Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union Unite has called the UK government to stop stalling on the creation of over 2,000 jobs and unleash an economic boost worth at least £500 million to the Welsh economy, by giving the green light to the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project.
Ireland’s Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) and the Lir National Ocean Test Facility (Lir-NOTF) have won awards during Ireland’s national maritime festival SeaFest for their contribution to the development of marine renewables.
TSO TenneT and DONG Energy have signed a grid connection agreement for the Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm off the coast of the Dutch province Zeeland.
Overflow systems are designed to optimize the efficiency of the dredging process by draining excess water and leaving more weight available for the payload, thus limiting the amount of turbulence in the hopper. During the overflow process, the aim is to remove excess water from the hopper, making ro
A study led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has revealed where Britain and Ireland’s seabirds go when they are not on land and the information obtained will be used to protect threatened species by assessing potential impacts from offshore wind farms.
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) has filed the final assessment of the impact on fish for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project to Natural Resources Wales as part of marine license procurement process.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto hosted a study visit from the members of the Maestrale project which aims to lay the basis for Maritime Energy Deployment Strategy in the Mediterranean.
European Union’s Horizon 2020 has selected Nova Innovation to lead the project that aims to increase the commercial viability of tidal power through tidal arrays optimization.
Orkney Islands Council has bought the Pelamis P2 wave energy device from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for the nominal sum of £1.
Waves4Power has signed an agreement with the Norwegian company Stryvo Group for full-scale series production of its new wave energy system.
The government of Canada has launched a Strategic Innovation Fund to attract and support large-scale business investments across all sectors of the economy.
Developers behind the Life DemoWave project have informed that the construction of wave energy converters (WECs), planned for deployment off Galicia, is well underway.
The Netherlands-based thermoplastic composite pipe technology specialist Airborne Oil & Gas said it has completed a qualification program for a TCP Flowline according to the Shell Design and Engineering Practice (DEP) for flexible composite pipe systems. In February this year, Shell awarded a qualif
GKinetic Energy has received close to €100,000 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to carry out further optimization and testing of its tidal technology this summer.
