The Selkie project has launched a tender for a software company to develop an operations and maintenance cost calculation tool. The aim is to assist tidal energy converter and wave energy converter device developers. Specifically, the tool will model the O&M activities associated with offshore farms
A new study shows tidal power may be a significant resource for Faroe Islands to balance other renewable energy sources. This is the preliminary result of a PhD project on the energy balance and stability of the Faroese electrical system. PhD researcher, Helma Maria Tróndheim, said:“So far the resul
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released two new studies on renewable energy in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers helped undertake these studies, funded by BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program. Offshore Renewable Energy Technologies in t
Simec Atlantis through its partnership with ITPEnergised has worked with The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and China Three Gorges (CTG) to develop CTG’s first SG500kW tidal stream turbine. The structure stands between the islands of Putuoshan and Huludao in the Zhoushan archipelago
Australian engineering company AMOG Consulting has released a video summary of its wave energy converter technology demonstrator project. The one-third scale WEC went trough testing at the University of Exeter’s FabTest site in Falmouth. The WEC (wave energy convertor) device extracts the energy fro
OceanSET partners produced their first annual report based on recent information on costs, technologies, revenue support and other facts. OceanSET is a 3-year project supporting ocean energy implementation plan of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan). This €1 million project has
Nova Scotia Energy and Mines has issued a tidal energy demonstration permit to Sustainable Marine Energy Canada (SMEC) for a 700 kW project in the Bay of Fundy. The permit is valid for a period of five years. The project will begin with the connection of the PLAT-I 4.63 tidal energy platform to the
Industry body Scottish Renewables, the voice of Scotland’s renewable energy sector, has appointed seven new directors to its board. An election for the posts saw 20 eligible candidates enter the ballot, with 65 per cent of the members voting. The election process also saw a greater focus on gender d
Bombora has completed a metocean survey off the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote, as part of 3MW wave park project. Data collected provides the physical and also environmental characteristics at the site to progress to the design and development phase. Bombora, together with Enzen Spain, is part o
EMEC has strengthened its collaboration with the United States feeding ocean energy expertise into the 2019 Project Peer Review Report. The 2019 Peer Review was conducted by a review panel coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). Released yesterday
Sandia National Laboratories has developed an open-source MATLAB Toolbox for wave energy converter (WEC) design optimization studies. The WecOptTool allows users to perform wave energy converter (WEC) device design optimization studies while including different control strategies. In particular, thi
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has several job openings including spots for CFO, mechanical and also electrical technician. The CFO will make an impact by leading and delivering on CorPower Ocean financial and operational strategies. As CFO you will oversee our financial strategy, oper
Scottish tidal energy developer Orbital Marine Power has appointed Oliver Wragg as its new commercial director. Before joining Orbital, Oliver Wragg was the commercial director at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for over six years. He has been an active board member of Ocean Energy Europe s
EMEC recently embarked on a project with OceanWise to further improve geographic information system and data management capabilities. OceanWise delivered training in data management, QGIS and supported EMEC to convert its existing diverse datasets into a geospatial database. They also linked QGIS to
