Havkraft, a Norwegian wave energy developer, has announced that its floating wave energy plant is now fully functional. The wave power plant is currently deployed off Stad, a peninsula in northwestern part of Norway. This full scale prototype wave energy plant has the capacity of 200 kW, and serves
Carnegie Wave Energy has named Jeffrey Harding as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jeffrey Harding has Degrees in Civil Engineering, Economics, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. From 1995 to 2005 Harding was Manag
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from May 4 – 10, 2015. EMEC: Free technology verification for developers A competition run by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) offering free Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) to successful techno
The installation of six wave energy devices is currently taking place at the Ada Estuary, Ghana, as part of collaborative wave energy project between TC’s Energy and Seabased. The first phase of the Ghanaian wave energy project which includes the installation of 6 wave energy devices is expected to
DNV GL, in collaboration with IHCantabria, is organizing a course on Sesam Marine software that simulates marine operations like heavy lifting, side-by-side mooring and floatover ahead of offshore handling. The course ‘Simulation of Marine Operations with Sesam Marine’ aims to introduce the particip
RenewableUK urges the new Government to act swiftly to secure clean energy supplies and jobs in that sector. RenewableUK says the new Government should send an early signal that it’s serious about supporting low-carbon energy to attract investment and create jobs. Maria McCaffery, RenewableUK’s Chie
The forum is created to support teams, investors, and contributors interested in forming partnerships for participating in Wave Energy Prize competition. The forum serves as a ‘classified ad’ section, and can be used by teams or individuals to advertise needs for additional expertise to round out th
OWET’s annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference will be co-located this year with HydroVision International event. HydroVision International attendees will benefit from a deeper look at emerging marine energy industry and its role in the future sustainability of hydro, while OWET conference attendee
Solent Offshore Renewable Energy Consortium (SOREC) is organizing a conference and workshop to explore the challenges of tidal energy sector and the role of small and medium enterprises in resolving these issues. The event is designed for small and medium enterprises, and it’s free to attend. In add
QED Naval has completed its recruitment drive to enable the company to take on the challenges of the Subhub project and bring further capabilities to the business. QED Naval expanded its team with three new recruits – Craig Salkeld, Alan McIntosh and Jonathan Nicol. Craig Salkeld will join QED Naval
Iberdrola, the owner of ScottishPower in the UK, has been ranked first in a ‘Super-League’ of European electric utilities compiled by CDP on the basis of their response to the challenges of climate change. In ‘Flicking the switch: are electric utilities prepared for a low carbon future’ CDP’s resear
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), a US-based tidal developer, has founded ORPC Ireland in the North West Ireland. ORPC will base the newly founded ORPC Ireland at CoLab Business Centre at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. County Donegal is home to Killybegs fishing port and has 1.134 km long
Looking out to 2030, the South West Marine Energy Park (SW MEP) partnership paper sets out the long term opportunities and ambitions for the development of marine energy in South West England. According to the report, the deployment of demonstration arrays at Wave Hub will lead to the first commerci
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Tim Hurst as Managing Director of Wave Energy Scotland (WES). Wave Energy Scotland is a subsidiary of HIE and it was set up in December 2014 at the request of the Scottish Government. Hurst joined HIE as Head of Offshore Industry Development in 20
