Atlantis Resources and ScottishPower Renewables are teaming up to a develop a joint portfolio of projects for the fast growing tidal energy sector. Atlantis’ Scottish project development vehicle, Tidal Power Scotland Ltd (TPSL), will acquire ScottishPower Renewables’ (SPR) portfolio of tidal project
GKinetic Energy has launched its OC1 tidal energy device following the completion of two month trial at Limerick Docks, Ireland. The launched pilot device is a 15 kW river unit capable of powering small communities from natural river flow. However, commercial deployment is expected to lead to larger
BioPower Systems (BPS) has deployed its 250 kW bioWAVE pilot demonstration wave energy unit off Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia. The bioWAVE was deployed by a crane-equipped ship, which transported the device to the site and lowered it into the water. The structure was angled slightly, piercing the
James Stephen and Francis Newton of BDO LLP, the joint administrators of Aquamarine Power, have appointed Metis Partners to support the marketing and sale of the Aquamarine Power’s intellectual property (IP) assets. Glasgow-based intellectual property specialist firm Metis Partners stated that Aquam
Wave Hub Ltd (WHL), the site operator for the Wave Hub wave energy test site in Cornwall, has contracted MarineSpace to provide project management support to help push forward the development of its new wave and tidal demonstration zones. WHL was awarded the seabed leases for the Pembrokeshire Wave
Laminaria, a Belgian wave energy developer, has signed a contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to test its wave energy converter off Orkney. The agreement was signed on December 15, 2015, and the testing is planned to take place at EMEC’s grid-connected wave test site at Billia Croo
Take a look at the video showcasing the deployment of Tidal Energy Ltd’s DeltaStream device into Ramsey Sound, off Wales.
The construction of the Marine Renewable Business Park (MRBP) in Hayle, Cornwall, has been completed. The new business park is designed to accommodate companies in the growing marine energy sector and is built on the site of a former coal-fired power station at North Quay in Hayle, now owned by Corn
Atlas Ocean Systems, a US-based wave energy developer, has completed the trials of its scaled SQ5 wave energy device running for the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Wave Energy Prize. The 1:50 scaled wave energy converter model was tested at the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory at the University of M
The Crown Estate has published a study by the British Geological Survey (BGS) summarising the geological conditions of the Irish Sea that is expected to provide a valuable resource for potential developers of offshore infrastructure in the region. The study follows The Crown Estate’s publication of
Waves4Power is preparing its WaveEL wave energy device for deployment off Norway planned to take place early in 2016. The WaveEL point absorber full scale device, and a connection hub, will be deployed at Runde test site, off the Norwegian west coast. The system is comprised of an 8 meter WaveEL buo
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has recovered its Integrated Monitoring Pod following months of transmitting real-time data feeds from the seabed at the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney, Scotland. EMEC’s monitoring system, designed to operate in high velocity tidal flows, in
A new global climate agreement has been adopted by 195 countries at the United Nations conference on climate change (COP21) in Paris. The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. The deal highlig
Tidal Energy Ltd, a Cardiff-based tidal energy developer, has deployed its DeltaStream tidal energy device into Ramsey Sound, off Pembrokeshire, Wales. DeltaStream device was loaded off the quayside in Pembroke Port by the offshore construction vessel ‘Siem Daya 1’, before making the short passage t
