A tidal turbine made to operate in remote communities has been tested and utilized at Wales’ Marine Energy Test Area (META). Swansea University researchers, under the leadership of Professor Ian Masters, are developing the device. Testing is conducted at META’s Warrior Way site in Pembroke Dock. “It
Marine energy technology company Minesto has inked a collaborative agreement with Hydrokite Project Development, an ocean current and tidal energy project developer, to bring its technology to markets in Australia and New Zealand. The broadened market presence in Australia and New Zealand is directe
UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has created a mooring and cable solution for the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project that combines wave energy with subsea storage to power subsea equipment. Aberdeen-based Verlume connected Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy converter with a Halo underwater ba
Scotland-based renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has been confirmed as the technology partner for Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO)’s proposed site off Blakely Island in Rosario Strait, Washington State. Building on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in 2021, the news foll
Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has partnered up with Tadek Ocean Engineering for support related to its first commercial-scale tidal energy array. Magallanes secured two contracts in Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation rounds – the first at the Morlais Demonstration Zone
A new report by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has identified ten technology innovations, subsea hubs among others, that could result in an 80% cost reduction in tidal stream energy, making it lower than current nuclear energy prices if successfully commercialized. The ten technology i
Carnegie Clean Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary Carnegie Technologies Spain has secured a €2.1 million grant from the Basque Energy Agency to support the deployment of its CETO wave energy device at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque Country. The grant has been awarded by Ente Vasco
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is taking part in an acceleration program that is set to strengthen its business capabilities in the Southeast Asia region. Minesto has been awarded a place in the Business Acceleration Programme Southeast Asia (BAPSEA) joint program by the Swedish Energy Agenc
The UK government has set a £10 million ringfence for tidal stream in this year’s renewables auction, representing a third consecutive year. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) announced that tidal stream and wave energy will compete in Pot 2 of the Contracts for Difference (C
Danish company Wavepiston and Export Barbados (BIDC), an agency of the Barbados Government, are set to explore the deployment of wave energy farms offshore Barbados. According to Wavepiston, Barbados and most of the Caribbean region hold a large potential for wave energy. Barbados has set a net-zero
To deliver a cost-effective net-zero energy system and with electricity consumption potentially trebling by 2050, the UK should seek to harness 27 GW of wave energy, according to research by Finland’s LUT University. LUT University investigated a series of potential scenarios for the UK and Ireland
Four new partners have joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s joint industry project (JIP) to develop seabed mobility guidance for the offshore renewable sector. The 18-month project has doubled in number of partners, with National Grid, Ørsted, Vattenfall, and BP now joining RWE, Sco
Seven European partners have teamed up for a project that will see the development of a satellite-based decision support tool to accelerate offshore renewable energy deployments. For upscaling offshore renewables, BLUE-X is set to deliver key data helpful for all five steps of the blue energy lifecy
CorPower Ocean’s C4 wave energy converter (WEC) has completed the first cycle of the ocean commissioning program at the Agucadoura site in northern Portugal. Now proven at commercial scale, at the exposed Atlantic test site, CorPower said that the C4 device had demonstrated a unique ability to tune
