A long-term plan for managing noise in shallow parts of the ocean such as Falmouth Bay is needed to protect the environment, scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Bath have said.
HRH The Prince of Wales has opened Marine Centre Wales, a national facility for the growing marine sector, at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences.
Scottish Ministers plan to set up a new interim public body that would manage the UK Crown Estate assets in Scotland.
The SmartBay Subsea Observatory will begin feeding data today from the seabed for researchers, businesses, scientists and policy makers in the marine sector.
The Massachusetts State Senate has unanimously passed an omnibus energy bill which requires electric distribution companies to solicit long-term contracts for at least 2,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2027. The Senate bill was offered as an amendment to the energy bill passed by the House of
UK renewables associations have welcomed the announcement that the UK government has set the fifth carbon budget covering the period from 2028 to 2032 at 1,725 MtCO2e.
During the North American Leaders’ Summit, the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States committed to advance clean energy and integration of energy resources, including renewables, by setting a goal of 50% clean power generation in North America by 2025.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a new report that provides policy makers, financial institutions and project developers with a range of options to help scale up investment in renewable energy.
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set the deadline for the Edgartown authorities, the proponents of the Muskeget Channel tidal project, to file a schedule that will specify when the outstanding items to complete the project application will be submitted to the Commission.
The European Commission is to step up its collaboration with China on emissions trading, with a new €10 million cooperation project.
A group calling for a halt to the installation of tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy pending further environmental assessments denounced a decision by the Nova Scotia government to allow the turbine installation in the Bay of Fundy to proceed.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of increasing the European Union’s target for renewables to ‘at least’ 30% by 2030. The EU’s renewable energy target which states that 20% of total energy consumption should come from renewables by 2020 has already been hit by many EU me
Representatives from two Canary Islands-based firms, Raley Estudios Costeros and Hexia, held a seminar on marine renewable energy challenges yesterday, June 23, at PLOCAN.
The 20-mile submarine cable which will connect US mainland to Block Island and export the electricity generated by the 30MW Block Island offshore wind wind farm, is expected to make landfall at Crescent Beach, Block Island, in the next week or so, depending on the weather. The cable laying barge Big
