French lawmakers have passed the energy bill that is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, boost renewables and create 100.000 jobs in green energy sector. The energy bill was passed July 22, after the final reading in the National Assembly, Parliament of France. Ségolène Royal, the French Mi
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, has chosen Open Ocean’s current analysis system Metocean Analytics for the examination of the ocean currents on Sabella’s future tidal energy sites. According to Open Ocean, Metocean Analytics simplifies and accelerates the search and analysis process for po
Pacific Island countries and territories, and development partners are meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, to discuss the increase in the use of renewable energy. According to IRENA, key speakers will discuss comprehensive approaches to energy sector transformation, including the importance of enabling leg
An industry led sub-group of Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP) has recently provided recommendations to assist Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Welsh Government in streamlining the marine energy consenting process in Wales. In 2014, a consenting subgroup was established with the primary aim of revi
Nova Scotia is boosting its tidal industry with two new international research grants. The two projects, worth $1.43 million, aim to help governments, industry and researchers better understand the effect tidal technology has on the marine environment, and the impact of the marine environment on tha
The RWE wind farm service engineers rescued a saker falcon at the substation of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The bird called Rocket landed on the substation after flying roughly 300 kilometres from the Berlebeck Eagle Station in the Teutoburg Forest. It was taken to Heligoland on board of a c
SmartBuoy, an integrated marine data acquisition platform developed and operated by the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), has clocked 30.000 cumulative days of deployment in its 15th year of operation. The buoy was introduced in 2000, and deployed around the UK for 15
As part of the Energy Union strategy, the Commission presented proposals to deliver a new deal for energy consumers, to launch a redesign of the European electricity market, to update energy efficiency labelling and to revise the EU Emissions Trading System. According to European Commission (EC), th
Natural Power has been working alongside Tidal Lagoon Power on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project which was granted planning permission last month. Natural Power’s team has completed pre-construction bird surveys for the project, and has been commissioned to deliver a desk-based review of wading b
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has completed two underwater monitoring platforms, now in their final stages of testing in Dartmouth before sea trials in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. The Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) platforms are recoverable instrument platforms designed t
Gobe Consultants is looking for additional environmental consultant to join the firm’s Glasgow office. Having recently opened an office in Glasgow to service its clients based in Scotland, Gobe has announced that is recruiting for environmental consultant to join its Glasgow team. The candidate is e
A Plaid Cymru government will deliver 100 percent of Wales’ electricity from renewables, the party’s Shadow Energy Minister Llyr Gruffydd has announced. Llyr Gruffydd said the Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) will publish a route map towards generating 100 percent of Wales’ electricity needs from renewa
SmartBay Ireland has released a video of the subsea power and data cable installation at the Galway Bay Ocean Energy Test Site, featuring comments from the representatives of marine science organisations in Ireland. The 4 km cable was laid at Galway Bay on April 10, 2015. It will supply power to the
The second quarter of 2015 has seen a continued lag in the clean energy investment with 28 percent decline compared to the same period a year earlier. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports the global investment in clean energy in Q2 2015 was $53 bln, compared to $73 bln recorded in Q2 2014. Ch
