ORE Catapult, EMEC and AFRC are launching a joint project that aims to improve wave and tidal components reliability. The goal of the project is to reduce the cost of marine energy components, while improving their reliability and performance capabilities. EMEC will undertake a ‘forensic analysis’ o
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), a European Commission’s science service, has published ETRI 2014 – Energy Technology Reference Indicator projections report for 2010-2050, including estimates for wave and tidal electricity generation. The ETRI 2014 report presents a comprehensive and up-to-date cost
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s in-house science service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to EU policy, has published the first version of the report: ETRI 2014 – Energy Technology Reference Indica
The Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a tool to accurately simulate changes in wave movements caused by the operation of WEC arrays. SNL-SWAN is an open source code for wave energy converter (WEC) array simulation, based on modifications to the SWAN (Simulating Wav
Ocean Energy Europe’s Board of Directors has appointed Rob Stevenson as its new President. Stevenson is Vice-President of Alstom’s Ocean Energy Business. He has over 35 years of international management experience of the power generation sector and has held senior management positions in both power
EURELECTRIC, Eurogas, EPIA and EWEA have welcomed the new European Commission’s increased focus on energy issues. They hope this new momentum will reinforce policy in favour of a better functioning market and a positive investment climate for companies, as well as contribute to achieving a secure an
Three projects under the H2020 priority Blue Growth will receive nearly €14.5 million EU funding to develop tools for the exploration of the underwater world, as well as to advance the Blue Growth economy. BRIDGES, a four year-long project bringing together research partners from 9 countries, will i
Three projects under the H2020 priority Blue Growth will receive nearly €14.5 million EU funding to develop tools for the exploration of the underwater world, as well as to advance the Blue Growth economy. BRIDGES, a four year-long project bringing together research partners from 9 countries, will i
Spain and France have completed the new interconnection link that doubles the electricity interconnection capacity between the two countries. The completion of this project is a part of a broader strategy to form the Energy Union between EU countries. The project was inaugurated by French and Spanis
During the Business Hive Questions event held last week in Grimsby, UK Independence Party’s (UKIP) parliamentary candidate Victoria Ayling and Dr Vicky Dunn from the Green Party had a heated discussion about local content in the UK offshore wind industry, especially when it comes to Grimsby. “The Hu
Citizens Advice has issued a response to call for evidence regarding Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon proposal stating that it believes the proposal offers bad value for money and that the entire consultation process is not transparent. In the Consultation response it is stated that the bilateral negotiatio
Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a call for pre-qualification to bid for the construction of wind farms in six areas off the Danish coast. A maximum of 200 MW could be proposed for each area, except the one off the island of Bornholm, where a project of up to 50 MW is planned. The country aims
The electricity produced by the array will be fed to the Dutch grid, powering 100 households. As announced earlier, Tocardo has installed the array of three T1 tidal turbines at Afsluitdijk, Den Oever. The array has the capacity of 300 kW, and the electricity produced by the array will be bought and
ORE Catapult has started the first phase of a joint industry project that aims to improve the reliability of tidal turbines powertrain. The project is to reduce risk at the design phase and optimize the design process. The plan is to improve reliability which will result in the increased energy outp
