Sue Barr, of the UK’s Marine Energy Council, has been announced as the winner of the new Vi Maris Award at the Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition (OEE2019) dinner in Dublin. Vi Maris, meaning ‘the power of the sea’, is a new industry award launched by Ocean Energy Europe that recognises the
Eco Wave Power has been announced as one of the 15 winners of the 2019 UN ‘Momentum for Change’ Global Climate Action Award. Niclas Svenningsen, manager of the UN Climate Change Global Climate Action programme congratulated Eco Wave Power for winning the “Global Climate Action Award” and said: “This
Nova Innovation has applied for a Demonstration Permit to construct a 1.5 MW tidal energy array in Petit Passage, Nova Scotia – The Nova Tidal Array. The proposed location of the Nova Tidal Array is in the Petit Passage Marine Renewable Energy Area. The array would be developed in three 0.5 MW phase
QED Naval has appointed Keith Murray as chief commercial officer. Murray joins at a particularly exciting time as QED invests further in specifically delivering its EMEA project pipeline, and developing its industry leading, tidal ventures. Murray brings over 25 years of professional experience in t
The recently announced Selkie project aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland has been launched by Lesley Griffiths AM, the Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs at this year’s Ocean Energy Europe conference in Dublin. A €4.2-million Selkie project is funde
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) and Minas Tidal LP (MTLP) have agreed to co-develop their adjacent berths at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE). The companies will utilize SME’s PLAT-I floating in-stream tidal energy technology to deliver up to 9MW of tidal energy to the Nova Scotia
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project launched its 2nd call today at Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition 2019 in Dublin. The project has also awarded recommendations for support to twelve offshore renewable energy projects under its 1st call which closed in July 2019. The high number of successfu
The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have underscored their commitment to strengthen cooperation aimed at advancing
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Cornwall-based Inyanga-Tech has completed concept and feasibility development of the HydroWing tidal energy project. The concept and feasibility study was aimed at demonstrating that the technology is technically and commercially viable. HydroWing is Inyanga-Tech’s patent-pending tidal energy techno
Italian offshore energy services major Saipem and the Finnish company Wello have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to optimize wave energy converter Penguin technology. The objective of the agreement is the development of future initiatives in the sector. Saipem will support Wello to optimi
Marine Energy Wales has announced that phase 1 of its Marine Energy Test Area (META) project is officially open for business. The announcement was made during a launch event held at Pembroke Port and marks a significant step in the development of the project. With eight pre-consented sites located i
Carnegie has raised the required $5.5 million to continue with the final phases of the recapitalisation plan. Existing shareholders contributed approximately $4.4 million, with around $1.1 million coming from new investors under the Shortfall Offer. The initial plan was to raise a minimum of $5.5 mi
A research project to make the island of Texel in the Netherlands sustainable through wave energy has now reached the planning stage for the installation of a wave energy farm prototype. Invented by Erwin Croughs, the Slow Mill wave pilot project aims to install five or six Slow Mills and create a w
