Contracts have been awarded to the New England Aquarium and the College of Staten Island to collect migratory and habitat usage data on marine wildlife to help the evaluate sites for future wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Massachusetts. The contracts were awarded by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center [...]
As the demand for energy increases worldwide, the search for renewable and viable sources of power intensifies. Two Ryerson University researchers have taken that search underwater, and using Iran as a test case, have found that oceans and lakes could make an enormous contribution to global energy production. “Bodies of water are a huge, untapped [...]
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took the first step towards installation of its second full-scale Oyster wave energy converter last week [15 June] with the arrival of the „Excalibur‟ jack-up barge in Orkney. The vessel is now stationed at the European Marine Energy Centre‟s (EMEC) Billia Croo site, where the Oyster will be installed later [...]
Pelamis Wave Power(PWP) has reached agreement on a further funding round that will enable them to enter a new phase of activity with an accelerated testing programme of the Pelamis P2 machines built for its customers E.ON and Scottish Power Renewables. The comprehensive work programme is structured to prepare the technology company and its supply [...]
A consortium of marine energy industry leaders and academic institutes are taking part in a new project aimed at accelerating the marine energy industry. The Hebridean Marine Energy Futures Project will focus on identifying and characterising wave energy sites off the coast of the Outer Hebrides and will examine the potential environmental impact of wave [...]
Renewables company, Sustainable Marine Technologies (SMT), is restructuring its operations to take on today’s greatest challenge to ocean renewable energy – the high costs of device deployment and maintenance access. The marine integration engineering company, which only last year was nominated for Best Newcomer in the international Tidal Awards, will now become a technology developer. [...]
UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne today welcomed a £3 million marine renewable energy contract between Edinburgh-based wave energy developer Aquamarine Power and Falmouth-based marine drilling specialists Fugro Seacore (Seacore).
Over the next 20 years it’s expected that 11,000 new offshore wind turbines will be built in UK and Irish territorial waters at a cost of c. £100bn. With almost a quarter of the planned turbines located within 150 nautical miles of Belfast, the Harbour area is well placed to become a major centre in the rapidly expanding offshore wind sector.
Bord Gáis Energy has committed €2million to OpenHydro Plans for Ireland’s first tidal energy farm OpenHydro, the Irish tidal renewable energy company and Bord Gáis Energy have concluded an agreement for Bord Gáis Energy to become a shareholder in OpenHydro. In addition to the investment, OpenHydro and Bord Gáis Energy have formed a joint venture focused on the development of a utility scale tidal farm off the coast of Ireland.
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power today announced its next-generation Oyster wave energy device is to be built in Scotland by leading fabrication contractor Burntisland Fabrications Ltd (“BiFab”). The news follows last week’s announcement of £11 million new investment in Aquamarine Power by multi-national power company ABB and existing shareholders including SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy).
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power took a major step towards the commercialisation of their Oyster technology with the announcement today of £11 ($17.3 U.S.) million new investment in the company.
The new facility, to be developed by the maritime firm Fendercare Marine Solutions, will transform Orkney’s (Scotland) former naval base into a base for offshore renewable energy services.
Every month, entrepreneurs launch more than 500,000 new ventures in the United States. This month, 50 of the most promising startups are being recognized as part of the Startup Open, a competition for startups with high-growth potential held during last week’s Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010. What an incredible development for the marine energy industry that [...]
Delegates from across the UK are expected to attend the two-day event at the city’s Drumossie Hotel, which will set out the challenges facing the industry over the next thirty years and raise awareness of the skills and services required by the sector.
Energy companies ScottishPower Renewables and E.ON have announced that they have joined forces to trial two Pelamis wave power machines off Orkney.
The pioneering Wave Hub marine energy project has been ‘plugged in’ for the first time since its installation over the summer and is officially open for business. Wave Hub has created the world’s largest test site for wave energy technology
BOEM Seeks Input on an Environmental Assessment for Ocean Current Technology Testing Offshore Florida
UK Opens a £20Million Marine Energy Grant Opportunity
U.S. DOE to Fund One Wave Energy Project for One Year
Norway’s Wello Will Deploy Wave Energy Converter at EMEC by the end of the Month
Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended January 31, 2012
Ocean Renewable Power Company Receives Permit for Tidal Energy Project in Bay of Fundy
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