Finnish wave energy company AW-Energy has recently retrieved its 300kW WaveRoller wave energy device after being submerged and operating for two years offshore Portugal.
Edinburgh-based marine energy specialist QED Naval has retrieved tidal flow measurement equipment from its tidal test site off Yarmouth Harbour.
French start-up Guinard Energies is preparing to redeploy its P154 tidal turbine in southern Brittany in France, which will be coupled with a photovoltaic installation to provide power for an electric barge servicing an oyster farm.
Welsh marine energy company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has completed its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, raising over £4 million to further advance its offshore renewable energy technology.
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean has constructed the world’s largest wave energy test rig following an intense two-year project.
The researchers from the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science have been conducting various tests on scale tidal turbines with the support of equipment supplied by Applied Measurements.
Spanish company Ditrel Industrial has provided its novel marine connector Konekta2 to link a dynamic cable to the Blue Growth Farm project’s multi-purpose floating platform installed offshore Italy.
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has delivered its second RivGen device to Alaska ahead of the upcoming installation in the Kvichak River where it will join the already installed system to form a two-device array.
Dutch wave energy company Slow Mill Sustainable Power has taken its purpose-built wave energy research vessel on a maiden voyage offshore the Netherlands.
A multi-sensor platform developed by DP Energy to track environmental effects of in-stream tidal turbines has been deployed in the Minas Passage in Canada’s Bay of Fundy.
Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has been awarded £2 million from the Scottish Government to advance tidal turbine manufacturing to a global level.
South Korean wave energy developer Ingine has signed an agreement with Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation tribe for the installation of an onshore wave energy system in a remote part of Canada’s Vancouver Island.
Irish renewable energy developer DP Energy has teamed up with Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) and power utility company Chubu Electric Power to develop the Uisce Tapa tidal energy project in Nova Scotia, Canada.
UK-based Apollo Offshore Engineering has set its sight on reducing the costs and risks associated with wave energy through the development of a PALM connector which is said to offer ‘real promise’ for array scale deployments.
