French company, Open Ocean and Orkney based Aquatera have committed to working together to support the acceleration of marine renewable energy developments in France. Jérôme Cuny, CEO of Open Ocean and Gareth Davies, MD of Aquatera, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the recent Internatio
The WaveRoller™ Pilot Power Plant, that was recently brought to harbor after campaign in Portugal, has now been thoroughly inspected and cleared for the next installation by experts from Lloyd’s Register. The inspection was carried out as a part of the cooperation between AW-Energy and Lloyd’s Regis
Tribute Resources has announced that it has sold a 50 percent interest in International Marine Energy (IME) to Mark and Chad Himmelspach and related entities (collectively referred to as “Himmelspach”). IME is now owned 50 percent by Tribute and 50 percent by Himmelspach. IME has acquired the intere
A Conwy councillor and former chairman of the North Wales, Stuart Anderson, questions the technology to be used for the planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has been listed in the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, published by HM Treasury, and as announced
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Marine Farm Accelerator (MFA) initiative, in collaboration with Carbon Trust, may soon launch a competitive design competition. The objectives of the competition are to reduce the cost of the installation processes for seabed mounted tidal turbine found
Mojo Maritime has won the Best Tidal Industry Collaboration Award at the 8th International Tidal Energy Summit for its leadership of the Hi Flo 4 (HF4) tidal energy vessel consortium, comprised of Voith, Bauer Renewables, DNV GL and University of Exeter. The HF4 project, supported by the Technology
The exhibition about the latest plans for reopening Dean Quarry is scheduled to be held at St Keverne Parish Hall, between 2pm and 8pm, Wednesday, and will be hosted by Shire Oak Energy. Shire Oak Energy intends to quarry more than 1.5 million tonnes of rock next year and ship it to Swansea Bay to [
Alstom released a video describing the pilot tidal farm at Raz Blanchard, and the aims this project is expected to achieve. Alstom and GDF SUEZ consortium has been chosen as one of the suppliers of the equipment for the tidal energy pilot farm at Raz Blanchard, west of the Cotentin peninsula, an are
West Normandy Marine Energy, the local public company supporting the development of Renewable Marine Energy (RME) industrial sector in West Normandy, endorses ADEME’s decision in the call-for-tender, which has chosen the consortia of Alstom/GDF Suez and DCNS/EDF Energies Nouvelles. This 120 million
The winners for the 2014 Tidal Today Awards have been revealed at the International Tidal Energy Summit recognizing outstanding achievements across the sector over the past year. Now in its 5th year, the International Tidal Energy Awards brought together the marine energy industry to celebrate excel
FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy) has invited fishers to a meeting to provide new information on the tidal energy project. FORCE is proposing a safety zone in the Minas Passage around the recently installed underwater power cables. The zone would help protect people, cables and fishing
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has announced plans to downsize its business. Commenting on the news, Aquamarine Power Chief Executive Officer John Malcolm said: “Following a strategic review the Board of Aquamarine Power has decided to significantly downsize the business. “This will involve re
The 2014 Project Pipeline Update to the Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan notes the potential for tidal lagoons to bring up to GBP 5 bln of private sector investment to Wales. The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has also been named in the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, published by HM Treasury ahead
Following a comprehensive process of Expressions of Interest and the resulting recommendation by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), DCNS (OpenHydro parent company) and EDF Energies Nouvelles were selected for the development of pilot tidal turbine arrays off the French coas
