BlueTec floating tidal platform has been deployed in the Wadden Sea, off Netherlands. The platform is installed off Texel island and connected to the Dutch electricity grid. It is meant to stay there producing electricity for several years, allowing multiple turbines to be tried out, according to Bl
Robotic underwater Seagliders used by the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have now gathered the equivalent of five years of oceanographic data, most of which was collected in the past 18 months. This milestone, which was reached at the end of last month, highlights a major
According to the latest Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) public survey, UK public shows strong support for renewables with 75% in favor of the use of green power. The survey shows the support for renewable energy has been consistently high during the tracker, fluctuating around 75-82%.
More than fifty guests and building contractors attended a ‘topping out’ ceremony for the new $44.5 mln (Au$ 60.6 mln) Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre at the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Crawley campus. Once completed, the new building will bring together over 330 researchers working
Blackbird International Corporation, a renewable sea wave energy technology player, has through its wholly owned affiliate WERPO and Wadamba Technovations, its partner in South Africa, initiated a new power plant project in South Africa. Blackbird has agreed to set up this Joint Venture in order to
WERPO, an Israeli wave energy developer, has announced plans to construct a wave energy plant off South Africa. The implementation of 500 MW wave power plant will be conducted with WERPO’s South African partner Wadamba Technovations Pty, through their joint venture. South Africa’s nearly 3.000 km of
Elements Works and 40South Energy, Italy-based tidal and wave energy players, are working together to advance Marina di Pisa wave energy project off Tuscany, Italy. When fully completed, Marina di Pisa project will comprise two 40South Energy’s H24 devices that can work both as wave and tidal units,
Atkins, MODEC and Ulstein have been named as winners of Statoil’s most recent innovation campaign, the Hywind Installation Challenge. The chosen designs are now undergoing further study to help mature the winning concepts. The Innovation Challenge campaign looked to others within the energy sector t
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy demand will rise by almost 40 percent in 2040. But at the same time the energy industry faces challenges with a changing climate which requires a drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. So, it’s no surprise that renewable energy will
Recent reports of unexploded bombs and other military ordnance washing up on the Florida coast bring awareness to the fact that material dumped decades ago in the Gulf of Mexico could pose serious threats, say Texas A&M University oceanographers. Niall Slowey, along with professor emeritus William B
The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has opened a tender for tidal and wave energy projects. The call aims to finance wave, marine and river tidal, and technology demonstration projects. The tender consists of three parts. Under the first part of the call, marine tidal and wav
All American Marine (AAM) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have signed a contract for the design and construction of a new aluminum catamaran research vessel. All American Marine will build the new catamaran, custom devised by Teknicraft Design of Auckland, New Zealand. The new vessel, fund
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, has delayed the connection of its D10 tidal turbine with Ushant island, France. As reported earlier, Sabella planned to connect the 1 MW tidal turbine with the Ushant island during the neap tide, between July 24 and 27, but the company stated it was unsucces
The WavePOD project has received a grant from Wave Energy Scotland (WES) for the development of a universal power take-off system for wave energy devices, used to convert mechanical energy to electricity. The WavePOD (Wave Power Offtake Device) project is jointly developed by Bosch Rexroth, Aquamari
