Nova Scotia Energy and Mines has issued a tidal energy demonstration permit to Sustainable Marine Energy Canada (SMEC) for a 700 kW project in the Bay of Fundy. The permit is valid for a period of five years. The project will begin with the connection of the PLAT-I 4.63 tidal energy platform to the
Industry body Scottish Renewables, the voice of Scotland’s renewable energy sector, has appointed seven new directors to its board. An election for the posts saw 20 eligible candidates enter the ballot, with 65 per cent of the members voting. The election process also saw a greater focus on gender d
Bombora has completed a metocean survey off the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote, as part of 3MW wave park project. Data collected provides the physical and also environmental characteristics at the site to progress to the design and development phase. Bombora, together with Enzen Spain, is part o
EMEC has strengthened its collaboration with the United States feeding ocean energy expertise into the 2019 Project Peer Review Report. The 2019 Peer Review was conducted by a review panel coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). Released yesterday
Sandia National Laboratories has developed an open-source MATLAB Toolbox for wave energy converter (WEC) design optimization studies. The WecOptTool allows users to perform wave energy converter (WEC) device design optimization studies while including different control strategies. In particular, thi
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has several job openings including spots for CFO, mechanical and also electrical technician. The CFO will make an impact by leading and delivering on CorPower Ocean financial and operational strategies. As CFO you will oversee our financial strategy, oper
Scottish tidal energy developer Orbital Marine Power has appointed Oliver Wragg as its new commercial director. Before joining Orbital, Oliver Wragg was the commercial director at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for over six years. He has been an active board member of Ocean Energy Europe s
EMEC recently embarked on a project with OceanWise to further improve geographic information system and data management capabilities. OceanWise delivered training in data management, QGIS and supported EMEC to convert its existing diverse datasets into a geospatial database. They also linked QGIS to
Wave energy tech pioneer OPT is manufacturing face shields for those on the front lines of the COVID19 outbreak. OPT reached out to contacts in their local communities to see what the need was for donations of face shields. The company connected with organizations and individuals to lend 3D printers
ETIP Ocean and OceanSET are hosting a webinar on 7 May 2020 to provide an update on the ocean energy sector. The OceanSET project provides support to ocean energy implementation in order to achieve the SET Plan targets. It also helps to paint a clear picture of the ocean energy sector’s development
Hangzhou Safefound Technology and LAO-PPA have signed a Project Development Agreement (PDA) with the government for a 1,200MW floating solar energy project. The PDA was signed following a feasibility study on the solar energy project to be installed on the surface of the Nam Ngum 1 dam reservoir. Th
Engineering researchers have recently worked on a solution to bring wave energy one step closer to mainstream. The work involved a team from San Diego State University and Northwestern University in collaboration with Polytechnic University of Turin. They used the Comet supercomputer at the San Dieg
Scientist at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have rolled out two renewable energy inventions that tackle the energy crisis. Led by Professor He Jr-hau from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the inventions include the development of a novel wave energy device as well as a new
The Partnership for Research In Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has launched the Call for Abstracts for the 7th PRIMaRE Conference. The abstract submission deadline is Friday 1st May 2020. Due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 virus, the conference will take place online on the 7th and 8t
