
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has met with representatives of marine energy companies as part of the efforts to make Wales a leader in the industry.

Marine Power Systems (MPS) is set to demonstrate a multi-megawatt wave energy array at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

Finnish wave technology provider Wello and the government-led Export Barbados (BIDC) have signed a commercial agreement for the deployment of a 5MW wave energy project in Barbados.

Edinburgh-based marine energy firm QED Naval has reached the target of its latest fundraising campaign in just two days.

Eco Wave Power has officially started test runs of its newly installed EWP-EDF One wave energy pilot project at the Port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Japan-based NYK Group is set to examine the power generation efficiency, cost of power generation, and storage for an off-grid tidal energy demonstration project in Singapore.

CorPower Ocean has completed the substation and site preparation work in Portugal ahead of marine installations for its flagship HiWave-5 grid-connected demonstration wave energy project.

Eco Wave Power’s wave energy pilot, previously deployed in Gibraltar, has begun its journey to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles.

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has selected TSC Engineering to provide the design and development of the tensioner deployment system for its combined wave energy and floating wind solution.

UK social enterprise Menter Môn has welcomed the first apprentices at the Morlais tidal energy project located offshore Anglesey in Wales, as work gets underway.

Irish tidal and river energy technology developer Tidal Flyer has tested its system at LiR National Ocean Test facility (NOTF), Ireland’s flagship facility for testing and development of offshore technologies, under the support of the Selkie project.

The ENCORE project and its partners have released a number of e-learning courses, designed to train and prepare talent to further advance the marine energy industry.

For the first time ever, a Dutch-made wave energy converter has been installed in the coastal waters of the Netherlands by the company Slow Mill Sustainable Power, which plans to use the demonstration to further streamline its wave energy technology.

Sea Wave Energy Limited (SWEL) is looking to form strategic alliances to assist it with the final tests on a pilot Waveline Magnet model, and drive forward the commercialization of its wave energy technology.