Ireland, Wales and Cornwall have signed a collaboration agreement outlining a commitment to work together to progress floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea The commitment, signed by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Marine Energy Wales and Marine Renewables Indu
The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) in India has declared that ocean energy is officially a renewable energy source and now falls under Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO). This recent Policy change offers new opportunities for OTEC in India. The RPO states power suppliers are required
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Bombora has entered into a consultation process on the decommissioning plan for its 1.5MW mWave wave energy converter, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. As an offshore marine energy project, Bombora is required to provide a Decommissioning Programme to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Indust
Nova Innovation has applied for a Demonstration Permit to construct a 1.5 MW tidal energy array in Petit Passage, Nova Scotia – The Nova Tidal Array. The proposed location of the Nova Tidal Array is in the Petit Passage Marine Renewable Energy Area. The array would be developed in three 0.5 MW phase
The recently announced Selkie project aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland has been launched by Lesley Griffiths AM, the Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs at this year’s Ocean Energy Europe conference in Dublin. A €4.2-million Selkie project is funde
A research project to make the island of Texel in the Netherlands sustainable through wave energy has now reached the planning stage for the installation of a wave energy farm prototype. Invented by Erwin Croughs, the Slow Mill wave pilot project aims to install five or six Slow Mills and create a w
Six offshore wind developers have launched a forum to better understand how large-scale offshore wind development in the UK may impact marine birds. The Offshore Wind Strategic Monitoring and Research Forum (OWSMRF) is led by EDF Renewables, Equinor, Innogy, Ørsted, ScottishPower Renewables, and Vat
SMRU Consulting has been monitoring marine mammals around marine renewable energy projects since 2006. Their experience includes the SeaGen device in Northern Ireland at (the world’s first grid connected tidal turbine), the DeltaStream device in Wales, the MeyGen array in northern Scotland (the worl
Australian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) project has mapped a promising tidal energy site in the Clarence Strait, 50 kilometers north of Darwin. To help understand the site’s suitability for tidal energy extraction, factors including tidal speeds, bathymetry, water temperature and seabed composition were ch
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CSA Ocean Sciences has appointed Mary Jo Barkaszi to lead its Ocean Energy and Offshore Wind division. Barkaszi’s 30-year career has centered on the evaluation and mitigation of impacts on marine mammals, sea turtles, and other vulnerable species with implementation of the Marine Mammal Protection A
SIMEC Atlantis Energy recently decommissioned its SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. The 1.2MW SeaGen is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decommissioned. Keynvor MorLift was appointed as the principal contractor to carry out the decommission
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