The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Joint Committee has signed-off a detailed business case for the £60 million Pembroke Dock Marine project, which will now be submitted to the UK Government and Welsh Government for final approval. Led by the private sector and supported by Pembrokeshire County Council, Pem
Bombora has received the green light for the deployment and testing of their mWave wave energy technology off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. This is the first Marine Licence to be granted for a wave energy device in Wales. Lesley Griffiths, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs
Australian wave power firm Carnegie Clean Energy is expected to be reinstated to official quotation of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on October 31, 2019. The securities of Carnegie were suspended from ASX official quotation on Friday, March 1, 2019. Following the appointment of administrators
ScottishPower Renewables (UK) Limited has submitted the Development Consent Order (DCO) applications for the East Anglia TWO and the East Anglia ONE North offshore wind farms to the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Planning Inspectorate received the DCO applications on 25 October. From the day after re
Scottish Ministers are gathering in Inverness for a convention to discuss how to tackle issues affecting the Highlands and Islands. Climate change and population growth will be among the main topics of discussion at the Convention of Highlands and Islands, along with economic opportunities related t
Minesto has renewed the collaboration agreement with National Taiwan Ocean University to explore the potential for Minesto’s Deep Green technology in Taiwan. The renewed collaboration agreement with National Taiwan Ocean University’s Center for Ocean Energy System (COES) was signed at a ceremony in
Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner Wallenstam have cancelled the Taggen offshore wind project in Sweden after the Swedish Armed Forces said no to the wind farm. ”Of course, it is regrettable that we are now forced to put down a large renewable energy project that we, together with Wal
ETIP Ocean, in cooperation with OES-Environmental, will host a webinar at 15:00 CET on 19 November 2019 on marine spatial planning and ocean energy development. In this webinar, you will hear experts discussing MSP approaches and opportunities to the ocean energy sector, how some national maritime s
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Minesto has received approval for an EU-funded project aiming at installing its renewable energy technology at the grid-connected Paimpol-Bréhat test site in France. Minesto, as part of a wider EU-funded project called TIGER, will utilise a grant of approximately €2.4 million to manufacture, install
Naval Energies and SIDS DOCK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the development of offshore floating wind projects in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The French offshore renewable energy technology developer Naval Energies and SIDS DOCK, the United Nations (UN)-recognize
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has issued a new policy which clarifies that it will act as the primary authority on workplace safety for renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The new policy is set to be published in the Federal Register on 18 October and defines
Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have submitted updated development plans to the Norwegian government for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm will consist of 11 8MW wind turbines located some 140 kilometres from shore in 260-300 metres of w
Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have submitted updated development plans to the Norwegian government for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm will consist of 11 8MW wind turbines located some 140 kilometres from shore in 260-300 metres of w
