The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and CENSIS (Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems) have joined forces to support innovation and development of new sensor technologies. By helping innovative sensor technologies develop through technology readiness levels (TRL) and providing indepe
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been invited to present at the annual conference of the Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE). John Chapman, Chief Engineer at MPS, will update attendees on the development of its wave energy converter – the WaveSub. The prototype was designed a
Bureau Veritas has published a new guide, NI 603 Current and Tidal Turbines, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean t
Ocean Wave Power Station will be presented at ‘Our Ocean Challenge’ demo day, a part of ‘Aerospace meets Maritime’ event in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Ocean Wave Power Station (OWPS) consists of two large vessels that support a framework with floating standard 45 foot (13.72 m) container-sized pont
Natural Power has named Lauren Wheatley as Director of its Technical team. Lauren Wheatley has worked in the renewable energy industry since 2003, and brings extensive experience in site development including wind resource assessment and asset performance. Wheatley will be tasked to lead a multi-nat
SMRU Consulting Europe has announced the promotion of Carol Sparling to Technical Director, and Cormac Booth to Director of Business Development. Sparling will be tasked to lead SMRU’s European team. She is the technical lead on numerous projects considering the impact of renewable energy developmen
ENGIE (formerly GDF SUEZ) has launched Big Pitch UK – a national competition to find the UK’s most innovative companies in the energy and services sectors. Companies, startups and entrepreneurs have been invited to pitch their innovative projects or ideas related to the following themes: energy effi
WavEC Offshore Renewables is seeking an engineer with the experience in offshore applications to complement its Technology and Monitoring Team. The successful applicant will engage in offshore engineering projects, mainly addressing offshore operations and specifications, and also the design and ass
EU-funded CEFOW research project aims to accelerate wave power development, decrease the levelised cost of ocean energy and create an efficient supply chain for future wave power projects. CEFOW project is due for launch in June 2015, and will aim to demonstrate the viability of floating energy conv
ABPmer, a UK-based marine consultancy, has been commissioned to assess the re-use value of industry marine environmental data and potential benefits arising from expanding public access to it. The UK Government has committed to enabling open access to as much marine data as possible, with the intent
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted €2 million to Corpower Ocean to test its wave energy technology that works on the principles of human heart off Scotland. Corpower will build a new prototype wave power plant and install it in the sea off Scotland, Swedish Energy Agency’s press release reads. Co
IRENA’s new report estimates that 7.7 million people have been employed in renewable energy sector in 2014. The report ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2015’ indicates an increase of 18 percent in renewable energy sector employment from the last year’s figure of 6.5 million. According to I
Sabella, a Frech tidal energy developer, has installed subsea power cable that will connect its D10 tidal turbine to the grid of Ushant island. The cable laying operation started on Monday morning. Burboun’s Argonaut tugboat was used to install 2 km of 7.5 kVA subsea cable. The crew of approximately
Aecon Group and Lengkeek Vessel Engineering have secured contracts worth $20.3 mln as part of the first round of procurement awards on the Cape Sharp Tidal project. Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro, plans to deploy and grid-connect two 2 MW tidal turbines in the Bay of F
