Jane Smallman was appointed 114th President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). Smallman was inaugurated at IMarEST Annual General Meeting on March 18, 2016. IMarEST is the professional institution that brings together marine engineers, scientists and technologi
European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide £500 million to improve the electricity transmission connections between wind, wave and tidal renewable energy schemes and the national power network in the north of Scotland.
Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) has hosted two outreach events in Ottawa last week in an effort to gain support for the sector and provide awareness about industry, highlighting marine renewable energy as a national opportunity. MRC’s Open House event featured displays from 15 members as well as a se
Cal Poly’s Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy has received a one-year $1.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy for the second phase of assessing the feasibility of establishing a national wave energy test center off California.
Renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, has appointed Euan Fenelon as Director of Asset Management, and Kevin Quinn as Head of Site Management.
ORPC Alaska, a subsidiary of Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), has applied to US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to surrender the preliminary license for the proposed East Foreland tidal energy project, in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Norwegian-based Seabased Holding AS (SHAS) has become a new major shareholder of the Swedish-based wave energy developer Seabased AB, while initiating the creation of a new Nordic Ocean Renewable Energy Group.
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-UW) and the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) are seeking partners interested in producing wave or current energy converters and associated component technologies that could be tested in laboratory or field facilities.
Protean Wave Energy, a Perth-based wave energy developer, plans to begin the wave energy demonstration farm deployment off Bunbury, Western Australia, next month.
China has directed power transmission companies in the country to provide grid connection for all renewable energy power sources, Reuters reports.
The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), in collaboration with Vodafone, will attach ‘marine smartphones’ to harbour seals in Orkney to gain better understanding of population change in the species.
The new ‘Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016’ report states the investments in renewable energy have reached a new world record with total of $286 billion invested last year.
SEENEOH is a tidal testing site on the Garonne river, in close proximity to the city center of Bordeaux, France, designed to test full-scale river and mid-scale ocean tidal energy devices.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a webinar which offers clarifications on the application process for the second cycle of the US Department of Energy’s Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot programme.
