The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme, has issued a funding call for collaborative research projects that will investigate novel concepts for marine energy development. The focus of this call is on wave and tidal e
POWER-GEN Europe, and its co-located event Renewable Energy World Europe, has announced Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink and Marie Donnelly as final keynote speakers for the conference. Dezentjé was appointed president of FME, a Dutch employers’ association in the technology industry in 2011, and her
DNV GL (Renewables Advisory Division) is looking for a Head of Section Offshore Renewables Installation and Logistics. The Section has expertise in offshore renewable installation and logistics, decommissioning, vessel application, ports and fabrication. Staff advise and run projects for utilities,
The UK government has committed £50 million of existing funding to the Climate Development Finance Facility (CDFF) to help developing countries tackle climate change. The funding is aimed at reducing poverty by helping developing countries take up low carbon growth and adapt to the impacts of climat
FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at Edinburgh University and Canadian marine turbulence specialists Rockland Scientific will join forces to measure impact of turbulence on wave and tidal energy devices. The organizations will work together to develop tank-scale turbulence measurement technolog
Anchors for BlueTec tidal platform are being towed into position on May 28, 2015, ahead of the planned installation of the floating tidal platform. The platform will serve as a demonstration targeted at remote locations, and will be deployed off Texel island, after which it will be connected to the
Alun Griffiths has been named as preferred bidder for public realm ancillary works for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. Under the contract, worth approximately £25 mln, Abergavenny-based Alun Griffiths will provide ancillary civil engineering for the project’s public realm works, including breakwater surfa
Clean Current Power Systems, a Canadian hydrokinetic developer, has announced that the company is leaving hydrokinetic business after 15 years in the sector. According to Clean Current Power Systems, all obligations to employees, suppliers and business partners have been met and the company will be
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from May 25 – 31, 2015. Laing O’Rourke to build sluice gate for Swansea tidal Laing O’Rourke has been named as preferred bidder for GBP 200 mln contract to deliver Swansea Bay tidal lagoon’s turbine house and slui
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, has completed the cable laying procedure for its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The cable was installed using Bourbon’s Argonaut tugboat that is 69 m long and 14 m wide. The installation of the 2 km, 7.5 kVA cable started on Monday, May 25.
China is planning to build three wave energy test sites off Shandong, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. The small-scale test site planned for Shandong will be designated for both tidal current and wave energy technologies. The site off Zhejiang will comprise a full scale test site for tidal turbines
NNMREC, together with NOAA, will be performing a current survey throughout Puget Sound, Washington, US, to ensure the accuracy of tidal current predictions. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) through its Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) will be
Plans to extract rock for the construction of the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon from Dean Quarry has raised concerns over the potential impact it could have on marine conservation area. The developer of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, Tidal Lagoon Power, plans to re-open Dean Quarry in order to extrac
WERPO is looking to build ‘a very large infrastructure for ocean power generators’ together with an unnamed electrical supplier in China. According to WERPO, the company is currently in discussions with ‘one of the most important electric companies’ in China, through Beijing Capital Group (BCG) – WE
