Dominion Virginia Power is assessing options for its proposed 12MW offshore wind demonstration project off Virginia in light of an announcement that the US Department of Energy is withdrawing USD 40 million in funding. “Naturally, we are disappointed in the DOE’s decision because we still believe th
Menter Môn, the third-party manager for the Morlais tidal energy project, has hired Royal HaskoningDHV and MarineSpace to conduct environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Morlais Tidal Energy Demonstration Zone off Anglesey, Wales.
The UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd will have additional two months to decide whether or not to give DONG Energy the approval to build the 1.8GW Hornsea Project Two wind farm after the deadline was extended to allow further examination on the project’s impact on marine life. More s
Atlantis Resources has reported a pre-tax profit of S$4.3 million ($3.1 million) in 2015, an increase of S$20.5 million ($15 million) on the prior year’s loss.
UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published a guidance to assist developers and holders of offshore renewable energy consents and licences in understanding how these will be affected by the provisions applying to new marine Natura 2000 sites.
Global Tidal Energy Industry 2016 Market Research report provides analysis for the international tidal energy markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.
The Cabinet of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has adopted a new spatial development programme (LEP) which identifies 185 square kilometres suitable for development of offshore wind farms off the German northern state’s Baltic coast. 13 square kilometres out of the total area identified as suitable for offsh
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has published a guidance on assessing the risk of marine wildlife colliding with tidal turbines.
Microsoft and Facebook announced on Thursday an agreement to build new subsea cable across the Atlantic. According to Facebook, the “MAREA” cable construction will start in August 2016 with completion expected in October 2017. “Microsoft and Facebook are collaborating on this system to accelerate th
OpenHydro, a DCNS company based in Ireland, has released a video showcasing its tidal energy turbine technology.
Seatricity has informed that the Oceanus 2 wave energy device trial is going well as the device has demonstrated its capacity to self-start without the need for priming.
Scotland-headquartered renewable energy consultancy Natural Power is transferring its French head office functions to Nantes to be closer to the offshore wind farm projects in the Pays de la Loire, and to take advantage of the region’s attractiveness which facilitates the recruitment of executives w
Danish researchers have developed a new coating system which increases the performance of offshore wind turbine blades. Currently, new technologies are being tested under the European project Windtrust to overcome blade erosion caused by heavy rain in harsh offshore environment. LM Wind Power develo
Bangor University hosted a 2-day tidal lagoon research workshop in the recently opened Marine Centre Wales in Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey.
