With marine energy on the cusp of significant growth, the National Hydropower Association has unveiled new industry deployment targets of 50MW by 2025, 500MW by 2030, and 1GW by 2035.
Denmark-based coatings supplier Hempel has provided coatings to protect Orbital Marine Power’s O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine.
South Korea-based wave energy developer Ingine has been selected to receive financial support from the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) for 10MW wave energy project planned for Indonesia.
French-based osmotic power pioneer Sweetch Energy has secured €5.2 million to develop its first full-scale osmotic power prototype and start the industrialisation phase for the novel clean power source.
Marine-i has agreed to support a year-long research programme that brings together three international businesses to identify the potential for wave, tidal and floating wind technologies to be deployed around the Isles of Scilly.
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has hired Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, to help optimise the key components of its C4 wave energy device.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has made progress on the optimisation of its DG100 tidal power plant in Faroe Islands, which is now delivering grid-compliant electricity at new record levels.
The U.S. Department of Energy-supported Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program is now accepting applications for the third Request for Technical Support (RFTS).
Swedish Energy Agency has approved funding support of SEK 5.6 million (€550,000) for the project looking to advance Novige’s NoviOcean wave energy device.
Edinburgh-based marine energy specialist QED Naval has installed flow measurement equipment at its tidal test site off Yarmouth Harbour.
Danish wave energy developer Resen Waves has completed the verification of numerical model for its Smart Power Buoy.
Ireland-based ÉireComposites has secured the European Union funding to lead the international consortium to jointly develop and market marine hydrokinetic turbine (MHK) made of recycled carbon fibres.
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has appointed DP Energy’s Simon De Pietro and CorPower Ocean’s Patrik Möller as its new co-presidents to steer the ocean energy sector through crucial period.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), has completed performance testing on South Korea’s largest floating solar power plant model.
