International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 114 has published a new technical specification IEC TS 62600-3:2020, for mechanical load measurement of marine energy converters like tidal, wave and current energy converters. “The publication of the 62600-3 is an important step fo
Minesto’s tidal energy project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands has hit a snag due to a technical issue occurring during cable laying. Therefore, the subsea cable installation that connects to the electric grid failed to complete as planned. The technical issue with the subsea cable is not related to
The UK government has this month published the ‘UK Research and Development Roadmap’. It sets out the UK government’s vision and ambition for science, research and innovation. Beyond the immediate imperative to overcome COVID-19, the greatest challenge facing the UK and the world is that of decarbon
The first major engineering works on a composite structures research facility FASTBLADE will begin this July. It is a partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Babcock International Group, supported by Edinburgh Innovations. A team of Babcock engineers will begin construction of FASTBLADE’
The Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Tracked) project has has recommended five ocean energy companies for support. This completes the second of three calls for applications in the Blue-GIFT project. The Blue-GIFT project, coordinated by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), aims to hel
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has launched a crowdfunding campaign with Seedrs. MPS has patented technology to harness floating wind power, wave power or combined wind and wave energy at grid scale. It claims that this flexible approach is unique globally. The UK company’s R&D of its wave energy device
Marine Energy Wales new report shows that a total of £123.7 million has been invested into the Welsh economy. The latest ‘State of the Sector’ report outlines findings from a survey carried out by Marine Energy Wales which reviewed activity and investment made in the Financial Year 2019-20 to assess
SIMEC Atlantis has seen its 6MW tidal energy project MeyGen delivering 30 gigawatt hours of electricity to the UK grid. As the COVID work restrictions continue to ease country wide, Atlantis continues to see minimal disruption to its tidal business. The MeyGen production milestone also follows the c
Minesto and its partner, electric utility SEV, are progressing their joint tidal energy demonstration project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. With Minesto staff and hardware at the site, the installation work is at full speed to connect Minesto’s DG100 kite system to the Faroe Islands electricity g
Water is one of the most important resources for human health, economic growth, and agricultural productivity. Many people worldwide lack access to clean water, with more than one billion people without safe water to drink. To help fill that gap innovators have stepped up to demonstrate cost-competi
The Ocean DEMO project recently opened its third call for application and will hold a virtual user workshop on 30 June. The workshop will present the application system as well as the available support packages. It will also highlight common themes and challenges that technology developers address d
The Pathway Program has released a new report incorporating international expertise on passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) in high tidal flow environments. The report was compiled following an online workshop in April which brought together over 40 PAM experts from Canada, Denmark, UK and USA. The Pat
Fife fabrication firm AJS Production has returned to work to complete Mocean Energy’s Blue Star wave energy prototype. AJS has split its team to comply with Covid-19 rules and advance the fabrication of the 20-metre long WEC. Mocean will deploy the half-scale device at EMEC in Orkney for sea trials
Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon developers have called on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step in and overrule Whitehall officials who are preventing work starting on site. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has so far refused to sign off a decommissioning plan. Swansea
