’s first open-access laboratory dedicated to testing technologies for floating and hydro solar power generation, an adaptive mooring technology designed to ensure stability and performance fo
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has begun production from its 100 kW microgrid-scale powerplant Dragon 4 to the Faroese grid. This is said to be a preparatory first step of the microgrid project, partly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and in close collaboration with project partners, incl
Dutch-Norwegian SolarDuck has launched an advisory board to support the integration of its offshore floating solar technology within the carbon capture and storage (CCS) and wider offshore energy sectors. The board will initially consist of two members, including Neil Kavanagh, formerly Chief Scient
Dutch Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a purpose-built vessel to Scottish Leask Marine, designed to support a range of sectors, including offshore wind, subsea, and wave and tidal energy projects, among others. The Multi Cat (MuC) 3113, named C-Trojan, was handed over to Leask Marine at Damen Shi
Norway’s Ocean Sun has secured NOK 8 million (around €710,000) in public funding for a project that aims to strengthen the long-term performance and reliability of its floating solar technology. The public funding was awarded for the Enhanced Environmental Resilience for OS FPV System (EROS) researc
A wave energy converter (WEC) developed by Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has spent its first night in the North Sea, with the Hague-based company confirming that everything worked as expected. Weco reported that its Kaizen 2.0 WEC had been deployed with an improved installation procedure and exposed
Eco Wave Power’s wave energy project at Jaffa Port in Israel has continued strong energy production and demonstrated stable and reliable operation under real-world sea conditions in the first month of 2026, the company reported. The EWP-EDF One wave energy pilot project has maintained zero downtime,
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has secured a £15 million (around €17.5 million) investment to expand its tidal energy research and development (R&D) infrastructure in Orkney, Scotland. The Blue Horizon project will expand EMEC’s tidal test facilities to enable the demonstration of tidal en
Eco Wave Power has completed a feasibility study for a potential wave energy power station at the Port of Ngqura in South Africa, stating that it had shown encouraging results. Conducted in collaboration with Africa Great Future Development (AGFDL), the feasibility study assessed site conditions, wa
