U.S. Department of Energy Marine Energy Collegiate Competition -Powering the Blue Economy is going virtual. Due to uncertainties stemming from COVID-19, decision came to shift to a virtual competition in the Spring and Summer of 2020. The DOE Water Power Technologies Office will host the first Marin
EMEC has opened a consultation on the revised decommissioning programme for Magallanes Renovables’ 2 MW ATIR platform. Magallanes has secured support through the Horizon 2020 MaRINET2 programme for the ATIR platform, deployed at EMEC’s Fall of Warness test site, and therefore requested consent from
Bombora has joined forces with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) in Wales to launch a floating wave technology research project. The research will carry out a techno-economic appraisal of extending Bombora’s mWave technology into an
NewEast Energy Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of New Energy Corporation, has applied to the Nova Scotia Department of Energy for a permit to deploy up to 800kW of tidal power generation equipment in the Minas Passage at a location next to the existing Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (
The Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN) project and Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) are staging a webinar on standardisation and certification for offshore renewables. The event will be held on 19 May 2020 from 10 to 11:30 am CEST. Standards and associated certification schemes can support the develo
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has landed a framework agreement for onshore engineering services in the Faroe Islands to support the operation and maintenance of its Deep Green technology. Minesto will be installing tidal energy devices in the waters surrounding the Faroe Islands, initially
New figures released by the UK government show wave and tidal energy has the backing of 80 per cent of the public. The figures say that a consistently high percentage of people are backing the UK’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The latest Public Attitudes Tracker, published quart
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate, Eric Wiebes, has agreed on drafting a Roadmap to Marine Energy in 2020. This follows a positive outcome of the position paper “Energy from Water”, set up by Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and Energie uit Water (EWA). DMEC and EWA elaborated on the i
The Scottish and Welsh ocean energy test centres EMEC and META have strengthened ties to expand the UK network. Namely, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney has signed an agreement with Marine Energy Wales to provide further support to the Marine Energy Test Area in Pembrokeshire, Wale
HydroWing, in partnership with Tocardo, has rolled out a new concept that creates green hydrogen from the sea. Tidal Hydrogen production, Storage and Offtake (THyPSO) is a floating platform, housing one – six conventional bi-directional tidal turbines that convert tidal flows into electrical energy,
HydroQuest has marked the first anniversary of its 1MW tidal turbine OceanQuest immersion off the coast of Bréhat Island. After 12 months of effective operations, the the turbine is still fully operational and has started its second year. The OceanQuest tidal turbine landed at EDF’s Paimpol-Bréhat s
Ocean energy company Bombora is looking for technical certification and third party verification services associated with the development of the mWave wave energy converter. The scope of work will involve the assessment of the technology, design, fabrication and site criteria. This will involve the
The EU-funded DTOceanPlus project have recently produced five new deliverables now openly shared with the marine energy sector. Specifically, the development initiated several months ago, has resulted in the release of four alpha versions of the suite: Structured innovation design tool by Energy Sys
The Orkney Islands have won €100,000 in the first ever EU RESPonsible Island Prize, funded by Horizon 2020. Orkney scored third behind the Danish islands of Bornholm and Samsø, respectively taking the first and second place accolades. The European Commission launched the Responsible Islands Prize in
