The Dutch Marine Energy Centre has appointed Peter Scheijgrond as its new Head of Services. Bringing in more that 20 years’ experience in the marine energy sector, Scheijgrond will be tasked with expanding DMEC’s technical & commercial service offer. Having led pioneering work in the sector at Navig
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is to hold a Marine Renewable Energy Seminar on 25 September in Amsterdam (Novotel Schiphol Airport). With the theme ‘Working together for safe and efficient operations’ this day-long seminar on the topic reflects the increasing involvement of
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) aims to accelerate the growth of the UK supply chain in the offshore renewable energy sector, leading to increased jobs, productivity and exports. It will do this through a unique combination of world-class test and demonstration facilities combi
Nine up-and-coming green energy stars have been honoured at the 2019 Young Professionals Green Energy Awards. One of the recognitions went to Daniel Coles from Simec Atlantis Energy, who won the Analyst Award for his work in optimising MeyGen: the largest tidal power station in the world. Its turbin
Bombora is seeking a test engineer and senior test engineer to lead the planning, execution and reporting of system integration tests required in the mWave development programme. The preferred candidates should have experience of developing electro-mechanical products that must operate first time in
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Canadian Big Moon Power, a tidal energy developer, has joined Morlais, a Menter Môn project funded by EU. The agreement was signed during the Egni 2019 conference at M-SParc, Morlais said on its social media. The Morlais scheme, proposed off Anglesey in North Wales, is being set up to help accelerat
The Welsh Government is supporting marine energy developer Minesto with the award of €14.9 million of EU funding for the next phase of its tidal energy scheme in Wales. Commenting on the funding decision, Minesto’s CEO Dr Martin Edlund said: “This is a key contribution to the commercialization of ou
The Katapult Ocean Accelerator Programme is looking for start-ups that provide solutions to the ocean challenges. Young tech companies, working with technology catering to aquaculture, fisheries, transport, offshore energy and ocean health are encouraged to apply for the Katapult Ocean Accelerator p
OceanBased has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Florida Atlantic University’s Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) to assist the company to develop commercial ocean current energy project. The goal of the project, which plans to focus on an area off the southeast coast
Registration for a training course entitled ‘Numerical and Experimental Modelling of Wave Energy Converters,’ taking place on September 9-20 in Rome, is closing on Friday May 31, 2019. Ten registrations for the course are being made available for free, as part of the MaRINET2 Training and Education
This October, three energy industry and research associations will come together to host “energy3, Canada’s Energy Conference.” energy3 is being developed and hosted through a partnership between Marine Renewables Canada (MRC), The Maritimes Energy Association (MEA), and the Offshore Energy Research
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EU funded project FORESEA has been shortlisted for the ‘Innovation Award’ at the EU Sustainable Energy Citizens’ Awards 2019. The EU Sustainable Energy Awards recognize outstanding innovation in energy efficiency and renewables. Twelve finalists have been chosen from a shortlist of the year’s most s
