Scottish Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, has warned that the inability to access EU funding as a result of Brexit puts Scotland at risk of losing the market lead in tidal energy sector.
The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office and its national laboratories will host five co-located events dedicated to wave and tidal energy during the upcoming Waterpower Week conference.
Australian Minister of Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, has visited the Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power (EWP) as it looks to explore wave energy opportunities in Australia.
Tidal Technology Center Grevelingendam (TTC-GD) has secured €4.1 million from the Dutch government.
Polish energy company Polenergia S.A. has obtained a legally binding environmental decision defining environmental requirements for the implementation of the 600MW Polenergia Baltic Sea II offshore wind farm (Polenergia Bałtyk II).
Belgian Offshore Cluster (BOC) has urged the government ”not to take any impulsive and ill-considered decisions next week” with regards to the intention of the country’s Secretary of State for the North Sea, Philippe De Backer, to cancel concessions for future offshore wind farms.
TÜV SÜD has issued the Project Certificate according to the German BSH Standard for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
RenewableUK has released a report on the global export reach of the UK-based companies working in the wind, wave and tidal energy sectors.
US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected wave developers M3 Wave and CalWave to work with the US national laboratories to accelerate the commercialization of their technologies.
Belgium’s Secretary for the North Sea Philippe De Backer has suggested that the government should revoke concessions granted to three offshore wind projects and instead carry out a tendering procedure similar to those in Germany, Denmark or the Netherlands, according to local media.
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted a license to Norwegian Ocean Power for the construction and operation of a 350kW tidal demonstration plant.
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has allocated a combined USD 1 million for two new grant programs specifically targeting the offshore wind industry.
Ailes Marines, the developer and future operator of the 496MW offshore wind farm project in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, France, has received the three administrative authorisations required to construct and operate the wind farm. The company has now obtained the concession of utilisation of the maritim
New report from industry body Seafish has confirmed that the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon scheme could be used to farm a range of marine species.
