Technology
Wales forms new marine industry body
Marine Energy Wales has been established to drive forward the development of the marine energy sector in the country.
Ocean Energy Roadmap to guide sector’s commercialization
Building an ocean energy industry in Europe will require innovative financing tools to channel public and private investment in the most efficient way, according to a report launched today.
DP Energy, FPP join hands for UK’s winds and waves
DP Energy and Floating Power Plant (FPP) have established a joint venture to evaluate and later develop sites in Scotland and Wales that would harness the energy from both winds and waves.
FORESEA backs 10 ocean energy technology developers
An €11 million EU-funded FORESEA initiative has selected ten ocean energy developers to demonstrate their technologies at Europe’s world-leading ocean energy test facilities free of charge.
DNV GL Okays DanTysk Offshore Accommodation Platform
DNV GL has awarded Vattenfall with a final statement of compliance for its DanTysk offshore accommodation platform recently installed in the North Sea. This is the first offshore platform in the North Sea to host up to 50 operation and maintenance staff members working at the 288MW DanTysk offshore
Tidal Sails wraps up TackReach trials
Tidal Sails, a Norwegian tidal energy developer, has concluded the testing of its scaled prototype TackReach tidal energy device.
Mainstay Marine to build Wave-tricity WEC
UK wave energy developer Wave-tricity has hired Mainstay Marine Solutions to build its Ocean Wave Rower wave energy device.
GSG Towers Aims High after Upgrades
Poland’s GSG Towers, a Gdańsk Shipyard Group company, has recently opened upgraded facilities for the production of wind towers and steel structures for the offshore industry. GSG Towers invested around PLN 160 million (EUR 37 million) in upgrading its bending, welding and paining equipment which is
FloWave gets real
The open ocean conditions found in Orkney can now be replicated at FloWave test tank as a result of a three-year research collaboration between the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
CorPower scores €4M for WaveBoost project
European Commission has backed the Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean with €4 million for its WaveBoost project.
University of Limerick Acquires Fully-Equipped Marine ROV for EUR 2.1 Million
Aberdeen company Forum Energy Technologies and Paris-based iXBlue have won contracts from the University of Limerick for the delivery of marine remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems for subsea applications in offshore wind or similar infrastructure. The total value of awarded contracts is EUR 2,08
Ex-Minesto chief to drive CorPower’s commercialization
Anders Jansson has been named Commercial Director of the Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean.
Carnegie bags £9.6M EU grant
Carnegie Wave Energy has secured £9.6 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the first phase of its planned 15MW commercial wave energy project at Wave Hub.
Highlights of the Week
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