ORE Catapult, EMEC and AFRC are launching a joint project that aims to improve wave and tidal components reliability. The goal of the project is to reduce the cost of marine energy components, while improving their reliability and performance capabilities. EMEC will undertake a ‘forensic analysis’ o
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has issued a report that summarizes several aspects of the consenting process for ocean energy in the OES member countries, as well as making recommendations for overcoming the challenges encountered during that process. The consenting process represents a critical barrier
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), a European Commission’s science service, has published ETRI 2014 – Energy Technology Reference Indicator projections report for 2010-2050, including estimates for wave and tidal electricity generation. The ETRI 2014 report presents a comprehensive and up-to-date cost
The workshop comprises of group sessions on turbulence for energy resource assessment, engineering design, and array design, including field data requirements, at tidal energy sites. Objective of the workshop is to engage discussion from industry professionals in considering formulation of industry
The Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a tool to accurately simulate changes in wave movements caused by the operation of WEC arrays. SNL-SWAN is an open source code for wave energy converter (WEC) array simulation, based on modifications to the SWAN (Simulating Wav
Ocean Energy Europe’s Board of Directors has appointed Rob Stevenson as its new President. Stevenson is Vice-President of Alstom’s Ocean Energy Business. He has over 35 years of international management experience of the power generation sector and has held senior management positions in both power
BlueTec Texel Platform modules nearing completion at port of Amsterdam, February 23, 2015. The modules are being produced at Niron Staal Amsterdam B.V., a specialized steel construction and machining company located in the port of Amsterdam. This will be the first floating tidal platform that will f
CorPower Ocean has developed a wave energy converter (WEC) that produces electricity from waves using pumping principles of human heart. The devices are small and light with low inertia, which allows them to use a broad range of wave motions to convert them to power. CorPower’s WECs have power take-
Spain and France have completed the new interconnection link that doubles the electricity interconnection capacity between the two countries. The completion of this project is a part of a broader strategy to form the Energy Union between EU countries. The project was inaugurated by French and Spanis
Citizens Advice has issued a response to call for evidence regarding Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon proposal stating that it believes the proposal offers bad value for money and that the entire consultation process is not transparent. In the Consultation response it is stated that the bilateral negotiatio
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 16 – 22, 2015. Perth Wave Energy Project connects to the grid Perth Wave Energy Project represents the first grid connected CETO wave power plant and the only power plant anywhere in the world operat
The electricity produced by the array will be fed to the Dutch grid, powering 100 households. As announced earlier, Tocardo has installed the array of three T1 tidal turbines at Afsluitdijk, Den Oever. The array has the capacity of 300 kW, and the electricity produced by the array will be bought and
ORE Catapult has started the first phase of a joint industry project that aims to improve the reliability of tidal turbines powertrain. The project is to reduce risk at the design phase and optimize the design process. The plan is to improve reliability which will result in the increased energy outp
Carnegie has reached a financial close on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s (CEFC) five-year USD 15.6 mln loan facility for partial funding of the project. The funding will reduce the amount of equity required for the project. Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided USD 8.6 mln
