
French tidal energy company Sabella and its Scottish counterpart Nova Innovation have secured a 12MW berth at one of the world’s largest tidal energy sites off the coast of Anglesey in Wales.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $25 million to eight wave energy projects that will make up the first round of open-water testing at the PacWave South test site offshore Oregon.

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore regulator for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea, using one of Transocean’s rigs.

The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £31.6 million (approximately €37.7 million) in grant funding to eleven projects through the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme. With an aim of reducing costs as well as increasing the rate of deployme

India has sanctioned four Japanese maritime transport companies for price-fixing practices.

The 2022 Powering the Blue Economy: Ocean Observing Prize competitors have been granted additional support to develop innovations for the integration of marine renewable energy with ocean observation platforms.

UK-based company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £3.5 million in grant funding from the UK Government to further develop its floating platform technology and wave energy converter.

Norway’s PSA has given Equinor consent to use one of Floatel’s semi-subs as a mobile accommodation facility at a North Sea field off Norway.

Earlier this month, the European Parliament’s Rapporteur, MEP Peter Liese, published his draft report on a proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive which forms part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package of climate and energy reforms unveiled in July 2021.

Vår Energi is launching a process for an IPO and listing of shares on Oslo Børs in a bid to optimise value creation, seeking future growth.

The development consent for the proposed AQUIND interconnector, a 2GW subsea and underground high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission project between France and the UK, has been refused.

New Jersey Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak has unveiled plans to introduce a new legislation initiative that would include wave energy in New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan.

TotalEnergies has decided to withdraw from its operations in Myanmar following a military coup in the country in February 2021.

The UK regulator welcomes the court ruling, while environmentalists suffer a setback, sparking renewed determination to continue fighting.