UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan to enable future leasing for wave, tidal, and offshore wind devices off England and Wales.
The Oregon Legislative Assembly has appropriated $800,000 to support the Pacific Marine Energy Center’s South Energy Test Site (PMEC-SETS) grid-connected wave energy test site. The appropriation was made to the Oregon State University National Marine Renewable Energy Center, which is working on deve
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, will develop a regional earthquake early warning system for southern British Columbia. Naomi Yamamoto, minister of state for emergency preparedness, announced that $5 million will go to Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) and their pa
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), along with Marine Renewables Canada and the Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) are co-hosting a workshop on the durability of cables and moorings in tidal flows. The objective of the workshop is to bring together experts and stakeholders to di
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden have successfully tested in-house developed sensor rings designed to monitor the condition of wind turbine foundations at offshore wind farms. Working together with staff from Baltic Taucher in Rostock, the
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has issued a funding opportunity to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy systems and improve environmental monitoring technologies that will help minimize environmental impacts.
The Government of Finland has approved the investment aid scheme for renewable energy and new energy technologies as part of the country’s ongoing efforts to achieve national and EU climate goals. The Government plans to allocate a total of €80 million for the investment aid in 2017 and 2018, for in
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has signed an extension to the joint survey agreement for the evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential in offshore Seychelles among Ministry Responsible for Hydrocarbons and PetroSeychelles Ltd on March 1, 2016. JOGMEC has been conducting geolog
Hydro Alternative Energy (HAE) has received a patent approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its hydrokinetic energy conversion system. HAE’s hydrokinetic energy conversion system with buoyancy and ballast controls to harness underwater currents for the generation of electric
The nine finalists and two alternates, identified from the 17 remaining official qualified teams, will continue their quest to double the energy captured from ocean waves and win a prize purse totaling more than $2 million as part of Wave Energy Prize challenge. Each of the finalists and alternates
Scotland-based wind data consultancy Oldbaum Services has completed a project to collect data for offshore wind energy projects off Japan by using an onshore scanning LiDAR. Oldbaum Energy carried out the project in partnership with NRG Renewables. The company installed the Leosphere W200S, a long r
Natural Power has acquired an aerial imaging surveyor, called the Trimble UX5. Whilst the system has been focussed on large wind and tidal renewable energy projects to date, it is ideally suited to any type of large or small scale project development, the company said. The new resource provides wide
Natural Power, an independent renewable energy consultancy, has obtained the aerial imaging surveyor system Trimble UX5 suitable for wind and tidal renewable energy projects. Data from the new aerial imaging surveyor will be integrated with traditional ground-based surveys, by providing highly effic
Wave Energy Conversion Corporation of America (WECCA) is competing in the Wave Energy Prize challenge with its AWECS wave energy device comprised of three articulating barges. Advanced Wave Energy Conversion System’s (AWECS) fore and aft barges are propelled by continuous ocean waves, with the power
