Research & Development
Bluerise launches OTEC crowdfunding campaign
Dutch developer Bluerise has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the next stage of its ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) developments.
Resen Waves verifies power production
Aalborg University has verified the power production on a Resen Waves Power Buoy operating in irregular waves in the sea.
Video: Atlantis charts AR1500 path from design to deployment
Atlantis Resources has released a video which follows a journey of the Atlantis AR1500 tidal turbine from design to deployment at the MeyGent tidal energy array.
Denmark Backs TetraSpar Floating Wind Project
The TetraSpar floating wind foundation, brought forward by Henrik Stiesdal – a Danish inventor and former Chief Technology Officer at Siemens Wind Power – has won a DKK 9 million grant (approx. EUR 1.2 million).
ETIP Ocean sets up funding workshop & wave seminar
ETIP Ocean is organizing a wave energy seminar, and a workshop set for public funding program advice during Ocean Energy Europe 2017 conference, taking place in Nantes next week.
Ocean Energy ready for 500kW wave device build-out
Irish wave energy developer Ocean Energy plans to begin with the manufacturing of its up-scaled wave energy device this month in the United States.
CBI clears marine renewables for Climate Bond Certification
The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has launched the Marine Renewable Energy Criteria which made marine renewable energy investments eligible for Climate Bonds Certification.
Experts Discuss Underwater Noise in Baltic and North Sea
OSPAR experts met for the first time with their HELCOM colleagues from the Baltic to discuss common challenges with monitoring both impulsive and continuous underwater noise, in Göteborg, Sweden. The meeting, which was held earlier this month, considered the development of new indicators to understa
Atlantis reinstalls fourth MeyGen turbine
Atlantis Resources has reinstalled the fourth tidal turbine in the Pentland Firth off Scotland, wrapping up the Phase 1A of the MeyGen project.
Quoceant looks for Mechanical Engineer
Edinburgh-based engineering consultancy Quoceant is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join its team and assist the company with marine renewables development activities.
SurfPower WEC developmental IP up for grabs
Canadian developer Seawood Designs is offering to share more than ten years of developmental intellectual property (IP) with others developing point absorber wave energy converters (WECs).
Marine Power Systems’ CTO ‘decodes’ WaveSub power generation
The power generation principles of the recently launched WaveSub wave energy device were explained in detail by Graham Foster, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company that developed the device – the Welsh-based Marine Power Systems.
DNV GL Wraps Up Phase I of Cable and Pipeline Operations Equipment JIP
The first phase of the DNV GL’s Joint Industry Project (JIP) which focuses on the development of a new design and certification standard for equipment for pipeline and cable offshore operations has been completed. The JIP aims to reduce uncertainty and cost and increase efficiency and safety through
Interview: Government ambition underpins commercial success of marine energy
Maximizing the commercial success of marine energy will be based on the choices that governments make and their ambition to exploit this new and predictable source of energy, said Ton Fijen, Technical Director at Tidal Lagoon Power.