The UK’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) will consider the role of tidal energy in the UK’s low-carbon energy mix. This is part of the latest phase of the Technological Innovations and Climate Change inquiry. The technology is at the early stages of development and has not rolled out despite 80
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has purchased a 1.8 MWh vanadium flow battery (VFB) system from Invinity Energy Systems. EMEC will deploy the flow battery at its tidal energy test site on the island of Eday. A world-first project will combine flow battery technology with tidal power to produce
Scottish marine engineering firm QED Naval has launched a tender for inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works related to Subhub tidal platform refitting.
The government of Canada has made one of its largest-ever investments in tidal energy by awarding multimillion-dollar funding to Sustainable Marine for the development of a floating tidal energy array in Nova Scotia.
A three-year trial in the Netherlands has shown that the floating solar panels produced by the Dutch-based company Floating Solar are capable to withstand storms without damage.
Ireland-based provider of hydrokinetic solutions GKinetic Energy has been selected to receive support from Europe’s BlueInvest Readiness Assistance Programme.
The Seattle-based company Oscilla Power has raised over $300K in an ongoing crowdfunding campaign that will remain open for two more weeks.
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has awarded recommendations for support to 12 offshore renewable energy developers under its third call.
Industry body Marine Energy Wales has asked the public to pledge their support for marine energy, and for taking action on climate change by using renewable energy to generate clean electricity and reduce carbon emissions.
Italian energy company Eni has joined the ocean energy industry body Ocean Energy Europe, taking up a seat on the board of directors as a lead partner.
Welsh-based marine energy company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has expanded its board with the appointment of Andrew Diplock as non-executive director.
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has selected London Marine Consultants for the delivery of two packages of work supporting the first stage of WaveSub full-scale prototype development.
Singapore-based engineering firm G8 Subsea has recently completed the landing and pull-in of the world’s first submarine cable for offshore solar power and data. The Northern cable landing, situated at Woodlands, Singapore will transmit data back to mainland with over 5MW of clean renewable energy b
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has made progress on the commissioning of the DG100 tidal kite system in Vestmannasund in Faroe Islands.
