MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from November 12 – 18, 2018.
The government of Canada has signed the agreement to invest up to nearly C$153 million ($116 million), matched dollar for dollar by the private sector, in the Atlantic Canada–based Ocean Supercluster.
Scottish tidal developer Orbital Marine Power has presented the designs of its commercial production tidal turbine – the Orbital O2 2MW – planned for deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in 2020.
SBM Offshore’s wind floater design, including its mooring system and featuring a commercially available offshore wind turbine, has been granted an Approval in Principle (AIP) by classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
The £35 million Morlais Marine Energy Infrastructure Project in North West Wales has been included in a UK government project portfolio designed to attract international investors.
Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has launched three newly-developed smart offshore wind turbines including a model with a capacity of 8MW, and a model with the largest rotor diameter in the world.
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has appointed an international lawyer and consultant Dan Slone to its advisory board.
Orbital Marine Power’s pioneering engineering work was recognized not once but twice at the Institution of Engineering and Technology annual achievements awards in London last night.
The EU-funded DTOceanPlus project has in the first six months since its launch produced three deliverables that have been openly shared with the marine energy sector.
The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) will fund the development of a lightweight, more efficient wind turbine drivetrain system that can help boost offshore wind turbine outputs to beyond 10MW.
In a talk show held as part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2018, Daniel Buhagiar, senior researcher in a team developing energy storage system tailored for marine renewables, spoke about the importance of patent protection for building strong collaborations within the offshore energy ind
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has developed a ‘concept for industry’, outlining vision for the new multi-use offshore test and demonstration campus in Loch Linnhe, in west Scotland.
A new third party verification service dubbed 360 TPV – specifically aimed at the marine and offshore renewables market – has been launched by Orcades Marine Management Consultants with partners Aquatera and Dynamic Systems Analysis.
The European Parliament has adopted key set of regulations on clean energy which include a new binding renewable energy target of at least 32% by 2030 for the member states of the European Union.
