
A new week, new steps in the transformation of the offshore energy sector. In this process the industry is dealing with the energy trilemma: to provide energy that is secure, affordable and lower in carbon.

Spanish renewable energy group Iberdrola has been awarded its first floating solar power project in France, to be developed at Alsace region located in northeastern part of the country.

Limerick City and County Council has granted planning permission to local clean energy developer GKinetic to deploy three of its hydrokinetic turbines just upstream of Thomond Weir in the heart of Limerick City in Ireland.

Carnegie Clean Energy has made significant advancements on the development of MoorPower demonstration project, whose aim is to introduce a CETO-derived wave energy product for the aquaculture sector.

Swedish company Minesto has announced plans for a rights issue of approximately €13.5 million worth of shares that will be used to progress its tidal energy technology and projects.

Danish company Wavepiston has unveiled plans to launch a new crowdfunding campaign to support the demonstration of its wave energy technology at full scale.

Swedish marine energy company Minesto has signed an agreement with Poseidon Renewable Energy Corporation for strategic collaboration on the roll-out of tidal energy power plants in the Philippines.

Edinburgh-based tidal energy company Nova Innovation has doubled the size of its Shetland Tidal Array with the installation of two new turbines.

Researchers at Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and University College Cork (UCC) have deployed an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) to obtain ocean current data from a location of interest in the Irish Sea, that would be made available free of charge to marine energy stakeholders.

Newcastle University has set sights on turning wave motion into a source of renewable energy with the latest project that will see the installation of a wave energy device prototype in the North Sea.

Innovate UK has selected a consortium, led by Ingine Wave Energy Systems, to receive funding support for the development of wave energy project offshore Indonesia.

Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS) is looking to appoint a suitably qualified consultant to undertake a final evaluation of the full-scale WaveSub wave energy converter prototype operation.

San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation (SBOPC) has launched a request for proposals for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for its Capul Island Ocean Power Project.

The partners in the €19.6 million WEDUSEA wave energy project have made significant progress in the engineering and design scope of development, building on learnings from previous wave energy initiatives.