Technology
UK: New Report Seeks Marine Energy Sector Boost
RenewableUK is urging the government to adopt key recommendations in a report published by the cross-party House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on reaching net zero emissions at the lowest cost for consumers. The new report, “Clean Growth: Technologies for meeting the UK’s emissions red
Bombora Establishes Strong Footprint in Wales
Going from strength to strength, now with twenty-four full time staff, Perth-born wave power company Bombora is thriving in its new welsh home. Pembroke Dock, with its enviable natural and industrial resources has been a key enabler in the rapid acceleration of Bombora’s full-scale technology valida
Alewijnse Marine Secures Contract for DEME’s TSHD Nile River
Alewijnse Marine has won the contract for the supply of a new alarm and monitoring system (AMS) on board DEME’s 17,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River. The order follows the earlier successful PLC (programmable logic controller) refit in 2017 and SCADA control system refit in 20
EIT InnoEnergy Becomes Third Largest Owner of Minesto
EIT InnoEnergy has joined BGA Invest and Midroc New Technology as major shareholders in Minesto after converting previously issued warrants into shares. The European Innovation Hub for Sustainable Energy, EIT InnoEnergy, which is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, has
Marine Power Systems Adds New Members to Its Board
UK marine technology development company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Sue Barr and Tom Kahan as new members of its board. Sue Barr’s experience in offshore wind, wave and tidal industries will be an asset to the Swansea-based marine tech company as it moves into a new phase of developmen
MaRINET2 Sets Up Guidance Webinar for Potential Applicants
As part of the fourth MaRINET2 transnational access call for offshore renewable testing, a webinar is being organised on August 28, to provide potential applicants with guidance on the application process, including recent updates to the online portal. The fourth call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 proj
Mocean Picks C-GEN Tech for Its Wave Energy Demo
Wave energy developer Mocean Energy has selected the University of Edinburgh’s C-GEN technology to provide the power take-off (PTO) for its first half-scale wave energy prototype. In January this year Mocean Energy secured £3.3 million from Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to develop and build a scale pro
WATCH: SeaGen Decommissioning Project
SIMEC Atlantis Energy recently decommissioned its SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. The 1.2MW SeaGen is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decommissioned. Keynvor MorLift was appointed as the principal contractor to carry out the decommission
EMEC Seeks OceanDEMO Project Manager
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for a project manager to manage the OceanDEMO project. Educated to degree level in a relevant financial or technical subject, the OceanDEMO Project Manager will oversee the work of the project team to ensure delivery of agreed outputs and will mana
Bangor Uni Secures Funds to Set Up Green Energy Data Hub
A new data science hub for green energy is to be created at Bangor University, backed by £4.6 million EU funds. The new Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) will develop joint research between Welsh and international organisations and businesses. It will investigate the options for using big data sc
Makani Shows Energy Kite’s First Offshore Flight (Video)
Makani has shared a video showing its airborne wind power system completing its first flight offshore in Norway. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The kite completed two flights at the Metcentre from a floating platform, with the first bei
Highlights of the Week
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TiPA Project Wraps Up Subsea Trials at Babcock’s Rosyth Site
The new technology from the Tidal Turbine Power Take-off Accelerator (TiPA) project, has recently completed subsea testing at Babcock’s Rosyth Site in Scotland. The innovative power take-off technology is being developed as part of a three-year project, which is reducing the cost of tidal power by 3
WaveRoller Gets USPTO Approval
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an approval for AW-Energy’s patent application covering its WaveRoller technology. The patent provides the Finnish wave energy tech developer with broad IP protection of its latest generation WaveRoller device including a range of oper