The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, led by the University of Plymouth, has launched an interactive Research Landscape to communicate Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) research. The mission of the Supergen ORE Hub is to connect academia, industry, policymakers and the public to inspire research
Tidal energy player Nova Innovation is looking to crowdfund £500,000 on investment platform Seedrs to fast-track its technology and accelerate growth across Europe and North America. In 2016, Nova installed the world’s first offshore tidal array. Located in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, the turbin
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said that Jeffrey R. Wiener has joined the company as vice president of global sales. Prior to joining OPT, Jeff was senior vice president of sales for EOS Energy Storage, where he helped to develop and commercialize Eos’s proprietary zinc hybrid battery storage soluti
Dutch-based O&G floating production specialist SBM Offshore has taken the next step in its wave energy converter project, as it plans to carry out sea trials offshore Monaco from 2021. SBM Offshore has been developing this new generation of breakthrough wave energy converter (WEC S3) since 2009. The
The EU-funded DTOceanPlus project has recently produced two new deliverables that have been openly shared with the marine energy sector. The aim of the DTOceanPlus project is to develop and demonstrate a suite of second generation advanced design tools for the selection, development and deployment o
Atlantis has completed the acquisition of the Green Highland Renewables project development, asset management, operation and maintenance business (GHR) from SIMEC Energy. GHR is headquartered in Perth, Scotland and has an operations base in Dingwall, Scotland with 23 members of staff. GHR has consen
Australian wave power firm Carnegie Clean Energy has appointed Anthony Shields as a non-executive director. Shields is the managing director of Asymmetric Investment Management Fund, a Perth-based investment manager specialising in private debt, venture capital and risk management. He also sits on a
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced selections for up to $24.9 million in funding to drive innovative, industry-led technology solutions to advance the marine and hydrokinetics industry and increase hydropower’s ability to serve as a flexible grid resource. Selected projects should also
The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Joint Committee has signed-off a detailed business case for the £60 million Pembroke Dock Marine project, which will now be submitted to the UK Government and Welsh Government for final approval. Led by the private sector and supported by Pembrokeshire County Council, Pem
Finnish-based wave energy technology developer AW-Energy has deployed its WaveRoller device offshore Peniche, a seaside municipality and a city in Portugal. “I am delighted to confirm we have successfully installed WaveRoller 820 metres offshore from Peniche. At this phase of the installation, we ar
SIMEC Atlantis has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy (KME) for a demonstration project in Japan. The project, located in the straits of Naru Island within the southern Japanese Goto island chain, has a total budge
Bombora has received the green light for the deployment and testing of their mWave wave energy technology off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. This is the first Marine Licence to be granted for a wave energy device in Wales. Lesley Griffiths, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs
Green Marine (UK) has been named as a key contractor in a tidal energy project at the Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. Green Marine will be supporting lead contractor, SIMEC Atlantis Energy, in delivery and installation of an AR-Series tidal turbine, foundation and offshore cable for the project in the
