The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, announced that the Government of Canada is investing $22.7 million over five years on a cash basis to i
Carnegie Wave has announced that its CETO 5 wave energy array has reached 12.000 hours of cumulative, continuous operation at sea. The 720kW array featuring three CETO 5 units, deployed as part of Perth Wave Energy Project, has seen a wide range of sea states, including waves up to 5.7 m high since
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) has appointed JBA Consulting to undertake flood risk assessment work in relation to their Tidal Lagoon Cardiff project. The Severn Estuary is the focus of Tidal Lagoon Power’s first two developments at Swansea Bay and Cardiff. The proposed lagoon, between Cardiff and Newport
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will begin two months of dives using unmanned remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, to explore marine protected areas in the central Pacific Ocean. Starting on Aug. 1, anyone with an internet connection can virtually explore the deep sea with scientists and researchers from
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP), the developer behind the proposed Cardiff tidal lagoon project, has appointed JBA Consulting to undertake flood risk assessment work for the lagoon. JBA will deliver the flood risk elements of their Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and evaluate the impact of the propos
The integrated SET-Plan will play a central role in a new European energy research and innovation (R&I) approach designed to accelerate the energy system transformation. According to the Strategic Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS), the new integrated European Strategic Energy Technology
The coastal upwelling of cold and nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Ecuador is significant not only for the regional fishing industry, but also for the global carbon cycle and thus for the Earth’s climate. As part of the Kiel Collaborative Research Centre 754, scientists of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Cent
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay (TLSB) has submitted a planning application to Swansea Council to build an international watersport centre that will also house operations, maintenance and research facilities supporting TLSB’s commitments to monitor the lagoon’s environmental impacts. The application has be
A university researcher has received a funding boost from the Canadian government for the development of innovative hydrokinetic turbines. An investment in the amount of C$500.000 (US$ 385.300) has been announced for the Engineering Faculty of the University of Manitoba. It will support the testing
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has deployed its RivGen Power System in the Kvichak River, near Igiugig village, Alaska. RivGen is now feeding power to the local microgrid, significantly decreasing the community’s diesel fuel use, according to ORPC. The RivGen Power System is a 25 kW self-deplo
Atlantis Resources, the developer behind the MeyGen tidal energy project, has celebrated the progress made on the construction of the project located at Caithness, Scotland. In particular, the celebration marks the completion of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) of four bore holes, 550 m long ea
The developer Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has submitted plans for the new 7.5 km cable route, and for the construction of water sports center as part of the lagoon. According to the South Wales Evening Post, Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has submitted the planning application to Swansea, and Neath Port Talb
Production from the Gullfaks South (GSO) fast-track project for improved oil recovery in the North Sea started on 27 July. GSO will increase the output from the Gullfaks area by around 65 million barrels of oil equivalent. “GSO demonstrates how we can increase recovery and profitability by use of st
The fully assembled workshop testing of the core energy conversion system components of the Protean™ Wave Energy Converter (WEC) has been concluded. Building on the success of the workshop testing, the Protean™ WEC technology program has now advanced to the ocean based or “wet” testing phase. Stoneh
