Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has appointed Ian Learmonth as its new chief executive officer, to replace outgoing CEO Oliver Yates. Learmonth currently leads the Impact Investing team at Social Ventures Australia, which has a strong cross over with CEFC investment activities, particularly
Marine solutions provider Malin Group has been awarded a turnkey contract by Minesto AB to provide concept, design, fabrication and delivery of an offshore support platform for the Deep Green 500 tidal generator project at Holyhead Deep, off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales. The offshore unit will
PLOCAN will aid in the design of a marine area for installing prototypes that harness wave energy to supply electricity to the desalination plants managed by the Gran Canaria Water Board as part of the DESAL+ project. The objective of the project is to create and consolidate a joint “Living Lab” pla
Swansea University and Tidal Lagoon Power have launched new research to investigate opportunities for enhancing the marine and coastal environments of Swansea Bay through design alterations of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The research is organised through the project Seacams 2, a three-year projec
Carnegie Clean Energy has submitted a response to the Government of South Australia’s Expression of Interest regarding the provision of utility scale battery energy storage solutions into the South Australia electricity network. Carnegie, through its 100% owned subsidiary Energy Made Clean, is curre
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has acquired the assets of Insight Marine Projects (Insight), a specialist survey company from Cornwall. Insight provides a range of hydrographic survey and construction support services to the coastal, inshore and offshore marine industries, with particular speci
Wave Hub Ltd has welcomed Welsh Government announcement of the award of £324,000 to enable a feasibility study into the Pembrokeshire wave energy demonstration zone. The Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Ken Skates, announced the funding from European Regional Development Fund
Aberdeen-based Hydro Group has completed the supply of complete connection systems for three turbines on the MeyGen tidal energy project. The company secured the supply contract from Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH). Doug Whyte, Managing Director at Hydro Group said: “This significant MeyGen project i
Marine Energy Wales has published a new report showing how marine renewable energy industry is bringing increased investment and jobs to Wales. The new report “Marine Energy in Wales: Investment, Jobs, Supply Chain 2017” highlights the findings of an industry survey carried out by Marine Energy Wale
DCNS Energies and PT AIR have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) designed to deliver a roadmap for the engineering, industrial development and commercial ramp-up of a tidal energy industry in Indonesia. As part of the framework of this agreement, DCNS Energies and PT AIR will combine their complementar
Global renewable energy generation capacity increased by 161 gigawatts (GW) in 2016, making the strongest year ever for new capacity additions, according to data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Capacity Statistics 2017, estimates that by the end of las
Bangor University is looking for a supplier of an autonomous upward-looking echosounder, which will be deployed as part of the Seacams 2 marine renewable energy research project in Wales.
Tidetec and MJ2 Technologies, a French low head tidal turbine manufacturer, presented a new tidal turbine at Seanergy 2017 in Le Havre, France.
The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility is to become a fully integrated part of the University of Edinburgh.
