Amanda White, the Acting Executive Director at Canada’s national association for wave and tidal energy – Marine Renewables Canada – has reflected on the recent activity in tidal energy, and the status of the sector, in the following opinion editorial piece.
The High Court of Ireland has reportedly appointed an interim examiner for the OpenHydro group of companies in a move instigated by group’s shareholders with the aim to save the firm from sinking.
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 13 – 19, 2018.
UK-based engineering company Blackfish has teamed up with its Canadian counterpart Venn Design Solutions to further explore development of storage systems for marine energy.
The government of Turkey – backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – has launched a tender for consulting services that will encompass the assessment of offshore wind and wave energy potential off this Eurasian country.
The National Wind Technology Center – one of the research facilities of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – has announced plans to expand its predominantly wind focus to include marine hydrokinetic and energy storage technologies into its research mix.
Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic Energy has been granted a European patent protection for the power generating water turbine assembly aspect of its technology.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed an agreement with Enel Green Power to evaluate the deployment methods of its wave-powered PB3 buoy along the coast of Chile.
The manager of the seabed in Scotland, Crown Estate Scotland, is looking to appoint a Head of Marine to drive forward the development of the Scottish ‘blue economy’.
Scottish engineering consultancy ITPEnergised is seeking to expand its team with a newly opened vacancy for an experienced Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant.
A small-scale floating energy storage prototype for offshore renewables has entered the next phase of real-sea testing in Malta.
Limerick company DesignPro Renewables has informed it will not be demonstrating the 60kW hydrokinetic turbine in Country Clare in Ireland due to constraints with project deliverables and timelines.
Emera has withdrawn from the joint venture Cape Sharp Tidal it formed with now defunct OpenHydro stating the project no longer represents the value for the Canadian energy business.
American wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has entered into $10 million common stock purchase agreement with institutional investor Aspire Capital Fund.
