Scottish Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, has warned that the inability to access EU funding as a result of Brexit puts Scotland at risk of losing the market lead in tidal energy sector.
The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office and its national laboratories will host five co-located events dedicated to wave and tidal energy during the upcoming Waterpower Week conference.
Bilbao-based marine contractor Commercial Diving Activity (CDA) has retrieved a monitoring instrument installed at the Mutriku wave energy plant as part of the OPERA project.
Australian Minister of Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, has visited the Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power (EWP) as it looks to explore wave energy opportunities in Australia.
Tidal Technology Center Grevelingendam (TTC-GD) has secured €4.1 million from the Dutch government.
Swansea University has hired a UK-based supplier of marine instrumentation, RS Aqua, to provide it with a wave buoy that will be used for the Seacams 2 project.
Magallanes Renovables has launched its multi-megawatt floating tidal platform in Vigo, Galicia, north-west of Spain.
Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) plans to use its technology to enable a shared grid connection of the MeyGen tidal array and Lochend wind farm in Scotland.
Cape Sharp Tidal has temporarily halted the retrieval of tidal turbine from the Bay of Fundy until the next tidal cycle.
Oceanographers at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences have teamed up with Nortek, and Partrac, to study ocean turbulence with the aim of reducing the costs associated with tidal energy devices.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is looking to enter into a framework agreement for onshore engineering services.
RenewableUK has released a report on the global export reach of the UK-based companies working in the wind, wave and tidal energy sectors.
US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected wave developers M3 Wave and CalWave to work with the US national laboratories to accelerate the commercialization of their technologies.
US-based wave energy developer Resolute Marine Energy (RME) has appointed Oscar Melicio as its Project Manager in Cape Verde.
