Manuel Valls, French prime minister, has announced that ADEME will launch a new call for expressions of interest in June 2015 for the development of floating turbines, worth EUR 150 million. At the opening ceremony of the Alstom factories in Saint-Nazaire, Manuel Valls emphasized the French governme
The installation of a floating tidal turbine brings EU researchers one step closer towards achieving a viable marine-based energy sector, it is stated in CORDIS’ press release. A scaled down floating tidal turbine has been put to sea off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. This pilot scheme is expected
Wello has completed the third test season of the Penguin wave energy converter. During this test season the device was deployed on site six months continuously. All components inside the device are still original from 2011. The Wello Penguin captures kinetic energy turning it into usable power while
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied the requests for rehearing of two Commission orders involving the Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project, an experimental tidal energy hydroelectric project. In a March 20, 2014 order (the license order), the Commission issued a 10-year license for th
Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian, has written to Energy Minister Fergus Ewing calling for urgent answers to growing concerns about the future of the wave energy industry in Scotland. The Greens are calling for the Scottish Government to use some of the money it received from last week’s UK Au
Havkraft, a Norwegian based wave energy developer, has recently deployed its prototype wave power device off the coast of Norway, and is looking for the funds to build a full scale demonstration plant. In 2012, Havkraft received little over EUR 500,000 in funding from Innovation Norway, which helped
SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system, will be under maintenance inspection on 15th December according to a notice to marines for Strangford Narrows area issued on 9th December. SeaGen is a tidal turbine comprising of a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines at th
QED Naval’s Subhub tidal turbine foundation structure has been tested at the new Flowave Ocean Test Facility in Edinburgh. The Subhub is a foundation structure for wave and tidal turbines. The flow testing was conducted at 0, 15 and 30 cross flow angles using perforated discs that simulate the drag
The Devon based design engineering firm, Supacat Group, has acquired local heavy fabrication and machining specialist, Blackhill Engineering Services Ltd, providing Supacat with the ability to manufacture large structures. Supacat is part of the South West Marine Energy Park and the new capability w
Aquamarine Power’s Chief Executive Officer John Malcolm has been elected to the board of Ocean Energy Europe. Ocean Energy Europe is the Brussels-based trade body which has an important role in shaping European policy for wave and tidal energy. Speaking on his election at the Ocean Energy Europe’s a
Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is looking to achieve energy independence using renewable energy sources, especially the strong tides off its eastern shores to gain electricity from the tidal energy. Edgartown received a preliminary permit in 2008, offered by the Federal Energy Regula
Atmocean, Inc. has been awarded a permit to deploy its wave energy system just north of ILO, Peru. Atmocean is now working with the Global Technology Deployment Initiative (GTDI) to develop a Strategic Plan to accelerate the deployment of its technology globally. GTDI seeks to identify breakthrough
French company, Open Ocean and Orkney based Aquatera have committed to working together to support the acceleration of marine renewable energy developments in France. Jérôme Cuny, CEO of Open Ocean and Gareth Davies, MD of Aquatera, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the recent Internatio
The WaveRoller™ Pilot Power Plant, that was recently brought to harbor after campaign in Portugal, has now been thoroughly inspected and cleared for the next installation by experts from Lloyd’s Register. The inspection was carried out as a part of the cooperation between AW-Energy and Lloyd’s Regis
