UK-based energy consultancy TNEI has appointed Anna Ferguson as its Strategy Director.
Engineers working on the development of Bourne Tidal Test Site (BTTS) in Massachusetts have been field testing a simulation of the data acquisition system that will be installed on the actual tidal turbine test structure.
Wave energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has established an office in Houston, Texas, to support its oil & gas business development activities.
Belgian authorities have issued an approval to German wave energy developer NEMOS to construct the full-scale wave energy plant off Ostend in the North Sea.
Canadian provider of instrumentation for ocean turbulence measurements Rockland Scientific has appointed Justine McMillan as Staff Scientist.
Protean Energy has closed the underwritten rights issue, raising Au$3.14 million ($2.49 million) before costs to support the delivery of storage and wave energy projects.
Ghana-based power producer and wave energy projects developer TC’s Energy has hired Palewater Advisory Group (PAG) to act as its corporate finance advisor.
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) is preparing to redeploy the third tidal turbine for the MeyGen project after completing the reinstallation of two turbines in Scotland’s Pentland Firth.
Atlantis Resources has closed the fully subscribed ocean energy bond offer raising the target amount of £5 million less than one month after its launch.
France has emerged as top tidal energy generator with 500GWh of electricity produced from its tidal resources in 2016, according to International Energy Agency’s (IEA) renewables statistics for 2017.
IHI Corporation and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) have built a 100kW tidal device that will be deployed for real-sea trials next month.
Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP), a Schottel Hydro company, has once again pushed back the deployment of its Triton tidal energy platform in the Bay of Fundy for another year.
Queen’s University Belfast has secured over €9.3 million from the EU’s Interreg VA Programme to create a ‘virtual center of competence’ that will support cross-border research into wave and tidal energy in UK and Ireland.
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 17 – 23, 2017.
