The international project to establish a connection between UK and France that will enable the transmission of electricity between the two countries is progressing well with surveys taking place off East Devon and Alderney. Survey work at the proposed ‘landing site’ at Budleigh Salterton beach in Ea
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has acquired a containerized hyperbaric chamber in order to increase the safety of the underwater activities of the research facility. The hyperbaric chamber is part of the equipment strategy included in the PLOCAN roadmap in order to answer to the
Over 500 leaders from government, business and civil society gathered at the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to discuss scaling up renewable energy as the cornerstone of global climate change mitigation. The Financial Times-IRENA Question Time Debate event featured
A 3.4 MW tidal power generator developed by China has been installed off Zhoushan island, eastern part of the country. The modular generator is 70 m long and 30 m wide. With the height of 20 m, it weighs around 2,500 tonnes. According to the Chinese government, the device is expected to start produc
Resolute Marine Energy (RME) Cape Verde, a subsidiary of the US-based wave energy player RME, has received $930,000 to develop a wave-powered desalination system. The fuding granted by the African Development Bank-hosted (AFDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) will be used for setting up th
Waves4Power, a Sweden-based wave energy developer, is organizing a public viewing of their WaveEL wave energy device at Eriksberg quayside, Gothenburg, Sweden, ahead of its deployment.
Dramatically increasing the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase GDP, social welfare and employment worldwide, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics report states that ac
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 11 – 17, 2016. MaREI, MARINET bag multi-million R&D grants Funding in the amount of €1,955,742 was granted to MaREI and the University of Limerick to develop marine renewable energy remote operation vehicle
UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is seeking comments on effectiveness of current regulatory framework in enabling innovation. DECC’s ‘Consultation to ensure regulation in the energy sector encourages innovation’, launched today, invites stakeholders to offer their views on how the
KIC InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe, has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in an effort to bring new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The call is seeking European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger, that have an innovat
The OCEANERA-NET project will offer the latest information about the upcoming second joint call for collaborative research in ocean energy at a side event during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2016. The aim of the OCEANERA-NET joint call 2016, set to be launched early in 2016, i
Fraunhofer UK, part of Europe’s largest application-oriented research organisation, has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop an innovative solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry.
Twenty Members of European Parliament (MEPs) came together to present ‘Northern Seas as the Power House of North-Western Europe’ Manifesto calling for the larger deployment of marine renewables and offshore wind in the Northern Seas. The manifesto aims to develop the potential of renewable energy lo
GE Power Conversion has developed a higher density power stack which enables the converters to remain small in size while delivering more power. The LV3 Stack, suitable for use across different sectors including tidal, solar, and wind, has increased density, reaching 1250 amps compared to previous o
