The University Of Gothenburg has chosen Kongsberg Maritime’s HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to expand Sweden’s capabilities in the field of marine research using unmanned platforms. The HUGIN, which will be funded by grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and managed by a pr
Swedish utility company Vattenfall has announced the first successful projects for its EUR 3 million research programme aimed at examining the environmental and socio-economic impacts of offshore wind farms.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has released a video explaining the working principles behind its PowerBuoy wave energy technology.
Bangor University has selected Kongsberg Maritime to supply it with the upward-looking echosounder that will be used for research into the ecology of marine renewable energy development sites.
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published a map that shows the present status and plans for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) projects worldwide as part of its OTEC working program.
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has rolled out an open-source operations and maintenance (O&M) simulation tool for wave energy developers.
The Mexican subsidiary of Israeli wave energy developer Eco Wave Power (EWP) has unveiled plans to construct a 4.1MW wave energy power plant in the Mexican state of Colima.
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has announced a suite of measures designed to make data openly available and stimulate interest in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) ahead of the 30th offshore licensing round. The 30th offshore licensing round will focus on the more mature areas of the UKCS – some o
French tidal energy developer Sabella has decided to postpone the redeployment of its D10 tidal turbine off France to conduct more tests.
The DNV GL-led joint industry project (JIP) on standardizing subsea processing which aims to reduce cost in a lifetime perspective has progressed to Phase 2. Initially focusing on subsea pumping, the partners in Phase 1 have now concluded the functional description of subsea pumping, while Phase 2 w
Atlantis Resources has entered negotiations with the Duchy of Lancaster as its preferred developer for the buildout of proposed the Wyre tidal barrage project.
Cape Sharp Tidal, an OpenHydro and Emera company, has retrieved its 2MW tidal turbine from the Bay of Fundy. The operation was carried out last week and it took approximately 70 minutes. The turbine has been taken to West Bay for preliminary inspection and to prepare it for transport. It will be tak
Atlantis is in negotiation with the Duchy of Lancaster as its preferred developer for the proposed Wyre Valley tidal barrage and flood protection project. The project would be chiefly situated on the Duchy estate between Fleetwood and Knott End on the Lancashire coast. Atlantis and the Duchy will no
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 12 – 18, 2017.
