Mission Innovation initiative that aims to accelerate the clean energy innovation has been jointly launched by 21 countries at UN Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) currently taking place in Paris. Mission Innovation has been launched in an effort to reinvigorate and accelerate public and privat
Stonehenge Metals has partnered up with California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) to deploy a staged ocean wave energy and energy storage micro-grid project at Cal Poly Research Pier, off California. The project is expected to be a staged deployment program, planned to start during 2016, with the
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 23 – 29, 2015. Eastern Scheldt tidal project starts producing power Tidal power plant in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt surge barrier consisting of 5 tidal turbines has been put into service. The official openi
Upgrade works on the BlueTEC floating tidal platform have been completed. Tocardo’s T1 tidal turbine with the capacity of 100 kW has been replaced with the larger T2 turbine from the same manufacturer, doubling the platform’s generating capacity. According to Bluewater’s social media, the platform h
Carnegie Wave Energy has won The Australian’s annual Shell Innovation Challenge in the minerals and energy category. Carnegie took out the ‘Minerals & Energy’ category for its Perth Wave Energy Project, which has been operating off Garden Island, Western Australia, for over 14,000 hours. Michael Ott
Eastern Scheldt tidal energy project which comprises an array of 5 Tocardo’s T2 tidal turbines has officially been put into service on November 25, 2015. This commercial demonstrator array, located in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the Netherlands, has the capacity of 1.2 MW and is expecte
Tidal Lagoon Power, the developer behind Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, has announced job cuts following the delay in the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon construction start. The company is reportedly making 17 redundancies at its Gloucester office. The announcement comes after the company stated last month that
The European Commission (EC) has launched a survey on what an EU regulatory framework on renewable energy should look like for the post-2020 period. Current EU renewable energy rules are contained in the Renewable Energy Directive, which is designed to ensure that all EU countries meet their renewab
The power take-off (PTO) system and sensors on the 1:50 DUO wave energy device scaled model have been wet tested at the wave tank in Queens University in Belfast. Sea Potential’s scaled model is nearly ready for shipment to Iowa where it will be tested as part of the Wave Energy Prize challenge. Acc
Take a look at the video showcasing the deployment operation of Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine. Sabella’s 1 MW D10 tidal turbine has been depoloyed and grid-connected earlier this year. It is located in Fromveur Passage, off France, and is delivering power to the Ushant island. Combi Lift’s cargo ship
Tidal power plant in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt surge barrier consisting of 5 tidal turbines has been put into service. The official opening marks the start of the operational phase of the project which will last for approximately 20 years, according to Tocardo. The festive commissioning was performe
Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has been confirmed as speaker at the upcoming International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2016. Ewing will speak alongside Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, who has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has announced the loss of 70 to 80 jobs across the business due to decline in demand within the offshore renewables, and oil and gas markets. The news comes as SMD’s largest order in history for two suites of cable laying and burial equipment, has been suspended due to th
Mauritius and Australia have signed an agreement on assessing wave energy and microgrid possibilities in Mauritius which will be conducted by the Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy. The proposal, which follows on from a memorandum of understanding with Mauritian Research Council w
