Research & Development
Top news, November 20 – 26, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 20 – 26, 2017.
Damage prompts Waves4Power to end Runde wave tests earlier
Waves4Power has decided to recover the WaveEL wave energy buoy earlier than anticipated due to the damage on the unit’s anchoring lines.
Hutchinson Engineering Secures Hohe See Contract
Hutchinson Engineering Ltd (HEL) has secured a contract to provide anode cage assemblies for EnBW’s Hohe See offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
OES examines EIA tools for marine renewables
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) Annex IV project has organized a webinar to discuss three tools that can be employed for addressing environmental impact assessment (EIA) concerns around marine renewable energy deployments.
Ofgem Turns Down Shetland Subsea Link Proposal
Ofgem has decided to reject a proposal by National Grid Shetland Link and Aggreko to build a subsea electricity distribution link from Shetland to mainland Great Britain. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN), the system operator for Shetland, recommended the proposal in May following a compe
Video: Experts talk wave power PTOs
ETIP Ocean has released a recording of the recently held webinar which featured experts from major wave energy companies who talked about technology developments in the wave energy sector.
Scotload keeps MeyGen turbines safe
Strainstall sister company, Scotload, the specialist in load measuring and monitoring solutions, has recently provided load monitoring shackles to the MeyGen project to ensure safe offshore operations.
Ireland boosts marine research with €3.3M in funding grants
The Irish government has awarded funding to 20 research projects in the areas of specialist marine equipment, and ocean law and marine governance.
Sif Goes Full Steam Ahead with Norther Foundations
Sif has started the production of monopile foundations and has produced half of the primary steel for the transition pieces (TPs) to be installed on the 370MW Norther offshore wind farm located in the Belgian North Sea.
Budget 2017: UK steers away from new green subsidies
The UK government has confirmed that there will be no new subsidies for renewable power deployments until 2025 under the new scheme set to replace the Levy Control Framework (LCF) which funds new renewable electricity projects.
France to Put Offshore and Floating Wind On Fast Track in 2018
France will launch preliminary studies on the development of floating wind farms off Brittany and in the Mediterranean, as well as preliminary technical studies and a public debate on the proposed wind farm off Oléron in 2018, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said.
SCORE project moves forward to tidal arrays modeling
University of Algarve’s Marine Offshore Renewable Energy (MORE) team has finished data capturing with Evopod E1 tidal unit conducted in Portugal as part of the SCORE project.
DNV GL Sees Diving, Sailing and Crawling Robots in Offshore Wind’s Future
DNV GL has published a position paper on artificial intelligence (AI) in solar and wind energy industries, saying AI will increasingly automate operations over the next several years and boost efficiencies across the renewable energy sector.
DesignPro picks SEENEOH for hydrokinetic testing
Irish company DesignPro has selected the SEENEOH tidal test site in France to trial its 25kW hydrokinetic turbine.