British Standards Institution (BSI), a UK-based business standards company, has published a new guide on undertaking environmental impact assessments for offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. PD 6900 Environmental impact assessment for offshore renewable energy projects guide was developed by BSI
Carnegie Wave has performed tank tests of their CETO 6 wave energy converter at FloWave ocean energy testing facility, in Edinburgh. The aim of the tests was to understand the performance of CETO 6 technology under a range of operational conditions, as well as implementing CETO 1 advanced tuning str
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from December 2014 to February 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier. Electricity generated in the fourth quarter of 2014 fell by 5.3 percent, from 93.9 TW/h a year earlier to 89.0
Government of Nova Scotia has introduced a new legislation that will regulate the development of marine renewable energy projects. The act governs the development of marine renewable energy resources including waves, tidal range, in-stream tidal, ocean currents, and offshore wind in designated areas
According to a DECC public survey, nearly four fifths of the public (79 percent) said they supported the use of renewable energy to provide the UK’s electricity, fuel and heat. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) states that this level of support is consistent with the previous three year
In February, Tocardo installed and grid-connected an array of three T1 tidal turbines. The array has the capacity of 300 kW, and was installed on the Afsluitdijk barrier at Den Oever, Netherlands. The electricity produced from the turbines will power 100 Dutch households. According to Tocardo, the a
Finnish wave energy developer Wello Oy is extending its testing programme at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney with signing of one year extension to their original contract. The 1 MW Penguin wave energy converter has been undergoing testing in Orkney since June 2011, and was first d
The Energy Department has announced USD 10.5 million in available funding to support the design and operation of innovative marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) systems through survivability and reliability-related testing of these systems. The ‘Next-Generation Marine Energy Systems – Durability and Surviv
Atlantis has acquired Marine Current Turbines (MCT) from Siemens in an all share deal. The acquisition is conditional upon certain conditions precedent being satisfied. It includes seabed rights, existing projects, staff and intellectual property. Atlantis will acquire MCT’s tidal turbine intellectu
BIRD Energy has issued a new call for proposals for collaborative US – Israel renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. To be considered, a project proposal must include R&D cooperation between two companies or cooperation between a company and a university/research institution (one from the
Tidal Lagoon Power, the developer behind Swansea Bay tidal project, has appointed Andrew McNaughton as Director of Engineering and Construction. McNaughton will be tasked to oversee the technical development of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, and to bring it to operational service. He has served as a Vice
The event, jointly organized by Deltares, MARIN, and TKI Wind op Zee highlighted the importance of collaboration and knowledge sharing for advancing ocean renewables. BlueWeek2015 was held from April 20-22 at Deltares Campus in Delft, the Netherlands. The event served as a forum for representatives
US Department of Energy (DoE) has opened the registration period for the Wave Energy Prize competition that aims to double the performance of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices over the next two years. This prize competition builds on the Energy Department’s efforts to demonstrate and reduce the c
Carnegie Wave plans to retrieve CETO 5 Unit 1 for a complete strip down, inspection and overhaul, after one month of all three units operating as an array. The three CETO 5 units have now accumulated more than 7.500 continuous operating hours, with the full array of three CETO 5 units operating for
