Orkney marine specialist Leask Marine, backed with the grant from Scottish Enterprise, has started developing submersible drilling rig suitable for highly turbulent marine conditions as it aims to grow its commercial opportunities in the offshore renewable energy market.
Neptune Energy and its licence partners have submitted the ‘Decision to Continue’ report for the Cara project to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The licence partnership will now progress its technical and economic plan before making a final investment decision early in 2019. Based on
A European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) project has been launched to address long-term environmental concerns around the development of emerging wave energy technologies.
Danish company Wavepiston has over the last two weeks conducted upgrades on its wave energy prototype operating in the North Sea, and signed another project that will see its technology demonstrated in combination with desalination scheme in the Mediterranean.
The Oil and Gas Authority UK has awarded its first carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence as an independent regulator. The award has been made to Pale Blue Dot Energy for the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project. The project seeks to re-use existing oil and gas infrastructure f
Industry body Subsea UK and NSRI, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, have launched the latest call for companies to drive forward R&D between Scotland and Japan. The call includes the wider underwater industries, focusing on renewables, aquaculture and carbon capture storage.
Industry body Subsea UK and NSRI, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise has announced the latest call for companies to drive forward R&D between Scotland and Japan, as part of a partnership between Scottish Enterprise and the Nippon Foundation. The second call for projects follows the success of t
US-based ocean energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a letter of intent to enter into long-term supply agreement with NEC Energy Solutions for its subsea battery products.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) is launching its first commercial offshore wind turbine in Choshi, Japan, on 1 January 2019.
The wave energy plant from Crestwing, named Tordenskiold, has been anchored in place at Frederikshavn, marking the start of the prototype’s first offshore testing campaign.
Siemens Gamesa has inaugurated its new centre in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India which will support global engineering and technology requirements pertaining to software and design engineering for onshore and offshore wind turbines.
Marine Renewables Canada has appointed three industry and policy leaders to its 2019 Board of Directors.
Finnish company Wello has released a photo of the second version of its Penguin wave energy device that will soon be producing clean energy from the waves in Orkney, Scotland.
SIMEC Atlantis has signed a grant agreement with EASME for €1 million in grant funding to support its tidal turbine technology and its MeyGen project supply chain partner Asturfeito. On October 30th 2018, Atlantis announced its plans to enhance the existing 6MW MeyGen project. This grant should supp
