MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from October 29 until November 4, 2018.
Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy has started the design work for the MegaRoller project with the partners from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland who will contribute to the scheme with their expertise on instrumentation.
Marine energy developer Minesto has opened several vacancies for engineering positions that will work on the development of the company’s tidal energy technology.
The relevance of certification in accessing commercial finance for marine energy technologies was the subject of a workshop organized by the MET-CERTIFIED project as part of the Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) 2018 Conference.
EU-backed Marine-i initiative has made up to £500,000 available for Cornish-based businesses to develop innovative marine data technologies and applications.
The Ocean Energy ERA-NET (OCEANERA-NET) Cofund consortium has allocated €8 million to eight research and demonstration projects in the marine energy sector.
Three offshore renewable project developers, selected in the first stage of the NeSSIE project, have launched a call for supply chain companies interested in joining the demonstration projects in North Sea Basin related to developing commercial solutions for corrosion.
Swedish wave developer CorPower Ocean and UK-based tidal player Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) have joined forces to tackle foundations and moorings for marine energy devices.
Scottish tidal turbine developer Orbital Marine Power, and drivetrain solutions provider SKF, have been awarded €1.2 million to deliver performance improvement technology for tidal energy turbine.
Scotland’s Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, has praised Nova Innovation’s milestone of delivering baseload power to the grid by combining tidal energy generation with Tesla energy storage system.
Finance Secretary for Wales – Mark Drakeford – has reiterated the support and ambition Wales has for its marine energy sector during his keynote address at the Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) conference.
A new report, prepared by 30 experts and stakeholders in the ocean energy industry, has identified future emerging technologies for ten different technology families which have the potential to provide significant step-change to the ocean energy sector.
The FORESEA project has released a report which highlights the mutually-beneficial relationship between ocean energy and coastal communities, and the sector’s potential for regional development.
A €2.5 million project has been approved by Interreg Atlantic Area which will support ocean energy demonstration throughout the Atlantic Arc.
