A team of students from Cranfield University, calling themselves the Wave Whisperers, has won the inaugural Bombora Wave Power Challenge Cup, sponsored by Welsh Government. The inaugural ‘Bombora Wave Power Challenge’ gathered forty dynamic students from across the UK to battle it out in an intensiv
The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2019 is now live! The event, to be held on (7), 8 & 9 October in Amsterdam will attract over 10,000 offshore professionals and more than 550 exhibiting companies. Offshore Energy is unique in bringing together the various offshore industri
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions announced 2019 selections in the latest round of the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) The TCF is a program that transitions research and development (R&D) funding to applied energy programs to advance promising technologies
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) has released the date, location and topic areas for the upcoming 2020 International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE). The event is scheduled to take place on May 19-21, 2020 at the Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C. The theme for ICOE 2020 is “Energizing a P
DMEC (Dutch Marine Energy Centre) organizes together with IRO (Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry and Offshore Renewable Industry) a workshop to identify collaboration opportunities between the offshore supply chain and ocean energy technology companies. The workshop
Seven small businesses were selected by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) within the latest round of the Energy Department’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. In this round of funding, small businesses are receiving
Minesto’s CEO Dr Martin Edlund has been awarded the FH Presentation Award 2018 in the category Micro Cap Presenter of the Year for presenting the Minesto business and investment case to capital market stakeholders. Martin Edlund was presented the award alongside other winners in Swedish business suc
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The Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN) Project has launched its Innovation Support programme. Under the programme three different types of Innovation Support is made available to SMEs (Small or Medium sized Enterprises). OPIN partners will offer a Technology Assessment Process (TAP) to SMEs, free
ORPC has started the RivGen device set up on the ground in Igiugig Village, Alaska. The RivGen device will generate clean, predictable, renewable power from the Kvichak River, and send it to the remote community’s microgrid, offsetting its diesel fuel use by 50%. Earlier this month U.S. Senator Lisa
Ocean Power Technologies, has received a new US patent for its Power Take-Off (PTO) System which is the mechanical heart of the PB3 PowerBuoy. Ocean waves that pass-by the PowerBuoy create a relative linear motion between the float and the spar components of the PB3. The PTO system takes the linear
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for an environment & consents officer to support the acquisition, maintenance and streamlining of all statutory consents required at EMEC or other identified sites. The environment & consents officer will deliver environmental technical expertise into
Xodus Group has added a new principal consultant to strengthen its renewables team as the company sets its sights on a range of new offshore developments. Dr Adrian de Andres joins Xodus from Black & Veatch where he was a principal consultant and managed several offshore renewables projects. Based i
Bhagwan Marine have recently been awarded a contract in support of the Australian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) Project from their regional base in Darwin, NT. Bhagwan will provide vessels and crew to support the ongoing research and development of Australia’s tidal energy resource over a number of charters
