French tidal and ocean stream turbine developer Sabella has appointed Benoît Bazire as chairman of board of directors. Jean François Daviau president and founder of Sabella, has decided to leave his position as head of the company. He remains a shareholder and board member of Sabella. To continue it
Simon Hart MP visited Bombora for an update on Bombora’s innovative mWave Pembroke demonstration project being conducted at Pembroke Dock. The MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire was able to examine the test tank which supplies critical test data for the mWave engineering design team. He
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has reported net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 of $2.5 million, compared to a net loss of $3.3 million for the prior-year period. The decrease in net loss was mainly attributable to lower cost of revenue as a result of timing on new contracts and the decre
A team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has installed a new turbine in Okinawa that can reportedly harness six times more energy than earlier models. The “ducted” wave energy converter (WEC) marks the latest phase in research and development from the OI
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has recently awarded contracts for the delivery of Onshore Control Station as part of its 500kW tidal power plant in form of a “flying” kite tethered to the sea bottom. The 100kW Kite (Power generator) will be connected to the Faroe Islands Grid at 0,4kV (Poin
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The Igiugig Village Council (IVC) and ORPC have officially launched ORPC’s commercial RivGen Power System in Alaska on Tuesday. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and a crowd of over 60 people gathered at Lake Iliamna and the Kvichak River in Igiugig for the unveiling of ORPC’s first commercial device, w
SEA-TITAN, a European Commission H2020 Programme funded project, will hold a workshop during ETWEC 2019, in Napoli, Italy on September 04, 2019. The project is aimed at making a step change in the wave energy sector by designing, building, testing and validating a crosscutting and innovative Direct
The project will provide solutions for small island renewable energy, water, and aquaculture
The directors of Bombora Wave Power have recently welcomed Sue Price, head of Programme Management Division, Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) to the company’s Pembroke Dock offices to review the progress on the 1.5MW mWave trial. Bombora is mid-way through the project to design, build, deploy, t
A new project, set to revolutionize tidal turbine blades, has started developing a computer model to simulate blade wear and tear. The simulations will be used by the NEMMO (Next Evolution in Materials and Modelling for Ocean energy) project team to deliver a more performant class of turbine blade.
The Igiugig Village Council and ORPC will celebrate the launch of the commercial RivGen power system today. The U.S. Department of Energy, Governor of Alaska and other VIPs will join the Igiugig Village Council and ORPC for the commercial launch of the RivGen system. Igiugig Village Council is the f
Eco Wave Power has completed the period for subscription of new shares in connection with the planned listing of the company’s shares on Nasdaq First North Stockholm. Eco Wave Power raised SEK 121.8 million from investors, and the offering was subscribed to approximately 81 per cent. The proceeds wi
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), a leading test facility for wave and tidal energy converters, is looking for a performance test engineer to deliver its services into collaborative R&D projects, focused on marine energy device testing and performance assessment. The candidate needs to be educat
