Tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables, has been testing its second generation, 2MW tidal platform ATIR at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), since 2018, as part of the Ocean_2G project. The aim of the project was to test, validate and pre-certify Magallanes’ device and this was achieve
The United Arab Emirates is set to launch the first floating solar power plant in the waters of the Arabian Gulf. The small resort island of Nurai in Abu Dhabi will commission the floating solar plant with Dubai-based solar developer Enerwhere. According to reports, the 80kW facility is the pilot ph
Saitec Offshore Technologies has hired Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, to supply four bespoke load shackles for the BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype. Saitec started building the 1:6 version of the SATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) prototype in January. This scaled-down version
Basque Energy Agency, Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), said that Mutriku Wave Energy Plant has generated an accumulated figure of 2GWh. It is the first time it has been achieved by a wave power plant anywhere in the world, EVE said. Opened in 2011, the commercially operative facility generates electr
Scottish engineering company Orbital Marine Power is looking for experts in turbine dynamic controller design as part of the Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project, known as TIGER. In parallel to its O2-2000 turbine build, Orbital is running an innovations project to identify key innovations and de
RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies have joined forces to test new ways to install and operate offshore wind farms in deep waters. In a joint pilot project called “DemoSATH”, the RWE subsidiary specialising in renewable energy and the Spanish engineering company Saitec Offshore Technolog
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has recently appointed Stuart Davies as the company’s new CEO. Davis has succeed Chris Sauer, ORPC’s co-founder and CEO since 2006. “I am thrilled to turn over the reins of ORPC to such a passionate, intelligent and intuitive professional,” Sauer said. “Stuart is
German company NEMOS has started its cooperation with Danish service providers Aalborg University (AAU) and DanWEC (Danish Wave Energy Center). In the first phase, AAU will support NEMOS with simulations of its wave energy device, while DanWEC will provide access to historical and live wave data fro
Tractebel is developing a 15-hectare floating photovoltaic plant on the Batalha hydroelectric power plant reservoir in Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The basic project is being carried out for Furnas Centrais Elétricas for the implementation of Batalha Photovoltaic Plants (UFVs) I, II and III. The
Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs have established a partnership to run a Greentown Launch accelerator program focused on offshore wind innovations.
Malin Renewables has secured a £1 million contract by AWS Ocean Energy to supply a fifty-tonne wave energy converter. Malin will build the half scale Archimedes Waveswing power generation device, designed for offshore wave energy production. The development of the Archimedes Waveswing is funded by W
The Basque Energy Cluster (Asociación Cluster de Energía, ACE) will coordinate the industrial dissemination activities of PLATOON (Digital PLAtform and analytic TOOls for eNergy) project. PLATOON is a project financed by the European Commission under the H2020 Research and Innovation Framework Progr
France Energies Marines is organising its third Scientific & Technical Tribune dedicated to offshore renewable energy (ORE). The event takes place at the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech near Paris on 20 March, with aim to bring together the main players in the sector to discuss technical issues and presen
GCE Ocean Technology, Innovation Norway and National Institute of Ocean Technology recently held a meeting in Chennai, India to discuss opportunities for Norwegian ocean players. Offshore wind, marine renewable energy and ocean research are topics of essence for both Norway and India and these marke
