Orkney Islands Council has invited feedback on a draft strategy designed to build on the county’s role in developing hydrogen–based projects. The strategy highlights the benefits offered by hydrogen production and looks at a range of challenges this could help address. A key challenge is to find way
China’s leading wind power developer Longyuan Power Group Corp has, along with its partners, started construction of the 400MW wind farm off Nanri Island in Fujian province, according to the country’s state media. The wind farm is expected to be completed in 2018, and have a capacity to produce 1.4
Minesto, together with eight partners, has received EUR 5.1 million to develop the Deep Green technology within a project named PowerKite, financed through EU Horizon 2020. The aim is to develop the next generation of the Deep Green power plant; to give it a better performance, a longer life expecta
A group of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have asked SSE to award fabrication work contracts for its Beatrice offshore wind project to the BiFab yards in Fife and Arnish. If work on the jackets does not go to these yards, impact on workers, their families and the local economies they are
The call for tenders for Borssele sites I and II, planned to be launched this month, will be delayed until mid-January 2016. This was said by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, which explained it will wait for the discussion on the draft bill, called Stroom, in the Dutch Senate before launching
EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) and WindMW have obtained approval for the site surveillance concept, VENTUSmarine, from the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) and the Waterways and Shipping Board (WSV). EMO offers site surveillance to a pool of windfarms in the German EEZ. All wat
Public consultation period has now started on a co-ordinated approach to planning along the Fabian Way, a 5km stretch of road that links the Amazon roundabout in Neath Port Talbot to the eastern bank of Swansea’s River Tawe. The co-ordinated approach being proposed is looking to make the most of exi
Dong Energy’s committee for the initial public offering (IPO) has chosen JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley, and Nordea Markets, a division of Nordea Bank Denmark, to manage the company’s planned IPO, Denmark’s Ministry of Finance reports. The IPO is expected within the next 15 months, and is proj
Eco Wave Power has received an approval for EU funding for a wave energy power plant in Gibraltar. The grant for Eco Wave Power has been provided as part of the EU Funding under the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme in support for renewable energy. According to the P
National climate pledges in emerging markets and an ambitious deal in Paris could spark an export boom for the European wind industry, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). China, India, Morocco, Brazil and Turkey are just a few of the countries that have made post-2020 national
National climate pledges in emerging markets and an ambitious deal in Paris could spark an export boom for the European wind industry, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). China, India, Morocco, Brazil and Turkey are just a few of the countries that have made post-2020 national
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold the first meeting of the BOEM standing committee on environmental science and assessment for offshore energy and mineral resources. BOEM Director Abigail Hopper will welcome the new committee, whose members were selected through
The Government of Nova Scotia plans to introduce amendments to tidal energy legislation in an effort to strengthen the marine renewable energy act. The changes of the legislation introduced in April this year are the result of consultations with communities, environmental groups, academia, industry
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) plans to construct tidal energy test site in the Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts. The news comes following the receipt of the government’s Seaport Economic Council Grant in the amount of $209,952. In addition to the grant funding, another $50,000 from
