Technology
Dutch green activist Marjan Minnesma turns tidal ambassador
Tocardo Tidal Power has taken up a mission to raise awareness about the worldwide potential of tidal energy with the help of Marjan Minnesma – director of the foundation that pushed the Netherlands to instate a policy to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
GEPS Techno hooks €1.5M in ongoing fundraiser
French developer GEPS Techno has secured 77% of the targeted €2 million in a fundraising campaign launched to support the development of the company’s wave energy technology.
Private investment boosts Scotrenewables tidal momentum
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has secured a multi-million pound investment, led by private investor group, in preparation for the construction of the optimized 2MW floating tidal turbine – the SR2-2000.
MHI Vestas Orders ABB Transformers for Portuguese Floating Giants
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted ABB to deliver its WindSTAR transformers specifically designed for floating wind turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project offshore Portugal.
Siemens Gamesa Automates Blade Inspections with SkySpecs Drones
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and SkySpecs have signed an agreement for autonomous drone inspections of Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blades both onshore and offshore.
Round table ocean council to help shape EU funding calls
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) will host the European Commission at its final annual workshop whose findings will form the basis of a strategy set to adapt the future funding calls to the ocean energy industry’s needs. In the presence of European Commis
ZX Unveils New LiDAR
The recently rebranded ZX Lidars, former ZephIR Lidar, has revealed ZX TM, a new turbine-mounted wind LiDAR used for optimizing turbine and wind farm performance.
ZX Unveils New LiDAR
The recently rebranded ZX Lidars, former ZephIR Lidar, has revealed ZX TM, a new turbine-mounted wind LiDAR used for optimizing turbine and wind farm performance.
Irish tidal turbine ready to tap Garonne River’s flows
Irish company DesignPro Renewables has launched the 25kW hydrokinetic turbine for its first round of trials at the SEENEOH test site in Bordeaux in France.
Global OTEC grabs Marine-i grant
Global OTEC Resources – the company developing ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technologies – has received £140,000 from EU-backed Marine-i initiative that promotes marine energy innovation in Cornwall.
ORE Catapult Expands Levenmouth Turbine Services
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched an onshore LiDAR verification service at its Levenmouth turbine in Fife, UK.
Ocean power cable protection put to test in France
The casting subsidiary of Farinia Group – FMGC – has installed the cast iron shells (IBOCS) used to ballast subsea power cables employed in marine renewable energy projects for trials at the SEM-REV site in western France.
Ørsted Shares Big Data on Big Turbines with Technical Unis
Ørsted will start sharing data with technical universities from the Westermost Rough wind farm featuring 6MW turbines to further improve wind farm design and inspire future engineers to join the green energy industry.
Ørsted Shares Big Data on Big Turbines with Technical Unis
Ørsted will start sharing data with technical universities from the Westermost Rough wind farm featuring 6MW turbines to further improve wind farm design and inspire future engineers to join the green energy industry.