UK marine technology development company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Sue Barr and Tom Kahan as new members of its board. Sue Barr’s experience in offshore wind, wave and tidal industries will be an asset to the Swansea-based marine tech company as it moves into a new phase of developmen
As part of the fourth MaRINET2 transnational access call for offshore renewable testing, a webinar is being organised on August 28, to provide potential applicants with guidance on the application process, including recent updates to the online portal. The fourth call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 proj
Wave energy developer Mocean Energy has selected the University of Edinburgh’s C-GEN technology to provide the power take-off (PTO) for its first half-scale wave energy prototype. In January this year Mocean Energy secured £3.3 million from Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to develop and build a scale pro
SIMEC Atlantis Energy recently decommissioned its SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. The 1.2MW SeaGen is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decommissioned. Keynvor MorLift was appointed as the principal contractor to carry out the decommission
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for a project manager to manage the OceanDEMO project. Educated to degree level in a relevant financial or technical subject, the OceanDEMO Project Manager will oversee the work of the project team to ensure delivery of agreed outputs and will mana
A new data science hub for green energy is to be created at Bangor University, backed by £4.6 million EU funds. The new Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) will develop joint research between Welsh and international organisations and businesses. It will investigate the options for using big data sc
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The new technology from the Tidal Turbine Power Take-off Accelerator (TiPA) project, has recently completed subsea testing at Babcock’s Rosyth Site in Scotland. The innovative power take-off technology is being developed as part of a three-year project, which is reducing the cost of tidal power by 3
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an approval for AW-Energy’s patent application covering its WaveRoller technology. The patent provides the Finnish wave energy tech developer with broad IP protection of its latest generation WaveRoller device including a range of oper
The fourth call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project, which offers free access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures, has opened today and will last until September 30, 2019. The call is open to offshore energy technology developers, including offshore wind, wave and tidal
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
A new project, funded by Ocean Energy Era-Net Cofund, has been launched to support investment and growth in the wave and tidal energy sector through the creation of an integrated marine data toolbox. The RESOURCECODE project brings together the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Ifremer, Ocean Da
IRENA’s event “Unlocking the potential of ocean energy around the globe”, organised in partnership with the Ocean Energy Europe, will complement and continue the OEE2019 programme. The event features sessions with national and regional representatives from all corners of the globe and key experts in
Minesto has completed the test site infrastructure installations at the Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. After installing the upgraded infrastructure, the site is ready for installation and commissioning of Minesto’s DG500 kite system. After a period of maintenance and upgrade, the microgrid syst
