Swansea’s proposed new tidal lagoon could have greater potential than just electricity generation. Selwyn’s Penclawdd Seafoods, who specialises in cockle and laverbread production, is looking to develop a seaweed farm within the lagoons sea walls. “I was looking at ways of revamping the laverbread m
The Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today, June 30, a report confirming that the ocean energy sector will make an “important contribution…to meeting the future energy needs of the European Union”. “The ocean energy industry welc
Sabella is currently performing the deployment operation of its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine in Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island, France. The team on-board Combi Lift’s cargo ship Palembang is performing the installation of the turbine. After the immersion, Sabella will run tests to ensure the deployme
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from February to April 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier. Electricity generated in the first quarter of 2015 rose by 1.3 percent, from 93.7 TW/h a year earlier to 94.9 TW/h. Re
The Hague District Court has ruled that the Netherlands must take more action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the country. The judge ordered the Dutch government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 from benchmark 1990 levels. The case was brought to court by
Smartphone users can access data on global renewable energy potential using an application launched by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The Global Atlas pocket combines 1.000 maps from 67 governments and 50 data centres to provide information on renewable energy resources anywhere
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has released its second Environmental Effects Monitoring Report in an effort to enhance its environmental monitoring program. The report contains summary information on data collected from 2011 to 2013. It will be used to help design an enhanced program
IRENA has published a guide on renewable energy auctions designed to decrease costs, attract investment and drive global renewable energy deployment. The six-volume guidebook ‘Renewable Energy Auctions: A Guide to Design’ aims to advise policy makers on the implications of different approaches to su
Supported by Vattenfall and Geosea, W3G Marine recently achieved an underwater noise reduction of 25dB in SEL (Sound Exposure Level) and 35dB in peak pressure using its patented HydroNAS™ system. The trial was conducted during the installation of a 5m diameter monopile with no energy restriction, us
Stonehenge Metals has announced plans to install an array of Protean wave energy devices off the coast of Western Australia. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Stonehenge Metals and Yanchep Beach Joint Venture for the collaboration on the development of Protean wave energy farm,
SgurrEnergy, a UK-based renewable energy consultancy, has been named as the Company of the Year at the British Renewable Energy Awards. The Company of the Year award is granted for the company that’s done the most in the past year to advance UK renewables. The British Renewable Energy Awards Gala Di
The European Commission has released the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20 percent renewable energy goals. With a projected share of 15.3 percent of renewable energy in 2014 in the gross final energy consumption, the EU and the vast major
Atmocean, a US wave energy developer, plans to retry the deployment of its wave energy system off Peru later next week. The demonstration system will produce fresh water from salt water without producing electricity due to inexpensive Peruvian energy market. Following the unsuccessful deployment att
The team behind the 100 MW Fair Head tidal energy project has announced that it has completed over 95 percent of the offshore survey work required to support the planning application for its seabed turbines. According to the project developer Fair Head Tidal Energy Park Ltd, a company comprised of D
