Scottish marine energy company Nova Innovation has announced a ground-breaking project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay.
US-based marine energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has acquired an offshore energy engineering and design services company 3Dent Technology.
Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has published a new guidance paper to respond to the need to have a completely objective evaluation of how ocean energy technology performs against key criteria.
A contractor is being sought to build, deliver, and install the subsea power and data cable for the first grid-connected wave energy testing facility in the United States. The so-called PacWave is a collaboration project between the Oregon State University (OSU), the U.S. Department of Energy and ot
Scottish engineering company QED Naval has revealed plans to establish an operations base in Pembroke Dock in South West Wales, as a result of a fabrication and refit contract with Mainstay Marine Solutions.
Portuguese authorities have joined the Swedish Energy Agency, EIT InnoEnergy and private investors to financially support CorPower Ocean’s flagship HiWave-5 demonstration project in northern Portugal.
UK-based company Sustainable Marine Energy has unveiled its new PLAT-I tidal energy platform that will be tested in the Bay of Fundy’s Grand Passage before moving to the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) to form the world’s first floating tidal energy array.
French tidal energy developer Sabella has taken over tidal energy assets from GE Renewable Energy which in turn became an equity partner in the company.
Swedish wave energy company Eco Wave Power has won the Smart Port Challenge Competition set up to find disruptive solutions that will facilitate transit at Morocco’s ports.
The three-turbine tidal energy array, installed by Verdant Power in New York City, has generated 100MWh of clean power in less than three months of continuous operation, marking a record for marine energy production in the United States.
A new partnership has been established to perform research aimed at understanding potential risks tidal devices may pose to fish in the waters of Bay of Fundy in Canada’s Province of Nova Scotia as the site prepares to welcome new tidal energy converters over the next few years.
French marine research institute Ifremer has performed a series of structural bench tests on compatriot company Sabella’s novel tidal turbine blade to determine the weight loads the blade can bear and validate its mechanical characteristics.
Bombora Wave Power has unveiled plans to expand its current facilities and teams to support the delivery of its full-scale mWave wave energy device and other projects.
Rethinking traditional wave energy converter designs, the researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have started developing the next-generation cost-competitive wave energy system – a variable-geometry oscillating surge wave energy converter (OSWEC) placed on a raised foundation
