Technology
France Approves Two Pilot Floaters
The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has approved two floating wind pilot projects as part of the country’s call for tenders for the development of floating wind launched last year. The two project approved by the ministry are the 24MW project in the Gruissan area, some 15 kil
Image of the day: Atlantis lines up MeyGen foundations
Atlantis Resources is conducting final preparations on its tidal turbine foundations which will be used for the MeyGen tidal array project.
Navantia Hands Over First Jackets to Iberdrola
Navantia has delivered the first jacket foundations to Iberdrola for its Wikinger offshore wind farm located in the German part of the Baltic Sea.
Quoceant tests novel WEC technology at FloWave
Edinburgh-based engineering firm Quoceant is testing its inflatable hull technology as part of the novel wave energy technology project for Wave Energy Scotland.
Minesto awards seabed foundation contract
Minesto has hired a Welsh-based engineering consultancy Ocean Resource to provide seabed foundation for its Deep Green tidal project.
France-Ireland interconnector project enters next stage
Ireland’s state-owned company that manages and operates the transmission grid in the country EirGrid and its French counterpart Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) have launched the next stage of the Celtic Interconnector project in the presence of French and Irish top officials.
Tribute Resources takes stake in Tocardo
Canadian energy company Tribute Resources has taken a 46.5% stake in Tocardo after its parent company Huisman sold its shares.
SCORE rolls out £6M to unlock offshore renewable innovation
SCORE programme, being delivered by OrbisEnergy, has launched a £6 million grant fund to help more than 200 companies unlock innovations in offshore renewable energy sector.
UK SMEs Can Score with New GBP 6 Million Offshore Renewables Fund
OrbisEnergy today launched a GBP 6 million fund which provides grants of up to GBP 50,000 through the SCORE programme to support small and medium sized businesses developing new technologies in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Oil and gas companies looking to diversify into offshore rene
TLP partners up with Swansea University for research PhD
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) is collaborating with Swansea University on a PhD research programme that will investigate floating and fixed artificial reefs as biodiversity enhancements in coastal waters to mitigate loss of habitat by sea-level rise and renewable energy infrastructure.
Penguin to take the plunge in Korea
Finnish wave energy developer Wello has teamed up with Korean company BSR to establish a wave energy demonstration project in Korea.
SgurrEnergy reviews Subhub tidal platform
UK-based renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has conducted an independent technical and commercial due diligence design review of QED Naval’s Subhub tidal turbine transport, installation and foundation system.
Hydro Group hires AgileTek for wave energy project
Aberdeen-based subsea cable and connection specialist Hydro Group has hired AgileTek to provide support on an unnamed wave energy project.
EU sums up member states’ R&I efforts
The European Commission’s Research and Innovation Observatory (RIO) at the Joint Research Centre has published the second edition of the RIO country reports, which assess the evolution of national research and innovation (R&I) systems and identify key challenges.