FORCE has released its second Environmental Effects Monitoring Report, containing summary information on data collected from 2011 to 2013. The report will be used to help design an enhanced program to monitor effects from tidal turbines deployed at the FORCE site in the Minas Passage. “We need to un
CIRIA, an independent supplier of construction industry guidance and best practice, is working on a guidance for horizontal directional drilling (HDD), which will cover all aspects of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and decommissioning a horizontal directional drilling installation. C
CIRIA, an independent supplier of construction industry guidance and best practice, is working on a guidance for horizontal directional drilling (HDD), which will cover all aspects of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and decommissioning a horizontal directional drilling installation. C
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has released its second Environmental Effects Monitoring Report in an effort to enhance its environmental monitoring program. The report contains summary information on data collected from 2011 to 2013. It will be used to help design an enhanced program
Open Ocean, a French-based startup, has announced plans to double its workforce by 2016 and set up a foreign office in Brazil. Open Ocean has raised funds in the amount of €1.6 million from Seventure Partners, Cap Decisif Management, Force 29, and BPI France, Open Ocean’s press release reads. The co
Kepler Energy, the developer behind tidal energy fence project, is embarking on a funding round to take forward the project through development phase and planning process. Subject to planning and financing, the 30 MW tidal energy fence project would be located in Bristol Channel, in the Aberthaw to
IRENA has published a guide on renewable energy auctions designed to decrease costs, attract investment and drive global renewable energy deployment. The six-volume guidebook ‘Renewable Energy Auctions: A Guide to Design’ aims to advise policy makers on the implications of different approaches to su
AXYS Technologies Inc. has joined the Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) to further the shared goal of developing innovative and cost-efficient offshore wind solutions for deep waters and harsh offshore environments. Specific areas of common interest include R&D initiatives that wil
Italy-based Wave for Energy plans to deploy its ISWEC wave energy device off Sicily in the second week of July. The company originally planned to deploy the device in March off the island of Pantelleria, Sicily, but the deployment was delayed due to unsuitable weather conditions. Tidal Energy Today
Bombora Wave Power has signed a Technology Evaluation Agreement with Anoa Power Indonesia. Under the agreement Anoa Power will evaluate suitable deployment sites while Bombora will confirm electricity generation capability across these locations, Bombora’s press release reads. The agreement represen
Stonehenge Metals has completed the building and the assembly of the Protean wave energy converter (WEC). According to Stonehenge, bench testing and calibration of core energy conversion system components is progressing as scheduled, following the completion of major structural component build and a
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission have launched the Energy Demo Projects (EDP) facility to provide risk financing and boost the competitiveness of innovative energy technology companies in Europe. The new facility will support cutting-edge energy technology projects that
Small to medium sized enterprises and marine technology research institutions can now apply for access to ocean observatories for research, or to test their new product prototypes in the open sea, at no cost, NOC informed. Dr Luisa Cristini, who is managing the project from the National Oceanography
Stonehenge Metals has announced plans to install an array of Protean wave energy devices off the coast of Western Australia. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Stonehenge Metals and Yanchep Beach Joint Venture for the collaboration on the development of Protean wave energy farm,
