Technology
Sweden connects with innovation centers for energy shake-up
The Swedish Energy Agency has unveiled plans to invest $1.2 million (SEK 10 million) into cooperation agreements with innovation centers in the first year of a pilot initiative that aims to accelerate the commercialization of innovative energy technologies.
Wood sends troopers to shape wave and tidal energy standards
Engineering and technical services provider for energy market Wood has informed that four employees working within its clean business became committee members on the UK working group that provides input into the IEC marine energy committee.
redT to provide storage for large-scale tidal energy project
UK-based energy storage solutions company redT energy has been selected by a consortium of European companies to be the primary energy storage technology provider for a large-scale tidal generation project in the UK.
Seabased inks deal for 100MW wave energy park off Ghana
Swedish wave energy company Seabased has been contracted by TC’s Energy, a Ghanaian renewable energy production company, to deliver a wave energy plant near Ada in Ghana.
Scottish wave body hires technical experts
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired technical assistance for the assessment of the applications in the structural materials and manufacturing processes program.
InfinityWEC ready to materialize in Sweden
Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies has completed the system design for a full-scale device named InfinityWEC ahead of planned two-year test and demonstration project.
Wave energy device to power Eni’s oil & gas ops
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed an agreement with one of the world’s largest multinational oil and gas companies Eni to supply the PB3 PowerBuoy for a demonstration project in the Adriatic Sea.
Orkney’s marine renewables research campus set for buildout
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have awarded a £5.4 million construction contract for the development of a new Research and Innovation Campus in Orkney.
New pact forms to boost ocean renewable energy
Mercator Ocean and Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) have announced plans to form a partnership in order to support ocean renewable energy through the Copernicus Marine Service.
TrussFloat Notches Development Milestones
French engineering specialist Dietswell has announced a number of milestones reached on the EolFloat project to develop a semi-submersible platform for large offshore wind turbines.
TrussFloat Notches Development Milestones
French engineering specialist Dietswell has announced a number of milestones reached on the EolFloat project to develop a semi-submersible platform for large offshore wind turbines.
HR Wallingford: Optimizing Sea Wall Design
HR Wallingford, an independent civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organization, has just released a very interesting article named “Developing a new tool to optimize sea wall design”. Sea walls are designed to protect people, property and infrastructure from large waves that can occur wh
Top news, March 12 – 18, 2018
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 12 – 18, 2018.
Novel marine renewables connector scoops prize
Tension Technology International (TTI) and its partners have won an award for a novel multi-material connector designed for marine renewables under the Innovate UK-funded STORM project.