Industry veteran, Martin Land, has been appointed as project director for the Mersey Tidal Power project. Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram announced the appointment. Martin has over 30 years’ project experience across energy and infrastructure roles including consenting, devel
European Commission has published a roadmap and opened a public consultation in preparation for the initiative on new approach for exploiting Europe’s offshore renewable energy potential in a sustainable and inclusive way. As part of the European Green Deal, the Commission identified the importance
After a successful start of the Interreg 2 Seas project, the ENCORE consortium is now planning the kick-off of its regional impact campaign at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam on 27th October 2020. At the OEEC, ENCORE will reach out to the offshore supply chain sector
Dutch tech developer Teamwork Technology has redesigned its Symphony wave energy system to fit North Sea wave characteristics. Symphony’s initial design was for the Atlantic waves as seen at the coast of Portugal or Scotland. Symphony is a point absorbing WEC that converts the wave motion into an in
Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has received a second contract with Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to deliver its subsea electrical connector. Nova’s MECmate product, a connector linking subsea cables and/or devices, is tailored to meet the demanding requirements of the marine energy environment. T
Wave Energy Scotland has selected four projects to share just under £1.4 million with aim to cut wave power costs. The companies selected under the funding are: Apollo, Blackfish Engineering Design, Nova Innovation and Quoceant. Projects will develop technology to enable the quick connection and dis
Carnegie has commenced its planned wave tank testing campaign at the Cantabria Coastal and Ocean Basin in Spain. The trials will generate physical wave data aimed to validate Carnegie’s machine learning based Wave Predictor. Carnegie previously announced the development of a machine learning based W
Finnish wave energy tech player AW-Energy Oy (AWE) drives forward opportunity and innovation with a new facility in Vantaa, Finland. The move to larger premises provides scope for AWE’s growth ambitions, and demonstrates the company’s commitment to wave energy. Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energ
Bombora’s mWave wave energy converter ‘cell module’ structure has been delivered from the fabrication workshop of Altrad Services to the assembly workshop at Mainstay Marine Solutions. The full-scale ‘cell module’ is part of a Wales-built innovative marine energy solution. The cell module transporte
Eco Wave Power has won the Energy Globe Award for its combined wave and solar project in the Port of Jaffa, Israel. The Energy Globe Award was founded in 1999 by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is one of today’s most prestigious environmental awards. Goal of the Award is to present
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has elected Jonas Millqvist as its new chairman. Millqvist will replace Bengt Adolfsson who has served as chairman for the last four years. Bengt Adolfsson remains as board member of Minesto as the company’s largest shareholder. Jonas Millqvist is senior under
Wave and tidal energy test facility European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for a marine energy development manager. The position should identify, develop and secure opportunities for EMEC to grow its wave, tidal and floating wind projects portfolio. This is a full-time, permanent post, whic
Orbital Marine Power has appointed Black & Veatch as lead engineering partner to support technology optimisation and cost reduction engineering under the company’s €5-million R&D programme. Supported by the INTERREG France (Channel) England TIGER project, the four-year programme will build on Orbita
CorPower is establishing a €16-million R&D, manufacturing & service centre for wave energy converters in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The location will support CorPower’s flagship demonstration project HiWave-5. It will also support long-term development of supply and service capacity for commercial
