The US Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has awarded new research and development project funding for marine energy technologies. The selected small businesses are receiving Phase I Release 2 grants for innovations that demonstrate technical feasibility during the first phase of their research.
Scottish engineering firm Malin Group has called on the UK and Scottish governments to create “crucial connections” which will determine the commercial future of wave and tidal stream energy. The call comes after two decades in which government incentives have failed to produce commercially viable p
Swedish wave energy developer Waves4Power will install its WaveEL system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in 2021. The company has secured EU Interreg Ocean Demo grant, giving it access to EMEC’s power-connected test berths for three years. The grant also allows Waves4Power to deliver and
The Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program will begin accepting applications for testing and expertise support on 26 May. Announced by the US DOE last year, TEAMER’s mission is to accelerate the viability of marine renewables. It provides access facilities and exper
Verdant Power has made significant progress in manufacturing the Gen5 Free Flow System turbines. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the company assembled turbines in New Jersey, with remaining components ready for final assembly once onsite work resumes. Verdant Power will deploy the turbines on a TriF
The DTOceanPlus project partners have just finalised the implementation of standalone alpha versions for the different tools and modules. The tools are for the selection, development and deployment of ocean energy systems. The project partners will now check the code of each tool and module leading
French marine energy developer Sabella is looking for a project engineer to integrate the team of around 25 engineers. The project engineer will support project and pre-project managers in carrying out their work, with the support of internal technical design offices. The position also requires proj
The Marine Energy Wales Conference has a new scheduled date for January 2021 in North Wales. The annual event will now take place in Venue Cymru, Llandudno over two days: 27 -28 January 2021. The largest marine energy event in the UK will showcase Welsh industry in the wave, tidal and floating offsh
U.S. Department of Energy Marine Energy Collegiate Competition -Powering the Blue Economy is going virtual. Due to uncertainties stemming from COVID-19, decision came to shift to a virtual competition in the Spring and Summer of 2020. The DOE Water Power Technologies Office will host the first Marin
EMEC has opened a consultation on the revised decommissioning programme for Magallanes Renovables’ 2 MW ATIR platform. Magallanes has secured support through the Horizon 2020 MaRINET2 programme for the ATIR platform, deployed at EMEC’s Fall of Warness test site, and therefore requested consent from
Bombora has joined forces with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) in Wales to launch a floating wave technology research project. The research will carry out a techno-economic appraisal of extending Bombora’s mWave technology into an
NewEast Energy Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of New Energy Corporation, has applied to the Nova Scotia Department of Energy for a permit to deploy up to 800kW of tidal power generation equipment in the Minas Passage at a location next to the existing Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (
The Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN) project and Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) are staging a webinar on standardisation and certification for offshore renewables. The event will be held on 19 May 2020 from 10 to 11:30 am CEST. Standards and associated certification schemes can support the develo
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has landed a framework agreement for onshore engineering services in the Faroe Islands to support the operation and maintenance of its Deep Green technology. Minesto will be installing tidal energy devices in the waters surrounding the Faroe Islands, initially
