An ambitious European project to accelerate the development of the ocean energy sector DTOceanPlus has announced the upcoming release of an open-source software suite for designing and optimisation of tidal and wave energy farms.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced the formation of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore and its new leadrship team.
Italian national agency for energy and new technologies ENEA has launched the first national survey on new technologies that exploit energy from tidal currents and sea waves.
The UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee has called for the development of a specific renewable energy strategy for Wales before the end of this year as failing to do so would put at risk the emerging economic opportunities offered by the shift to net-zero.
Finnish wave energy company Wello has deployed its Penguin wave energy device off the coast of Bilbao in the Basque Country.
Researchers have warned that commercial-scale deep-sea mining could cause irreversible damage to marine ecosystems.
Orbital Marine Power’s O2, deemed the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, has started grid-connected power generation offshore Orkney in Scotland. The turbine is also set to provide power for green hydrogen generation to facilitate decarbonisation of wider energy requirements.
The European Commission has opened a call for expressions of interest for a new working group on offshore renewable energies that would contribute to reaching EU’s ambition of at least 300GW of offshore wind and 40GW of ocean energies by 2050.
RenewableUK’s new chief executive Dan McGrail has urged the UK Ministers to demonstrate greater ambition in the next round of auctions for contracts to generate clean electricity.
Boosting offshore renewables will accelerate the energy transition and allow G20 countries to build a resilient and sustainable energy system, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found. The report has also outlined specific courses of action to make this happen.
Indonesian upstream regulator SKK Migas will conduct a decommissioning program for seven platforms no longer used to support upstream oil and gas operations.
The OGA has fined BP and served it with a sanction notice for breaching a licence condition by failing to report on two extended well tests.
A newcomer in the wave energy sector, founded only a year ago with a name that pretty much speaks for itself – Dutch Wave Power – is preparing to launch its scaled wave energy prototype device for real sea trials offshore The Hague in the Netherlands.
The UK-based tidal energy developer SIMEC Atlantis Energy has recorded a rise in the value of its shares after its main shareholder regained control of its stake in the company from the administrators.
