Research & Development
Cardiff to explore tidal lagoon prospects
City of Cardiff Council’s Cabinet will discuss the creation of the proposed £6-8 billion tidal lagoon in Cardiff Bay next week.
Offshore Wind to Meet Space, Defence and Oil & Gas at OrbisEnergy
Sharing technologies and solutions between the growing offshore wind industry and the space, defence and oil & gas sectors will be the theme of an event at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft. Lessons learned in the more mature industries to help the developing offshore wind business across the UK will be aired
Oil & Gas UK Predicts Progress in Decommissioning
A new report by Oil & Gas UK forecasts a gradual but steady rise in offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK and Norway over the next ten years, with activity growing from a market worth over £2 billion in 2015. The report is the first survey of both the UK and Norwegian decommissioning [&hell
OAS to Test TurbineGRID Software on Levenmouth Demo
Ocean Array Systems (OAS) will use the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s 7MW offshore wind demonstration turbine to validate software designed to improve the control strategies of offshore wind turbines. OAS’s TurbineGRID simulation software is said to enable wind farm owner/operators to be
OAS to Test TurbineGRID Software on Levenmouth Demo
Ocean Array Systems (OAS) will use the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s 7MW offshore wind demonstration turbine to validate software designed to improve the control strategies of offshore wind turbines. OAS’s TurbineGRID simulation software is said to enable wind farm owner/operators to be
Atlantis to hold tidal turbine naming ceremony
Atlantis Resources will hold a turbine naming ceremony next week to acknowledge ‘the enormous’ contribution Calum Davidson has made to the marine power industry in Scotland.
EMEC, FORCE study marine coatings
The UK’s European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), and Canada’s Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) have kicked off a joint project looking at marine coatings behavior on either side of the Atlantic.
PTEC teams up with Schottel, Tocardo
Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has partnered up with tidal turbine manufacturers Schottel Hydro, and Tocardo, who will deploy their technologies off the Isle of Wight, UK.
MeyGen turbine produces first power
Atlantis Resources has informed that the first power has been produced from the MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland.
EMEC gets on Business Green Technology Awards shortlist
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been shortlisted for the ‘Marine Energy Technology of the Year’ award at the Business Green Technology Awards 2016.
New Euro-Mediterranean platform to foster renewables
A new Euro-Mediterranean platform for cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency has been launched at COP22 climate summit taking place in Morocco.
Vatenfall Shortlists 16 Projects for EOWDC Environmental Research Programme
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has shortlisted 16 projects for a EUR 3 million scientific research programme at the company’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland, to understand the impacts of offshore wind on the environment. The shortlisted projects span to
COP22: EU to spearhead clean energy transition
EU’s ambition is to be in the driving seat of the clean energy transition, EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, said at the COP22 climate summit in Morocco, announcing the package of measures to boost EU’s energy system for late November.
German Researchers Start Testing Offshore Wind Energy Storage System
German researchers have started trialing a 1:10 scale model of the StEnSea (Stored Energy in the Sea) undersea compressed air energy storage system designed to temporarily store electricity generated by offshore wind turbines. After several years’ research work, the StEnSea project, funded by German