Marine Energy Wales has welcomed the announcement that four tidal stream projects, based in Welsh waters, have been given the green light to provide electricity to the National Grid, as part of the latest allocation round of the UK government’s renewable auction.
In its new eBook, LNG: Fueling the Future, LNG infrastructure solutions company Black & Veatch examines the role LNG will play in the future of the global energy landscape. The company detailed how the industry must scale beyond its current production capacity to balance increasing levels of renewab
In its fifth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, the UK has supported 11 tidal energy projects with a record capacity of over 50MW and €11.6 million total ringfenced budget.
The announcement that the UK is to join the EU’s flagship Horizon Europe program has been deemed as excellent news for Europe’s ocean energy sector as it could help enable the deployment of more ocean energy projects in the water, keeping Europe’s competitive edge in this emerging industry.
AQUIND Ltd, the company behind the planned namesake 2 GW electricity interconnector between the UK and France, has established a collaboration with the Portsmouth City Council for the delivery of the project. AQUIND and Portsmouth City Council entered into a works co-operation agreement on 5 Septemb
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has started a series of tank tests of floating wind and wave energy structures at the University of Edinburgh’s FloWave facility to explore the potential benefits the synergy between the two technologies could bring.
Scottish company Mocean Energy has secured €3.74 million in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave energy device offshore Orkney, as part of the EuropeWave project.
EuropeWave project has selected three finalists – CETO Wave Energy Ireland, IDOM Consulting and Mocean Energy – to fabricate, deploy and demonstrate their prototype designs in the third and final phase of the collaborative wave energy project.
Marine Energy Wales’ project manager Jay Sheppard outlines his thoughts on how the current Contracts for Difference funding mechanism for low carbon electricity could be improved.
Canada’s Cellula Robotics has commenced sea trials of its extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XLUUV), featuring hydrogen fuel cell technology. The initial sea trials of the Solus-XR XLUUV are designed to evaluate surface performance and autonomy, said to offer a valuable opportunity to assess t
Voyages through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) have long been on the radar, but recent developments indicate that Russia is now aiming to establish year-round sailing on this strategic maritime pathway as early as 2025, Gibson Shipbrokers said in a recent report. This ambitious goal comes as Russia se
Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a more comprehensive and accurate methodology to measure the wave energy available in ocean sites around the world.
A collaborative renewable subsea power project, run by Mocean Energy and Verlume, alongside Baker Hughes, Serica Energy and others, has completed an initial four-month test program and secured extension for further testing in the North Sea.
AW-Energy, a Finnish near-shore wave energy technology developer, has joined the Halliburton Labs Clean Energy Accelerator program, gaining access to broad range of know-how to scale up its business.
