Scottish Parliament has passed a legislation which enables local authorities and communities will have a stronger voice in the management of Scottish Crown Estate assets.
BOLT Lifesaver wave energy device, developed by Norwegian company Fred. Olsen, has maintained continuous power production during the now completed four-week initial commissioning phase.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has agreed terms for the collaboration with the French region of Normandy under a joint venture that will work to deliver a phased large-scale tidal power project in the Raz Blanchard strait.
Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo), the organization in charge of Bourne Tidal Test Site development, has filed a draft application to federal regulators to interconnect the infrastructure to the electrical grid.
Cornish tidal energy start-up Inyanga-Tech has launched a tidal energy project called HydroWing, which is based on a full-systems approach targeted at subsea tidal energy arrays.
French developer Blue Shark Power System has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Djibouti to supply its tidal turbines for a 120MW tidal energy project.
Danish company Crestwing has towed its prototype Tordenskiold wave energy device to its deployment site off northern Denmark ahead of upcoming installation.
UK-based marine renewable energy developer SBS has submitted a preliminary grid extension feasibility study to Indonesia’s state-owned electrical utility as part of Nautilus tidal energy project development.
Welsh marine body Marine Energy Wales has submitted an environmental scoping report to the relevant stakeholders for the development of the Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in and around the Milford Haven Waterway.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), based in Colorado in the United States, has opened several post-doctoral vacancies related to ocean renewable energy research.
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from November 12 – 18, 2018.
The government of Canada has signed the agreement to invest up to nearly C$153 million ($116 million), matched dollar for dollar by the private sector, in the Atlantic Canada–based Ocean Supercluster.
Scottish tidal developer Orbital Marine Power has presented the designs of its commercial production tidal turbine – the Orbital O2 2MW – planned for deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in 2020.
The £35 million Morlais Marine Energy Infrastructure Project in North West Wales has been included in a UK government project portfolio designed to attract international investors.
