The development of a 17.5MW tidal energy farm, planned for Raz Blanchard in the French region of Normandy, is gaining momentum with the newly established partnership between French tidal turbine designer and manufacturer HydroQest and independent renewable power producer Qair.
Swedish-Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power has been selected to join business accelerator programs in two of the most attractive markets for wave energy – the UK and Spain. The Spanish governmental organisation ICEX selected Eco Wave Power to join its Rising UP program, that will run over si
The Interreg Atlantic Area-funded Blue-GIFT programme has awarded recommendations for support to three marine renewable energy projects under its third and final call to test and validate technologies in real sea environment.
Carnegie Clean Energy has improved the performance of its CETO wave energy device through the implementation of advanced controllers, increasing the energy extracted for 27%.
Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company SKF Group has worked together with CorPower Ocean on the optimisation of the design of a new class of wave energy converters.
Netherlands-based wave energy start-up Dutch Wave Power has conducted a series of tests on its wave energy technology at Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN).
Swedish company Novige has received a new float for its NoviOcean wave energy device that will soon be put to tank tests in France.
Bangor University and Marine Energy Test Area (META) are working together to produce a detailed tidal stream resource assessment at tidal test sites forming part of Welsh national marine test centre.
QED Naval’s Subhub tidal platform, capable of delivering 240kW to remote island or off-grid communities, has been towed out to Pembroke Dock for refitting of new Tocardo tidal turbines.
The UMACK (Universal Mooring, Anchor & Connectivity Kit) project has teamed up with the University of Dundee’s Geotechnical Engineering Group to support the development of a new ‘vibro-installed’ anchor system for marine energy applications.
Swedish-Israeli company Eco Wave Power has welcomed a wave energy conversion unit to the site at the Port of Jaffa in Israel ahead of installation works expected to begin shortly.
Scottish company Mocean Energy has started testing its Blue X wave energy prototype at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
Cornish-based company Inyanga Marine Projects has completed a £2 million capital raise that will be used to fund further growth of its marine energy business.
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has joined the consortium delivering the VALID project, focused on developing a new hybrid platform to test wave energy converters. The mission behind the VALID project is to develop a new hybrid platform to test the reliability and survivability of wave energy convert
