The Marine Energy Wales annual State of the Sector Report has highlighted the progress and achievements of Wales in the marine renewable energy sector, unveiling €120.4 million investment in the sector over last year – nearly quadrupling the previous year’s figures.
The University of Oxford, along with two other universities and over twenty industry stakeholders and regulatory bodies, will work together on an ambitious €8.1 million project that will address the key challenges currently preventing the tidal energy sector from reaching its full potential.
The report on the potential of tidal stream energy to support sustainable growth in the UK, published by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, has concluded that this form of energy can serve as an effective complement to wider efforts on both net zero and energy security.
Japanese company Eco Marine Power has unveiled a new sail device that can be used as a modification for rigid sails or used as a stand-alone energy-saving device.
The government of Canada has established a task force on sustainable tidal energy to explore issues and opportunities associated with the deployment of tidal energy projects in the Bay of Fundy.
UK-based company Global OTEC has secured an approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for a barge that will support its floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system.
The EDF Group has opened the Lazer floating solar power plant, the first facility of its type to be constructed in France by subsidiary EDF Renewables, and the first to combine solar and hydroelectric power generation at a single site.
There are some components in the energy industry, which are being largely overlooked during the transition to low-carbon and green sources.
Japan’s Marubeni Corporation and Spanish developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology bound4blue (b4b) have signed a sales partnership agreement for the wind-assisted propulsion system eSAIL.
Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, a Hong Kong shipowner, and Qiyao Environmental Technology (Qiyao Environ Tec), a subsidiary of Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute, have secured an approval in principle from Bureau Veritas (BV) for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project onboar
Canadian Cellula Robotics and UK-based HonuWorx are collaborating to carry out a series of technology demonstrations that will use an extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV). The demonstrations will see Cellula’s Solus-XR extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV) used in showcasing Hon
UK tech provider BAR Technologies (BARTech) has been awarded a full Type Approval Design Certificate (TADC) for its wind propulsion technology – BAR Technologies WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies (WindWings) – from classification society DNV. Since being awarded an Approval In Principle (AIP) fo
Oil shipping company Teekay Tankers has signed agreements to equip 25 additional tankers with Yara Marine Technologies’ FuelOpt propulsion optimization technology. The order follows the installation and evaluation of FuelOpt onboard Zenith Spirit in 2021, followed by a further three vessels in 2022.
Baker Hughes has secured a subsea contract with Italian energy giant Eni and its partner Petroci to deploy its deepwater technology for an oil and gas field offshore the Ivory Coast. Under the contract, which includes eight deepwater trees, Baker Hughes will deliver three Aptara manifolds, the relev
