The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission have launched the Energy Demo Projects (EDP) facility to provide risk financing and boost the competitiveness of innovative energy technology companies in Europe. The new facility will support cutting-edge energy technology projects that
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 15 – 21, 2015. Tocardo to install 5 tidal turbines in western Netherlands Tocardo has announced plans to install an array of 5 tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier. Tocardo’s five T2
Stonehenge Metals has announced plans to install an array of Protean wave energy devices off the coast of Western Australia. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Stonehenge Metals and Yanchep Beach Joint Venture for the collaboration on the development of Protean wave energy farm,
SgurrEnergy, a UK-based renewable energy consultancy, has been named as the Company of the Year at the British Renewable Energy Awards. The Company of the Year award is granted for the company that’s done the most in the past year to advance UK renewables. The British Renewable Energy Awards Gala Di
The European Commission has released the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20 percent renewable energy goals. With a projected share of 15.3 percent of renewable energy in 2014 in the gross final energy consumption, the EU and the vast major
ACEP’s Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center (AHERC) is making preparations prior to the summer testing season. The team has been preparing the floating test platform, boats and equipment, according to ACEP’s social media. AHERC’s new research support boat, which will be used to maneuver the Mu
Atmocean, a US wave energy developer, plans to retry the deployment of its wave energy system off Peru later next week. The demonstration system will produce fresh water from salt water without producing electricity due to inexpensive Peruvian energy market. Following the unsuccessful deployment att
Sabella is currently performing preparations prior to the planned installation of its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine on June 25, in the Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island, France. According to Sabella, the cargo ship that will be used for the installation of the turbine, provided by the German-based Combi
The team behind the 100 MW Fair Head tidal energy project has announced that it has completed over 95 percent of the offshore survey work required to support the planning application for its seabed turbines. According to the project developer Fair Head Tidal Energy Park Ltd, a company comprised of D
Tidal Energy Ltd has postponed the deployment of DeltaStream tidal turbine due to lack of finance. Tidal Energy Ltd, the developer behind DeltaStream tidal energy device, has delayed the deployment of the device due to the extra costs that have arisen since the initial deployment plan that was suppo
Carnegie Wave Energy has received approval for $460.246 of Government grant payments for the Perth Wave Energy Project. Western Australia has provided $267.238 under the Low Emission Energy Development (LEED) fund, which represents the final payment for the Perth Wave Energy Project from LEED fund,
Jennifer Webber, Renewable UK’s Director of External Affairs, has responded to the comment made by Oxford professor Dieter Helm on tidal lagoon projects. As announced earlier, in the paper ‘British energy policy – what happens next?’ Dieter Helm proposes to DECC to avoid supporting expensive project
The renewables associations are calling for EU policy makers to ensure secure and sustainable energy future in line with the EU’s long-term climate commitments. The European Council’s guidance from last year for 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency falls far short of the EU’s pote
Jan De Nul Group has been named as the company that filed a complaint over the regularity of the preferred bidder contract award to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). According to BBC, Jan De Nul raised a question on the potential conflict of interest over the award of the £300 mln contract t
