CorPower Ocean has spoken at the Swedish Parliament to build awareness of the future potential of wave energy amongst the nation’s policy makers.
The representatives of ocean energy associations have called both the Danish and Dutch governments and parliaments to also integrate wave energy in the energy strategy for the North Sea region by setting both national and regional deployment targets.
Tidal energy pioneer Nova Innovation has welcomed the Scottish Government’s move to select Yell in Shetland as one of six islands included in its Carbon Neutral Islands (CNI) project.
Eco Wave Power and its project partner OCIBAR have agreed terms for the detailed feasibility study and project licensing for the 2MW wave energy plant in Port Adriano.
Representatives of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) have embarked on a mission to South Korea, during which they will visit the Sihwa Tidal Power Plant near Seoul, the world’s largest tidal power plant in the world.
The world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, has opened for business in Scotland.
Swedish company Ocean Harvesting Technologies is raising €3 million in equity investment to finance the sea trials of its scale IninityWEC wave energy device.
Scottish company Nova Innovation has welcomed Nova Scotia’s premier Tim Houston at its facilities to showcase the first turbine to be deployed in the waters of Petit Passage in July 2022.
UK-based marine energy company Sustainable Marine has harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid.
California-based tidal energy developer Aquantis has signed up to test its Tidal Power Tug at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland.
Swedish company Novige has been selected by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) to receive a multi-million euro grant to build its full-scale wave energy device.
Danish company Floating Power Plant (FPP) has completed basin tests of its hybrid floating wind and wave platform at IHCantabria facilities in Spain.
Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has launched a new tender for contractors to provide assistance with the development of megawatt-scale wind and wave energy project in Spain.
A lot of companies involved in the offshore energy sector have already introduced their plans on how to reach the net-zero emissions status by a certain point in the future. In this week’s In Focus, we are spotlighting the most recent projects aiming to achieve these goals.
