Built by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, the Wave Energy Converter SIMulator (WEC-Sim) has assisted close to 100 developers to improve their wave energy research and designs.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) is seeking in-kind and financial sponsors for the Waves to Water Prize, a competition that aims to accelerate the development of wave energy-powered desalination.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has concluded a contract with compatriot shipping company Sanyu Kisen for the construction of a demonstration test ship to transport liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2).
CorPower Ocean’s first commercial scale wave energy converter – C4 – is set to undergo intensive testing to prove its performance and survivability ahead of ocean deployment.
Edinburgh-based engineering consultancy Quoceant has boosted its mechanical engineering team with two new hires.
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and compatriot shipbuilder Oshima Shipbuilding have completed the hard sail system jointly developed under the Wind Challenger project at the Oshima shipyard.
Danish wave energy company Wavepiston has started with the installation operations for its wave-powered desalination system in Canary Islands.
Finnish cleantech company Norsepower has been granted approval in principle for its rotor sail technology solution from classification society RINA.
UK-based tidal energy developer SBS has signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (Mou) with state-owned enterprise Indonesia Power for the development of tidal energy projects in Larantuka and Boleng straits.
German-based company BELECTRIC has secured a contract to build a 16.8MWp floating solar power plant for S’energy and the large-scale water utility in Israel.
M/V Nukumi, a new purpose-designed self-unloading ship owned by Canadian shipping company Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), departed on its maiden voyage on 31 January.
Under the auspices of the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project, a French start-up HelioRec worked together with Irish techno-financial analysis provider Exceedence on the assessment of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and key cost drivers for the company’s floating solar technology.
Sustainable Marine has returned to work at the Grand Passage in the Bay of Fundy to connect its next-gen floating tidal energy platform PLAT-I to Nova Scotia’s power grid.
Oscilla Power is finalizing pre-deployment activities for its Triton-C wave energy device that will be deployed at U.S. Navy’s WETS site in Hawaii once the ongoing infrastructure upgrades are completed.
