The Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today, June 30, a report confirming that the ocean energy sector will make an “important contribution…to meeting the future energy needs of the European Union”. “The ocean energy industry welc
The conference programme for Ocean Energy Europe 2015 is taking shape with many of the sector’s big names preparing to participate in the event set to take place in Dublin, Ireland in October. Amongst those confirmed are: President of Ocean Energy Europe Rob Stevenson, Scottish Development Internati
Wolfestone, a UK translation company, organised an event for West Wales Exporters Association at Hydro Industries on Wednesday 24th June for their monthly seminar. The topic was ‘Manufacturing and supply chain issues regarding exporting’. The seminar was held by Wayne Preece, the Group Chief Executi
Australian wave energy company Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has established its base in Cornwall, UK. Carnegie has located in Cornwall having secured a berth at Wave Hub and due to the region’s infrastructure, supply chain and suitability for the deployment of the company’s CETO 6 wave technology. T
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is recruiting two project managers for Wave Energy Scotland (WES). The deadline for applications is July 15 and interviews will be held on July 24. Reporting to a programme manager, project managers will have a key role in running the innovation programme. They
Australian wave and tidal energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), has completed the construction and onshore testing of a 250kW bioWAVE pilot demonstration unit. The structure is scheduled for deployment at Port Fairy in the state of Victoria in November. The data collected from the $21 million proj
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 22 – 28, 2015. Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine hits water Sabella, a Frech tidal energy developer, has installed its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine at Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island. The crew of 25-45 people wa
Wave Hub, a test site off Cornwall, provides shared offshore infrastructure for the demonstration and proving of offshore renewable energy technologies. Wave Hub test site is located 16 km off the north coast of Cornwall in South West England. The site offers four berths for testing offshore renewab
Marine Renewables Canada is hosting a webinar on Canadian funding programs for marine renewable energy innovations. The aim of the webinar is to introduce the participants to the Canadian funding programs that could potentially support businesses and researchers in bringing new products or services
Sabella, a Frech tidal energy developer, has installed its D10 tidal turbine at Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island. Sabella has completed the turbine installation yesterday, June 25, at 6.30 pm. Tidal Energy Today spoke to Sabella who confirmed that the company will continue with the operation of c
During the meeting in the House of Commons, members of parliament raised questions over the power price for the proposed £1 bln Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project. UK Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom was asked whether she thinks that the Government’s guarantee to pay for the energy that will cost three
Sabella is currently performing the deployment operation of its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine in Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island, France. The team on-board Combi Lift’s cargo ship Palembang is performing the installation of the turbine. After the immersion, Sabella will run tests to ensure the deployme
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from February to April 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier. Electricity generated in the first quarter of 2015 rose by 1.3 percent, from 93.7 TW/h a year earlier to 94.9 TW/h. Re
The Hague District Court has ruled that the Netherlands must take more action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the country. The judge ordered the Dutch government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 from benchmark 1990 levels. The case was brought to court by
