Research & Development
Minesto takes Deep Green to Taiwan
Minesto has signed the collaboration agreement with the Research Center for Ocean Energy and Strategies (RCOES) at National Taiwan Ocean University to explore the potential of using its Deep Green tidal technology in Taiwan.
Atlantis welcomes CfD auction plans
Atlantis Resources has welcomed the plans for the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round, outlined by the UK government, announcing its intention to participate in the process.
GWL Acquires Barents Sea Seismic Data with Its New Technology
Geology Without Limits (GWL) explored the Barents Sea’s Norwegian shelf segment employing its new FloatSeis marine seismic technology. GWL markets FloatSeis as marine seismic technology that amends CDP reflection method with refracted waves data. Using custom seismic equipment in addition to both 2D
Cornwall strengthens marine offer
Cornwall Council has concluded negotiations with the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on the transfer of Wave Hub as part of a package of investment designed to put Cornwall at the heart of the emerging marine renewables sector.
OpenHydro eyes Indonesian tides
OpenHydro, a DCNS company, and Indonesian marine renewable energy developer PT AIR have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at driving forward the development of a tidal energy industry in Indonesia.
UK sets CfD allocation plans for tidal, wave
UK government has outlined the plans for the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction where companies will compete for the first £290 million worth of contracts for renewable electricity projects.
Second FORESEA call open for ocean tech developers
FORESEA program has launched its second call for support package applications to help bring ocean energy technologies to market by providing access to Europe’s world-leading network of test centers.
Wales forms new marine industry body
Marine Energy Wales has been established to drive forward the development of the marine energy sector in the country.
Ocean Energy Roadmap to guide sector’s commercialization
Building an ocean energy industry in Europe will require innovative financing tools to channel public and private investment in the most efficient way, according to a report launched today.
DP Energy, FPP join hands for UK’s winds and waves
DP Energy and Floating Power Plant (FPP) have established a joint venture to evaluate and later develop sites in Scotland and Wales that would harness the energy from both winds and waves.
Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea
Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would se
FORESEA backs 10 ocean energy technology developers
An €11 million EU-funded FORESEA initiative has selected ten ocean energy developers to demonstrate their technologies at Europe’s world-leading ocean energy test facilities free of charge.
WATCH: Chevron’s Alder Field Story
Chevron has launched production at its Alder field in the Central North Sea. Discovered in 1975, development of the gas condensate field was considered impossible, due to the challenges of high pressures and high temperatures (HPHT) in the field’s reservoir, lying 4,480 meters beneath the seabed. Th
Tidal Sails wraps up TackReach trials
Tidal Sails, a Norwegian tidal energy developer, has concluded the testing of its scaled prototype TackReach tidal energy device.