Dramatically scaling up renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase global gross domestic product (GDP), social welfare and employment worldwide, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics
UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is seeking comments on effectiveness of current regulatory framework in enabling innovation. DECC’s ‘Consultation to ensure regulation in the energy sector encourages innovation’, launched today, invites stakeholders to offer their views on how the
KIC InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe, has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in an effort to bring new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The call is seeking European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger, that have an innovat
The OCEANERA-NET project will offer the latest information about the upcoming second joint call for collaborative research in ocean energy at a side event during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2016. The aim of the OCEANERA-NET joint call 2016, set to be launched early in 2016, i
KIC InnoEnergy has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in their bid to propel new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The Call is seeking European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger, that have an innovation in sustainable energy but that need support commercialis
Fraunhofer UK, Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have teamed up to develop a new way to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS project (Offshore Renewable energy Cable Health monitoring
Fraunhofer UK, part of Europe’s largest application-oriented research organisation, has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop an innovative solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry.
Twenty Members of European Parliament (MEPs) came together to present ‘Northern Seas as the Power House of North-Western Europe’ Manifesto calling for the larger deployment of marine renewables and offshore wind in the Northern Seas. The manifesto aims to develop the potential of renewable energy lo
Ireland can tackle its heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels by developing own indigenous and renewable energy resources, according to Dr. Eimear Cotter, Head of Low Carbon Technologies at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). According to the “Energy Security in Ireland” report publishe
GE Power Conversion has developed a higher density power stack which enables the converters to remain small in size while delivering more power. The LV3 Stack, suitable for use across different sectors including tidal, solar, and wind, has increased density, reaching 1250 amps compared to previous o
Fraunhofer UK has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop a solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by the UK Government’s business innovation experts InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS pro
Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have revealed another shipwreck following Fugro Equator’s discovery in May last year. Namely, according to ATSB report, on December 19, 2015, an anomalous sonar contact was identified in the course of the underwater search, with analysis s
After the discovery of low-oxygen eddies in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, some assumptions regarding biogeochemical cycles in this region now have to be rethought. Marine scientists from Kiel and Plön (Germany) have found processes within these short-lived eddies that previously were
Wessex Archaeology’s geoservices has welcomed Megan Metcalfe to the team in its Salisbury office where she will be working as a marine geophysicist. Metcalfe will be responsible for processing and reporting on geophysical data to help investigate sites of potential archaeological interest below the
