
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Principia as lead contractor on detailed design and engineering of the floating platform that will support both wind and wave energy generating devices.

Statkraft has approved the reconstruction of the floating solar unit in Albania after suffering severe damage earlier this year.

The €20 million EuropeWave project has selected independent specialists who will provide technical expertise during the assessment of applications as part of the five-year collaborative programme.

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U.S.-based renewable energy developer Solential Energy has selected French company Ciel & Terre International as preferred supplier of floating solar equipment.

Marine planning and environmental consultancy MarineSpace has secured a contract from Menter Môn related to the environmental monitoring for the Anglesey tidal energy project.

CorPower Ocean recently opened its Portuguese base to the public and school students to share its pioneering work in wave energy, and vision to support the future green energy transition.

The WAVEGEM hybrid autonomous platform, which generates clean power by exploiting both solar and wave energy, has been retrieved ashore after two years of tests at the SEM-REV site offshore France.

Dutch offshore floating solar specialist Oceans of Energy has announced the upscaling of the world’s first offshore solar farm system for 20 times to 1MW in capacity.

Minesto’s largest owner, BGA Invest, has sold 4.8% of shares in the tidal energy company to the European financial fund.

Canadian hydrokinetic power technology developer Instream Energy Systems has appointed Dave Dennis as its president and CEO.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), a state-owned enterprise, has put the 45MW hydro-floating solar hybrid – deemed as the world’s largest – into commercial operation at Sirindhorn Dam.

U.S.-based company Oscilla Power has made progress with final assembly operation of its Triton-C wave energy device that will soon be deployed offshore Hawaii.

Scottish tidal energy companies Nova Innovation and SIMEC Atlantis Energy have entered into collaboration agreement with the goal of delivering more UK-built tidal turbines in the water, turbo charging the tidal industry.