
Scottish floating tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has been awarded two contracts for difference (CfDs) in the latest renewable energy auction scheme in the UK.

The fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has seen the first-ever tidal stream auction winners – Orbital Marine Power, SIMEC Atlantis Energy, and Magallanes Renovables – who will together generate over 40MW of clean power from tides for British homes and businesses.

NKT has signed a turnkey contract with ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola, for the production and installation of the export power cables for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind project in the UK. Under the contract, NKT will be responsible for the design and manufact

The biggest ever round of UK government’s flagship renewables auction scheme has secured record capacity of almost 11GW of clean energy, to be delivered across a range of clean technologies, including offshore wind, solar, onshore wind, and for the first time ever – floating wind and tidal energy.

Canadian regulator has brought charges against the company operating the Hibernia platform due to an oil spill, which occurred in July 2019.

Sustainable Marine has formed a strategic partnership with Portugal’s blueOASIS to develop a range of ‘SIDS-appropriate’ marine renewable energy solutions that can help unlock the vast ocean energy potential of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has embarked on a market probing exercise into the techno-economic benefits of shared services and infrastructure for wind and wave energy generation technologies and projects.

Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft has issued a notice to proceed with the installation of additional floating solar units for the project in Albania, which also involves technology supplier Ocean Sun.

TechnipFMC has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Equinor for an integrated Front End Engineering and Design (iFEED) study on the BM-C-33 project offshore Brazil. The study will finalize the technical solution for the proposed gas and condensate greenfield development in the pre-salt Campos Basin

Chinese shipyard Jiangnan has ordered tank design for three new LNG carriers from French LNG containment specialist GTT.

Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has ordered the tank design for two new LNG carriers from the French LNG containment specialist GTT.

Swedish company CorPower Ocean is looking to expand its ‘world-class’ team of ocean energy experts with several new positions up for grabs.

Chinese shipyard Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC), part of China CSSC, has ordered the tank design of two LNG carriers from French LNG containment specialist GTT.

Scottish company Orbital Marine Power has completed the operational finance of the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, securing £8 million (€9.2 million) via the Scottish National Investment Bank and individual investors.