As part of the IEC 62600 standard series, IEC Technical Committee 114 (IEC TC 114) has recently published a new part for the international standard to support the assessment of marine energy technologies.
Sea Wave Energy (SWEL) has tested its Wave Line Magnet device at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes hydrodynamic and ocean engineering tank as part of the Marine Energy Alliance project.
Brussels-based industry body Ocean Energy Europe has welcomed the new European strategy for offshore renewables as an important step towards scaling up a brand-new European industry, while calling for swift, concrete implementation of the strategy’s actions.
The European Commission has presented the EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy which sets a goal of reaching 40 GW of installed capacity for ocean energy, and other emerging technologies like floating wind and solar, by 2050.
The European Commission presented the EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy today, 19 November, which sets a target for 300 GW of offshore wind by 2050, confirming the reports over the past several days. The strategy, part of the EU Green Deal, also sets out a goal for 40 GW of ocean energy and othe
Danish company Crestwing has completed the second offshore testing campaign on its Tordenskiold wave energy device prototype.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released a £12 billion plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’ that is expected to support up to 250,000 jobs.
The Edinburgh-based start-up Mocean Energy has secured a major investment to advance the design of its Blue Star wave energy device, and drive its adoption in subsea oil and gas sector.
Marine industry experts from Portugal and Canada are staging a special ‘blue economy’ conference to spark transatlantic business growth.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a contract for DeepStar project to study the deployment and operational requirements of using its PB3 PowerBuoy to provide remotely controllable zero-carbon power for deepwater subsea oil production.
Rumour has it that the European Commission is considering a massive increase in installed offshore renewable energy capacity by 2050, with as much as 300 GW of offshore wind, and 60 GW of ocean energies to be in place by that time. According to media reports from Reuters and Euractiv, a draft of the
Bombora Wave Power has been been crowned a winner at the inaugural Wales STEM Awards.
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Oceanhas been awarded a ten-year marine license by Portuguese authorities for wave energy projects in the Atlantic Ocean.
The towing of Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter from the United Kingdom to Spain has come to a stop, and is now rescheduled for early spring in 2021.
