Blackbird International Corporation (BBRD) has hired Dov Weinstein in an effort to seize the many opportunities the growing renewables energy market offers. BBRD is the sole shareholder of Wave Electricity Renewal Power Ocean Ltd (WERPO), an Israeli wave energy developer. Dov Weinstein is an account
The Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of Vietnam have announced plans to start charging fees to sea-surface users. According to VietNamNet Bridge, the Ministries are proposing a draft under which the Government would start collecting fees from five groups
Harland and Wolff, a shipyard based in Belfast, has used their marine construction experience to assist in the development and manufacture of a wide range of marine renewable energy devices including wind, wave and tidal power generators. Tidal Energy Today has interviewed Mr. Patrick Crampsey, H&W
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), a Canadian test center for in-stream tidal energy technology, is looking for a new Director of Marine Engineering. The new Director of Marine Engineering will advise senior staff of FORCE on marine operations and equipment, and will conduct or over
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 13 – 19, 2015. FORCE completes two underwater monitoring platforms The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has completed two underwater monitoring platforms, now in their final stages of testi
SmartBuoy, an integrated marine data acquisition platform developed and operated by the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), has clocked 30.000 cumulative days of deployment in its 15th year of operation. The buoy was introduced in 2000, and deployed around the UK for 15
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for an Innovation Fund, to strengthen the Emission Trading Scheme and support emerging renewable technologies. The innovation fund provided in a reformed Emissions Trading Scheme will renew the NER300 programme which awarded
As part of the Energy Union strategy, the Commission presented proposals to deliver a new deal for energy consumers, to launch a redesign of the European electricity market, to update energy efficiency labelling and to revise the EU Emissions Trading System. According to European Commission (EC), th
A public exhibition on marine renewable energies will be organized during the EWTEC 2015 conference. The exhibition is organized by the LHHE lab (Ecole Centrale de Nantes/CNRS), and will be free to attend. It will take place from September 6 to 10, 2015, in the main hall of the Cité des congrès of N
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has strengthened its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region by appointing David Kelly, currently Head of Marketing at IMarEST’s London headquarters, as Director of Asia-Pacific office. Kelly will take up his new position, created to
Sabella will retry the cable connection of its D10 tidal turbine with Ushant island, France, next week. After delaying the cable connection of the turbine due to unsuitable safety conditions for the equipment, Sabella confirmed to Tidal Energy Today that it will retry the cable connection operation
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has made a series of appointments, including Steve Thomson as the chair of the Advisory Group. The Advisory Group will act as a forum for support and guidance to WES. It will also consider how best to develop the WES programme to achieve the aims and objectives of the orga
Carnegie Wave Energy has received the Clean Energy Council (CEC) Innovation Award for its CETO wave energy technology. The winners of the awards were announced at the Australian Clean Energy Summit held on July 15-16, 2015, in Sydney. Kane Thornton, CEC Chief Executive, said innovative new renewable
The innovation fund provided in a reformed Emissions Trading Scheme must take into account the specific finance needs of the emerging technologies for which it was created, it is stated in Ocean Energy Europe’s press release. The comment follows the publication of the European Commission’s proposal
