Eco Wave Power, an Israeli wave energy player, has received several recognitions for the progress the company made in the wave energy sector. Eco Wave Power (EWP) has completed the construction and entered the testing phase of its first commercial scale power plant in Gibraltar, the company informed
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 14 – 20, 2016. UK releases Budget 2016; £15 mln goes to Wave Hub UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the Budget 2016, setting aside up to £730 million (approx. €929 million) to support offshore w
Olympic Shipping has released a video showing its multi-purpose vessel Olympic Zeus installing the WaveEL wave energy buoy off Norway. Waves4Power, a Sweden-based wave energy developer, installed its WaveEL device at Norwegian Runde test site in mid-February, with temporarily halting the launch of t
Work is currently underway to use a new hydrodynamic model, called the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) to model the effect of tidal turbines on the physical marine environment. So far, the model has been used to provide tidal and wave energy resource maps around Orkney, and to study the connectivity of f
U.S. based Verdant Power, Inc. and Irish company Belleville Duggan Renewables Ltd. have established a joint venture to develop tidal energy projects in Ireland and the United Kingdom. “Our goal is to become one of the leading project developers in the clean-tech sector,” said John Gleeson of Bellvil
Lockheed Martin has combined its energy products and technologies, including those for tidal energy, into a single business line to be known as Lockheed Martin Energy. Frank Armijo, the newly appointed vice president of Lockheed Martin Energy, said: “With our broad energy capabilities now under a si
UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the Budget 2016, setting aside up to GBP 730 million (approx. EUR 929 million) to support offshore wind and other less established renewable technologies, and providing around GBP 15 million to develop WaveHub as part of a new MarineHub Enterprise Zon
IRENA has laid out concrete technology options and outlined solutions and action areas to accelerate renewable energy growth in its latest report on the energy transition in 40 economies, representing 80% of global energy use. REmap: Roadmap for A Renewable Energy Future, finds that doubling renewab
The Wave Energy Research Group at Aalborg University (AAU) will offer a 6-day Ph.D. course in Aalborg, running from 26th May to 1st June. The work on developing wave energy converters (WECs) typically involves intensive laboratory model testing in wave tanks and/or flumes at the earlier stages, and
Ocean renewable energy sector players met yesterday at the Australian Maritime College (AMC) to observe testing of the performance and impact of wave energy farms at model scale. A number of wave energy devices will be grouped together in an array for a series of experiments under various wave condi
Brexit, which denominates British European Union (EU) exit referendum, could have a massive impact on the offshore renewables sector, according to Renewables Consulting Group (RCG). Energy and environmental policies are unlikely to be a priority for the British public as the European Union exit refe
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has commenced the dismantling of its Pelamis P2 prototype wave energy converter. The Pelamis P2 001 was acquired by WES in 2014. During its 2-year testing period, the device provided 15,000 hours’ worth of data, which the organisation is now evaluating. As the planned test
Sir David King, UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change, delivered a speech at 9th India Climate Policy and Business Conclave in Delhi today. During a recent visit by Indian Prime Minister Modi to the UK, the two countries issued a joint statement on climate change and energ
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) is rebranding its PowerBuoy systems. Mike M. Mekhiche, OPT’s Vice President of Engineering, said: “This naming convention is consistent with industry best practices as observed within other power and renewable energy industries, commercial energy generating syste
