A Jacobs-led consortium of industry and academic organizations has been awarded funding from the UK government to help develop a new type of tidal turbine designed to improve the viability and potential of the country’s tidal range power projects.
CorPower Ocean’s C4 wave energy device, installed offshore Portugal, has survived another major storm off the country’s coast, withstanding waves of up to 18 meters.
With an “all of the above” task in its hands, the offshore energy industry has found itself working on innovative and more efficient solutions and nature-inclusive projects, while at the same time trying to build as many new clean energy projects as possible to meet the targets.
Scottish marine energy company Nova Innovation has installed a marine floating solar demonstrator to power Forth Ports’ headquarters in the Port of Leith.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Powering the Blue Economy: Power at Sea Prize, which will award up to $1.7 million to competitors to advance technologies that use marine energy to power ocean-based activities.
Irish hydrokinetic turbine developer GKinetic Energy has appointed Fergus Brady to its board as projects and partnerships development advisor.
Danish wave energy company Wavepiston has partnered up with Shell Technology – Marine Renewable Program to identify opportunities and potential avenues for collaboration on ocean energy developments.
Scottish wave energy company Mocean Energy has raised €2.5 million in new equity, alongside €572,000 grant to drive the commercialization of its wave energy technologies, bringing Katapult Ocean and MOL Plus as new investors in the business.
Swedish company Minesto has completed the onshore testing on its tidal energy kite system Dragon 12, which is now being shipped for installation and commissioning in Faroe Islands.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled the winners of the first round of the Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize (InDEEP), that will share $285,000 in cash prizes to further advance their novel wave energy concepts.
Marine Energy Wales and Renewable UK Cymru have signed a memorandum of understanding, outlining their commitment to work together to accelerate the clean transition in Wales.
Danish company Wavepiston has started the final stage of installation of its full-scale wave energy system for desalination and power production offshore Canary Islands.
Wave energy technology developer CorPower Ocean has received ISO 9001 certification through DNV – one of the leading global providers of accredited management systems certification and training.
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has successfully verified the survival mode of its C4 wave energy device, weathering through two major storms along the Portuguese coast which unleashed waves of up to 13 meters.
