Voltai, a Canadian cleantech company focused on ocean and renewable energy solutions, has closed an oversubscribed $1.83 million pre-seed financing round. Invest Nova Scotia led the round, with additional participation from an angel investor group headed by Mahir Sahin, former advisor to Alphabet’s
US-based wave energy developer Oscilla Power has validated the 100kW Triton-C wave energy system at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii. The developer reported that the core systems performed well during the deployment, producing a large volume of data for validation and future i
Sweden’s Ocean Harvesting Technologies has appointed a new board member, effective August 2025, as the Swedish wave energy developer looks to reinforce its leadership in the energy transition. The company welcomed Johan G. Andersson to its board. According to Ocean Harvesting, Andersson brings more
Industry stakeholders will gather in Aberdeen next month to explore the UK’s multi-billion-pound wave and tidal energy potential. The Marine Energy 2025 event, organized by Global Underwater Hub (GUH) in partnership with the UK Marine Energy Council (MEC), will take place at GUH’s office in Westhill
A new case study from Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean highlights the role of wave energy in achieving the lowest-cost 24/7 clean energy in northern Scotland. According to CorPower Ocean, wave energy consistently reduces system costs, installed capacity, and storage requirements across s
A project at Zigljen Port on Croatia’s island of Pag is advancing the use of wave energy for green hydrogen production under the North Adriatic Clean Hydrogen Investment Platform (NACHIP). The “Innovative Green Hydrogen Production from Wave Energy in Zigljen Port (Novalja)” project, led by Leonitus,
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has allocated $10.7 million in federal funding for two projects aimed at advancing tidal energy monitoring in the Bay of Fundy. The funding, delivered through the Energy Innovation Program, will support the Ocean Sensors Innovation Platform (OSIP) led by the Fundy Oc
California’s State Lands Commission (SLC) has approved Canadian firm Oneka Technologies’ lease application for its wave-powered desalination pilot project with the City of Fort Bragg. “Major milestone for our Wave-Powered Desal Pilot Project with the City of Fort Bragg in California: the State Lands
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has completed a geophysical survey offshore Aguçadoura, northern Portugal, which supports the demonstration of its C5 wave energy technology and prepares the groundwork for the planned 10 MW project. The Portuguese Directorate-General for Natural Resource
Neowave Energy, a Colombia-based startup, is moving forward with the development of its wave energy converter (WEC). The company has designed, manufactured, installed, and analyzed a small-scale version of its device in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia wave flume. According to Neowave, the tests
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has teamed up with BladeRanger, a company specializing in automated drone-based cleaning and diagnostics, to introduce drone-powered maintenance for its wave energy technology. The collaboration was demonstrated at Eco Wave Power’s grid-connected site at the Jaff
The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has completed the first full assembly of its Kaizen 2.0 wave energy device and carried out dry tests of the power take-off unit and control system at Holland Shipyards Group. “Last week we successfully performed our first full assembly of the new Kaizen
The European Commission has launched a Horizon Europe pre-commercial procurement (PCP) call aimed at reducing risks in wave energy technology development. The call runs from 16 September 2025 until 17 February 2026 and allocates €20 million to advance wave energy converters to higher technology read
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto’s Dragon 4 tidal energy kite, named “Íðunn,” has been brought back from its production duty at the company’s North Atlantic demonstration site, where it has been generating electricity for the Faroe Islands grid. According to Minesto, the 100 kW Dragon 4 is par
