Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has released a statistics report for ocean energy sector in 2020 which shows that in spite of the inevitable delays and restrictions caused by Covid-19, ocean energy devices still hit the water, significant investments deals were signed, and new manufacturing facilities lau
IECRE has launched a survey to better understand the growing needs for certification in the marine energy sector and develop corresponding services by certification bodies and test facilities worldwide.
Project SafeWAVE, supported by €1.5 million from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), has been officially launched with the aim to address the environmental concerns related to wave energy technologies.
Researchers from the University Otto von Guericke of Magdeburg in Germany are developing turbine blades with special integrated drives which could boost the efficiency of extracting clean power from the tides.
The University of Western Australia’s Wave Energy Research Centre (WERC) has intensified efforts to assess wave resources along the coastline of the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has partnered up with engineering and PLM company TECHNIA to ensure sustainable product design and development for global market.
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has secured a private investment of €9 million, bringing total equity funding to support the demonstration of its first commercial-scale wave energy device in the flagship HiWave-5 project to over €20 million. The investment round was led by Midroc New Technology and
Eco Wave Power, a Swedish-Israeli wave energy developer, won the public vote for this year’s Global Innovation Award at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
The EU-funded VALID project has launched a survey to gather industry input for the accelerated testing requirements for wave energy developments.
US-based wave energy developer Oscilla Power has decided to extend its crowdfunding campaign on MicroVentures to accommodate the rising interest from the investors. After reaching the crowdfunding target of almost $140,000 in its second campaign, conducted to raise funds to complete the construction
Danish clean energy technology start-up Exowave has won an Innovation Fund Denmark grant for its project that combines wave energy with desalination for fresh water production.
The DIKWE project – being developed by a consortium of French companies including Legendre Group, GEPS Techno, and Ifremer – has moved a step closer to real sea trials following successful tank testing campaign conducted in Brest last autumn.
Welsh-based company Marine Power Systems (MPS) is looking to fill the vacancies for three positions related to the development of its full-scale WaveSub wave energy converter.
OceanBased Perpetual Energy has entered into partnership with advisory and investment firm GAK Capital to support the development of the project looking to capture the power of Florida’s Gulf Stream and convert it to clean electricity.
