The new energy hub has been created in order to allow Scottish companies easier access to renewable energy market in Japan. The centre called ‘Scotland House’ will be based at the Nagasaki Dejima Incubator (D-FLAG) in the south-east of Japan. The space is available for free to Scottish companies and
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 29 – July 5, 2015. Tenders invited for additional O&M at Swansea’s tidal lagoon Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc has begun the tendering process for three main operations and maintenance (O&M) contract packa
The Government of Canada has announced an investment of $65,000, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s (ACOA) Innovative Communities Fund (ICF), in support of a new geographic information system (GIS) mapping platform for Bay of Fundy. This online tidal energy atlas will be used to unde
Swansea’s proposed new tidal lagoon could have greater potential than just electricity generation. Selwyn’s Penclawdd Seafoods, who specialises in cockle and laverbread production, is looking to develop a seaweed farm within the lagoons sea walls. “I was looking at ways of revamping the laverbread m
Seatricity Ltd, a Cornwall-based wave energy company, will spend the week of 13th-18th July tank-testing its Oceanus 2 device in the Beaufort Wave basin at the Hydraulics and Marine Research Centre of the University College Cork, Ireland. Aims of the trial will include analysis of further optimisati
Stonehenge Metals Limited has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) to support joint applications for two major funding opportunities with a combined total value pool of US$3.75m being offered by the U.S. Department
Eleven cyclists from Alstom’s team in Bristol, which is behind the Oceade tidal energy turbine, have completed an unsupported 440km bike ride over three days from the Bristol office to Nantes, the location of the team’s global HQ. The ride, which featured more than 2,000m of vertical climbing, has r
Delft University of Technology (DUT) has launched a new Ocean Energy Platform in order to increase research and education in Ocean Energy. DUT aims to play a major role in this upcoming renewable energy technology, including Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). The primary focus of this effort is
Tocardo has lined up its T2 turbines in an assembly hall, before they go to the installation site in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier (Oosterschelde barrier), the Netherlands. Alongside being the largest tidal energy project in the Netherlands, this will also be the world’s largest commercial
The final cable connection of the Sabella D10 tidal turbine still remains to be done, as the vessel MV Palembang was proclaimed unsuitable for this specific task on Friday, June 26. Several attempts to stabilize the vessel and enable it to operate the delicate lifting of both ends of the cable and m
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc will today begin the tendering process for three main operations and maintenance (O&M) contract packages to support the £1billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Having previously named General Electric and Andritz Hydro as preferred bidders to manage the operations and mainte
Atlantis Resources Limited completed the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines Limited (MCT) from Siemens AG in an all share deal, conditional upon admission of the consideration shares, the company reported today. “Accordingly, as consideration for the acquisition, Atlantis has issued 9,911,577 ne
Guernsey’s Renewable Energy Team, working under Commerce and Employment Department, has carried out a survey on public opinion regarding the use of renewable energy sources, ITV reported. The results have shown that tidal energy is the most popular. Namely, of 500 surveyed people, 86% expressed thei
The Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today, June 30, a report confirming that the ocean energy sector will make an “important contribution…to meeting the future energy needs of the European Union”. “The ocean energy industry welc
