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The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub has awarded almost £1 million to UK universities to support research projects investigating all aspects of offshore renewable energy (ORE). The Hub’s Flexible Fund has been established to enable UK researchers to respond to a number of key ORE engineering c
Bombora Wave Power has appointed Cape Engineering Services (Altrad) as a contractor for the fabrication of the Cell Module Structure for the mWave Wave Energy Converter Demonstration. The cell module structure is a key structural element of the cell module with the primary function of retaining an a
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has successfully decommissioned the SeaGen tidal turbine support structure in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. This marks the completion of the 1.2MW SeaGen tidal stream energy project lifecycle and is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decomm
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is seeking concepts for innovative Quick Connection Systems suitable for use with a variety of wave energy converters. Quick Connection Systems are the next subcomponent to be developed by WES in its multi-million pound wave energy technology programme. The ideal technolog
The 5th annual Marine Energy Event, organized in cooperation with the Dutch Energy from Water Association (EWA) and Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC), will take place in Amsterdam RAI during Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference on 8 & 9 October 2019. This event will delve into how Europe is pos
Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter – WEC2 has arrived in Orkney, Scotland where it awaits deployment. The WEC2 arrived from Tallinn shipyard to Orkney, where it will be installed by the coast. The Penguin WEC2 is Wello’s first full-scale commercially ready wave energy converter. Wello has previou
The Scottish Green Energy Awards – the UK’s largest celebration of renewables – open today (July 24), with nominations invited for 11 categories. The awards, now in its 17th year, is open to all renewable energy technologies, from wind, hydro and solar to wave, low-carbon heat and more. Categories t
Managing director of the Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic, Vincent Mc Cormack, was welcomed back to the IFREMER testing facility in France ahead of scheduled trials in September this year. The testing in the IFREMER tank has been funded through the MaRINET2 programme. The results of this testin
French tidal and ocean stream turbine developer Sabella has appointed Benoît Bazire as chairman of board of directors. Jean François Daviau president and founder of Sabella, has decided to leave his position as head of the company. He remains a shareholder and board member of Sabella. To continue it
Simon Hart MP visited Bombora for an update on Bombora’s innovative mWave Pembroke demonstration project being conducted at Pembroke Dock. The MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire was able to examine the test tank which supplies critical test data for the mWave engineering design team. He
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has recently awarded contracts for the delivery of Onshore Control Station as part of its 500kW tidal power plant in form of a “flying” kite tethered to the sea bottom. The 100kW Kite (Power generator) will be connected to the Faroe Islands Grid at 0,4kV (Poin
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SEA-TITAN, a European Commission H2020 Programme funded project, will hold a workshop during ETWEC 2019, in Napoli, Italy on September 04, 2019. The project is aimed at making a step change in the wave energy sector by designing, building, testing and validating a crosscutting and innovative Direct
