Earlier this month, the first consortium meeting was held in Bilbao, which will work in the coming years, until September 30, 2022, in the European project NEMMO (Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean energy) . The project aims to design, model and test small-scale prototypes of larger, l
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Bombora Wave Power has been selected by Enzen to supply a grid connected wave farm to be located in the Atlantic Ocean on the north side of Lanzarote, the fourth largest of the Spanish Canary Islands, off the coast of northern Africa. Enzen has identified that Lanzarote has a large and consistent wa
The Balmoral Subsea Test Centre in Aberdeen has carried out hydrostatic tests on equipment that will be used to monitor the interaction between tidal turbines and marine mammals in the Pentland Firth. The linear actuators that were tested form part of a marine mammal monitoring station anchored to t
Europe continues to lead the world in ocean energy deployments, and last year its tidal projects produced record volumes of electricity, according to yearly statistics published by Ocean Energy Europe. In 2018, European tidal stream installations reached 26.8MW, and wave energy installations 11.3MW.
Jupiter Hydro (Jupiter) has applied for a 5 MW demonstration permit adjacent to the FORCE Marine Renewable Energy site, south of Black Rock. The location takes advantage of the existing grid connections, environmental and physical studies prepared for FORCE, and has appropriate tidal flows for the p
Wello said that its optimized Penguin model – WEC2 is complete and ready to depart the Tallinn shipyard over the next few days, to be towed towards Orkney, Scotland. The new wave energy converter device will be installed by the coast as soon as it arrives. According to Finnish technology company, Pe
Bombora Wave Power has announced the inaugural Bombora Technical Challenge weekend where it is inviting groups to put themselves forward for an intensive technical engineering and water sporting challenge. The event will be held at the Llanion Cove, Outdoor Adventure Centre in the heart of the Pembr
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, as part of UMass Dartmouth, is hosting a conference on Ocean Energy in New England: ‘Wind & Water’. “We are bringing together professionals in offshore wind, tidal and wave energy to compare notes, share less
Almost 40 candidates have been shortlisted for the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals Green Energy Awards 2019. More than 100 nominees who’ve worked in Scotland’s renewable energy industry for five years or less were narrowed down to a 39-strong shortlist. The Young Professionals Green Energy A
Nova Innovation has welcomed Llyr Gruffydd, a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician and a member of the Welsh Assembly for the North Wales region, to its office in Caernarfon to discuss the Ynys Enlli tidal energy project. Nova teamed up with regional renewable energy organization YnNi Llyn to develop a tida
The €2.5 million Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Tracked) project has announced the 1st call for applications. Funded by Interreg Atlantic Area, the Blue-GIFT project is a coordinated ocean energy technology demonstration programme encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-r
Danish wave energy developer Exowave will be presenting its technology at Cleantech Innovate in London on the 30th of April. ExoWave has developed and patented a solution for harvesting ocean wave energy and converting it into fresh water and/or renewable electric energy. The company has carried out
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