Irish Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Alex White T.D., announced details of his Department’s 2016 budget on Tuesday. A total of EUR 195 million will be provided in 2016 to support programmes in communications, energy, broadcasting and natural resources. Minister White emphas
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has named Joan Barminski as the Regional Director of the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region. Barminski, who starts her position immediately, will be responsible for managing the development of energy and mineral resources on the U.S. Outer Continent
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has called for a greater public and private support for ocean energy to boost the economic growth and secure jobs in the EU’s regions. CoR argues that the greater commitment would boost energy security and enable the European Union to retain its competitive advanta
Ireland has allocated €4.5 million for ocean energy research activities in 2016. As announced by the Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (DCENR), Alex White, €68 million has been designated for energy efficiency and renewable energy under the 2016 budget, and the fundin
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it will invest almost €16 billion in research and innovation in the next two years under Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding scheme. The announcement comes following the yesterday’s adoption of the new 2016-2017 Horizon 2020 Work Pro
Technocampus Ocean, a centre for research dedicated to technological innovation in marine renewable energies and shipbuilding, will open its doors on October 15, 2015. According to Pays de la Loire, this joint platform will host numerous players from the marine sector, and is expected to boost colla
Plans to grow the Manx economy by harnessing the Isle of Man’s natural resources to generate renewable energy have taken a significant step forwards. The Isle of Man Government has granted a survey licence to a local company to explore the possibility of developing a tidal array on an area of the se
The Isle of Man government has granted a survey licence to Manx Tidal Energy to explore the possibility of developing a tidal array off the Point of Ayre. The seven-year agreement will enable Manx Tidal Energy to carry out preliminary work to determine the practicality and commercial viability of of
Donald Trump has taken the fight against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project to the Supreme Court in London, which held a hearing today. After losing a couple of times in the Scottish courts, the Trump Organization decided to file a lawsuit against the 11-turbine project to
The European Commission recently published its new vision for its lighthouse energy R&D policy, the Integrated Strategic Energy Technology Plan (known as the SET-Plan). This document sets out the Commission’s priorities to ensure research and innovation in energy fully contribute to the objectives o
The European Commission recently published its new vision for EU energy research and development policy, the Integrated Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan), under which the preservation of EU’s leading position in ocean energy developments is defined as a strategic priority. The document set
Businessmen and politicians from Mexico have visited bimep marine energy research platform located off the coast of Basque Country. The visit was part of the tour during which the delegation visited various institutions and companies in Basque Country, in an effort to build relationship for further
On 1st October, the European Investment Bank (EIB) increased the 0.500% Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) 11/2023 by EUR 400m to bring the total amount outstanding to EUR 1bn. The bond completes EIB’s EUR Green Bond curve with a third liquid reference point in an intermediate maturity and takes the total
Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), which was recently authorized as the Nodal Ministry for the use of offshore areas within the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), made the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy document available to the stakeholders and general public yesterday. M
