Orkney Islands Council has bought the Pelamis P2 wave energy device from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for the nominal sum of £1.
Waves4Power has signed an agreement with the Norwegian company Stryvo Group for full-scale series production of its new wave energy system.
The government of Canada has launched a Strategic Innovation Fund to attract and support large-scale business investments across all sectors of the economy.
Developers behind the Life DemoWave project have informed that the construction of wave energy converters (WECs), planned for deployment off Galicia, is well underway.
GKinetic Energy has received close to €100,000 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to carry out further optimization and testing of its tidal technology this summer.
The EPSRC-funded Supergen UK Centre for Marine Energy Research (UKCMER), in association with Wave Energy Scotland, has opened a call for research projects in wave and tidal energy.
The study of the impact of global sea-level rise on tides has found that tidal changes will have implications for existing and proposed tidal renewable energy sites.
Fred. Olsen has informed that the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) will sponsor another deployment of BOLT Lifesaver device at the wave energy test site outside Marine Corps Base in Hawaii.
OPERA wave energy project has released a document outlining the tests performed at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) with the bi-radial turbine generator set and its built-in high-speed safety valve.
IHCantabria has discussed the progress of the SE@PORTS project whose main goal is to study the implementation of wave energy converters in seaports at the recently held steering committee meeting.
Minesto has decided to engage a new supplier for the construction of a gravity-based structure (GBS) foundation for its Deep Green project as a result of the discontinuation by current supplier Ocean Resource.
Atlantis Resources has informed that its bond offer has achieved the minimum subscription amount of £2 million in the first week since its launch.
Danish wave energy developer Wavepiston is considering moving its activities to another country due to lack of support from the Danish government for the development of wave energy sector.
Fred. Olsen has completed a one-year demonstration of its BOLT Lifesaver wave energy device off the coast off Hawaii in the USA.