The Ocean Energy ERA-NET (OCEANERA-NET) Cofund consortium has allocated €8 million to eight research and demonstration projects in the marine energy sector.
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from October 22 – 28, 2018.
An 11-strong delegation from the Government of Barbados has visited the Orkney Islands and Glasgow to find out more about the progressing marine energy sector in Scotland.
Dutch clean energy technology developer Bluerise has entered into cooperation with local renewable energy company Ecopower Lanka to build an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) project in Sri Lanka.
Global OTEC Resources – the company developing ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technologies – has received £140,000 from EU-backed Marine-i initiative that promotes marine energy innovation in Cornwall.
A Trinomics-led consortium, on behalf of the European Commission, will be delivering a free-to-attend conference on ocean energy research, development and technologies next month in Brussels.
The path that the global energy sector has taken will lead to the investments in renewable energy tripling by 2050, with fossil fuel spending expected to drop by around a third, according to DNV GL.
Global renewable energy market will close out 2018 with 154.6 GW of new power generation capacity and $228.3 billion in investments, according to the Global Renewable Energy Outlook 2018 report at ResearchAndMarkets.com.
An Innovate UK-funded project focused on developing a smart integrated monitoring system for offshore energy subsea cables has drawn to a close after the trials at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
The International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy (INORE) has launched a call for collaborative research projects as part of the Ocean Energy Systems-backed Blue Energy Collaborative Scholarships initiative.
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) – a renewable energy company working to develop ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) projects – has appointed three new members to its advisory board.
French-based Naval Energies – the parent company of tidal stream technology outfit OpenHydro – has decided to stop further investments into development of its tidal energy business, forcing the liquidation of the Irish-based subsidiary.
The BiMEP center, an open-sea test area located off the Spanish north coast, has welcomed the prototype HarshLab floating laboratory that will be used for the validation of components used for offshore energy systems in a hostile environment.
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) is sending its OTEC EcoVillage Team to the Virgin Islands this week to accelerate the development of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) based project.
