The Selkie project, a €5.2 million EU-backed cross-border project focused on boosting the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland, has been concluded following four years of operation. Selkie is a consortium of University College Cork (UCC) and Swansea University (SU) and GDG, DP Energy Ireland,
Scottish company Flex Marine Power has been awarded the world’s first IECRE feasibility statement by Lloyd’s Register for its SwimmerTurbine SW2 tidal energy converter.
The Lir-National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF), in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), has launched a call for scaled physical testing of offshore renewable energy devices.
Minesto has laid the main subsea cable as part of the ongoing offshore works ahead of the installation of its 1.2MW tidal energy device Dragon 12.
The Government of Bermuda has approved regulations for innovative licenses to provide electricity to the island, including those for wave energy.
The UK’s Labour has set its mind on bringing new oil and gas exploration in UK waters to an end while ushering in a green energy future.
CorPower Ocean has named a Portuguese company as its ‘supplier of the year’ in recognition of the role it played in the development of its first commercial-scale wave energy converter, soon to be deployed offshore Portugal.
The LHD tidal current energy demonstration project, being developed near Xiushan island in China’s Zhejiang Province, has exceeded 60 months of continuous operation.
The California State Senate has unanimously approved a bill that aims to put the state on the path to developing wave and tidal energy as a new source of renewable energy that will help meet its carbon-free targets while bolstering the power grid.
US-based marine energy company C-Power has completed in-harbor operational trials of the SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS) ahead of its deployment offshore Hawaii.
Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a technology collaboration program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has published a brochure highlighting progress made across its member countries in the tidal current energy sector. The global tidal and wave energy market was valued at $477.81 million in 20
The Uldolmok Tidal Power Station in South Korea has completed two years of electricity generation, exploiting the tides of the Myeongnyang Strait at Jindo Island.
EEL Energy has secured a permit from the French navigation authority Voies navigables de France (VNF) to deploy its tidal energy turbine in the river Rhône near Lyon, that will later be accompanied with three additional devices.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to secure consenting management services to advance the development of the Mersey tidal range project.
