Swansea University is offering a mechanical engineering PhD scholarship on the optimisation of interacting floating bodies with application to wave energy devices, more specifically, Marine Power Systems’ WaveSub wave energy converter.
Finnish wave energy developer, AW-Energy, has received a €10 million loan for the construction of the full-scale WaveRoller wave energy device.
High-level talks have been held with the UK government aimed at ensuring long term benefits for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles from renewable energy.
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for System Developer to support the development of ocean energy assessment processes.
EEL Energy, a French-based tidal energy developer, has raised approximately €3 million to finance the development of its tidal energy device based on undulating membrane technology.
Siemens has expanded its portfolio with an 8MW offshore wind turbine. The first SWT-8.0-154 will be installed in early 2017 and will allow for up to 10% higher annual energy production (AEP) under offshore wind conditions as compared to the 7MW model, the company said. Type certification for the 8MW
Siemens has expanded its portfolio with an 8MW offshore wind turbine. The first SWT-8.0-154 will be installed in early 2017 and will allow for up to 10% higher annual energy production (AEP) under offshore wind conditions as compared to the 7MW model, the company said. Type certification for the 8MW
Hindawi Publishing’s Mathematical Problems in Engineering journal is inviting researchers and scientists to contribute original research articles with a focus on the latest mathematical knowledge for offshore renewable energy (ORE) engineering to progress the sector.
UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) plans to undertake minor amendments to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) regulations to enable future allocation rounds for renewable energy projects.
The Saint Nazaire-based startup Geps Techno has recently adopted new financial sources with a fund raising campaign and Bpifrance grants to accelerate its international expansion.
Minesto has opened tenders for the provision of deep water support system, manufacturing of wing, wing section, and test rig for wing testing for tidal power plant.
Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Limited are strengthening their strategic cooperation with IHC’s acquisition of a majority stake in Tompkins, the parent company of Modus Seabed Intervention and a partner in the TI Geosciences joint venture that IHC and Tompkins created in 2015. Modus is a specialist provi
Swedish-based tidal energy developer, Minesto, is looking for marine mammal detection sonar system (MMDS) to be used for its Deep Green tidal power plant.
All nine finalist teams have passed the third technology gate review (TG3) as part of the Wave Energy Prize challenge, securing the chance to test their wave energy devices at 1:20 scale at US Navy’s MASK Basin in Maryland.
