Italy is set to launch a Contract for Difference (CfD) auction scheme through which the government will select and support renewable energy projects, including floating solar, tidal, and wave energy.
The UK Marine Energy Council (MEC) has outlined five key asks for the upcoming Government to realize the potential of wave and tidal energy, and embed UK content into projects deployed domestically and internationally.
Netherlands-based Symphony Wave Power has approached dry testing, which is the next stage of its wave power technology validation program. In the forthcoming months, Symphony Wave Power will set up and conduct the dry test at the Harsveld Apparatenbouw BV facilities in Gemeente Velsen. This step wil
Danish company Wavepiston has reached and even surpassed the €600,003 target as a part of the capital raise for its wave energy technology.
The Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has outlined a set of manifesto asks for the July 4, 2024, general election to unlock green growth opportunities in ocean energy arenas in the UK waters.
Menter Mon-managed wildlife monitoring buoy, in charge of collecting marine wildlife information off the coast of Holyhead, has been brought back to Holyhead Port for maintenance, after a year at sea.
Minesto’s CEO declared commercial readiness for Dragon Class, saying that they are ready for commercial deployment at the right performance levels. The existing offer is provided with a combination of wing size, power take-off (PTO), and tether length.
The £12 million (approximately $15,2 million) facility, funded by EPSRC, is utilized for testing scaled-down prototypes of emerging commercial technologies and for academic research related to ocean activities.
EPSRC has funded a collaboration between Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Bioinspired Engineering, Ignazio Maria Viola, and Senior Lecturer in Composites Design and Testing, Eddie McCarthy, which resulted in two new technologies that are expected to reduce unsteady loading, improve turbine resilienc
Dutch offshore solar company Oceans of Energy has completed the North Sea Three (NS3) floating solar farm in the port of Oostende, Belgium.
Scotland-based renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has picked Global Energy Group as a supplier to lead the manufacture and assembly of turbines for the company’s Orkney projects which have won contracts under the UK Government’s Contract for Difference (CfD) auction rounds 4 and 5.
Energiaren Euskal Erakundea / Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) has promoted an investment support program for the demonstration and validation of emerging marine renewable energy technologies that is open for applications until June 19, 2024.
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has carried out an in-depth survey, on behalf of Crown Estate Scotland in 2023, gathering insights and ideas from individuals working to develop and commercialize the upcoming wave and tidal technologies and projects.
As a part of the Welsh Government’s Tidal Lagoon Challenge, London-based Intertek has won a research project to deliver hydrodynamic modeling expertise.
