Techniques being developed through research in the field of neuroscience could boost the operation of wave energy converters. Technology harvesting energy from ocean waves is akin to the brain processing sound in that both are complex systems responding to incoming waves. Thus, the possibility of co
The Board of Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has appointed Martin Edlund as acting CEO of the company following the resignation of Anders Jansson from the position. Jansson decided to leave his position after 10 years at Minesto, and 9 years as the company’s CEO. He will remain as a resource
SKF Ocean Energy team was in Harland and Wolff recently to inspect the final commissioning phase of Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 floating tidal turbine before launch in March. SKF, a global technology provider, has been working with the engineering team at Scotrenewables Tidal Power to supply
Several tidal and wave energy projects have been granted funding in the latest round of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument for Phase 1.
Swedish wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, has signed up to test its resonant wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The announcement follows CorPower’s success in Wave Energy Scotland’s (WES) power-take-off (PTO) call that, combined with funding from KIC InnoEnergy a
Subsidiary of the US-based tidal energy developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), ORPC Ireland, has organized public meetings to present the feasibility assessment results of tidal energy opportunities in the coastal waters of County Donegal, Ireland. The project, funded by the Sustainable Ene
Frazer-Nash Consultancy has become member of Scottish Energy Association (SEA) in order to extend its network of energy industry contacts within and beyond Scotland. With experience across the power and energy sector, from its work with generation, transmission and distribution clients in the renewa
Open Ocean’s current analysis system Metocean Analytics has included high resolution current data of Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy to its catalogue. For the Bay of Fundy, Open Ocean worked directly with Richard Karsten and Thomas Roc from Acadia Tidal Energy Institute who are renowned experts of the oc
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has named Laszlo Varro as the agency’s new Chief Economist. Varro succeeds the former IEA Chief Economist, Fatih Birol, who took over as IEA Executive Director on September 1, 2015. In his new role, Varro will lead the Economics and Investment Office (EIO), a ne
New set of standards for the design and operation of tidal turbines has been published based on the outputs of a project in the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) marine technology programme. The new certification standards will apply to all underwater tidal turbines and will benefit developers,
People who face losing their jobs in the oil and gas sector will be helped to transition into other energy industry and manufacturing employment through a new £12 million fund. The Scottish Government’s Transition Training Fund is expected to help maintain the highly skilled energy workforce in the
Microsoft has recently deployed an underwater datacenter that could be powered by harnessing the energy of waves or tides as part of Project Natick. Datacenters are the backbone of cloud computing, and contain groups of networked computers that require a lot of power for all kinds of tasks: storing,
WaveEL wave energy buoy has left the Swedish town Falkenburg following the completion of the assembly operation. The buoy has been moved on the barge heading to Eriksberg quayside, Gothenburg, where it will be outfitted with the remaining parts. Waves4Power, the company behind WaveEL buoy, will have
The UK’s trade body for wind, wave and tidal energy, Renewable UK, is replacing its traditional annual conference with Renewables Marketplace 2016 event. Renewables Marketplace 2016 for wind and marine energy is an exclusive, targeted event, focussed on creative networking solutions and access to re
