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LOC Renewables, part of LOC Group marine international consultancy, has acquired a 70% stake in the French marine energy engineering company Innosea. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has added the Co-Founder and Director of the Sky Institute for the Future – Gil Lyons – to the company’s board. Specialized in smart growth initiatives,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French developer GEPS Techno has launched the construction of its wave energy platform prototype that will be tested at the SEM-REV marine renewables test site, off the western coast of France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) project in Martinique, planned by French companies Naval Energies and Akuo Energy, has been shelved indefinitely due to technical difficulties. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The reverse takeover acquisition between SIMEC - a GFG Alliance company - and Atlantis Resources has been completed, resulting in the re-admittance of the company with the new name on the AIM. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

German developer NEMOS has reported favorable test results for its newly developed rope construction that may be used for the company’s wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Trade and professional body for marine renewables - RenewableUK - has published a report on the activities of the UK-based companies working in the onshore and offshore wind, wave and tidal energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish-based Waves4Power has appointed Emil Christiansen to the role of President and CEO of the company which is now looking for financing for the next phase of its wave power system development. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from June 11 – June 17, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The new tidal turbine plant in Cherbourg, France, built in only ten months and officially launched on June 14, will produce its first two turbines in a few weeks and deliver them to projects in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ireland is exploring the possibility of a major interconnector to feed its targeted 50GW of ocean energy, planned to be achieved by 2050, directly into the European grid, according to Denis Naughten,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

"France is well placed to be an ocean energy frontrunner at global scale. This is thanks to good natural resources. But just as importantly, it is thanks to world-class marine engineers and visionary... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The International OTEC Symposium is the world’s largest international conference on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). Since the first conference in Hawaii in 2013, it has been held annually in Korea, Malaysia, The Netherlands, and France. Two days of unique and interactive sessions provides…

Naval Energies (former DCNS) and its subsidiary OpenHydro officially opened their tidal turbine plant in Cherbourg today, June 14, conveniently timing the inauguration as the International Conference... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Negotiators from the European Commission, Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on increasing renewable energy use in Europe on June 14, setting a binding renewable energy target for the EU... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

DesignPro Renewables and Mitsubishi Electric, which has joined the hydrokinetic technology start-up in the development of its 25kW in-river turbine, are working towards deploying the device at the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

SINN Power has attached two supporting structures for its wave energy converter (WEC) modules to the port wall in Heraklion on Crete, Greece, where the company will install and commission the first... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

HydroQuest and its equity partner CMN (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) have informed that they will install and commission the HydroQuest Ocean 1MW tidal turbine at EDF's Paimpol-Bréhat site... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

A l’occasion de l’ouverture de la conférence internationale ICOE et des Assises nationales des énergies marines renouvelables du Syndicat des énergies renouvelables a été lancé l’Appel de Cherbourg. Le texte définitif a été rendu public le 12 juin 2018 et signé à la tribune par Jean-Louis BAL, Pr…

Orkney will become home to another innovative energy solution with a newly launched project set to deliver an onshore energy management system that will support the production of hydrogen using an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On June 6, the consortium behind the NeSSIE project (short for North Sea Solutions for Innovation in Corrosion for Energy) launched a competition for delivering anti-corrosion solutions for tidal,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French tidal energy technology developer, Blue Shark Power System, will install one of its turbines off the coast of Djibouti in early 2019 as part of a large-scale project planned for the country... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz team is now on its way to Cherbourg, France, where the 7th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) will kick off on June 12 and bring together stakeholders from tidal, wave... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

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Scottish marine service provider Green Marine has submerged another piece of innovative technology into Orkney’s deeps having recently installed Microsoft’s clean energy-powered datacenter. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Six awardees have been selected to receive a total of $6.7 million in federal funding for the development of innovative marine energy technologies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch province of Zeeland has provided €250,000 from its public fund to support the joint, large-scale, north-west European tidal energy and battery storage project called the MIDAS. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian wave developer with offices in Wales – Bombora Wave Power – has engaged the services of two contractors for the delivery of valve system for the company’s mWave device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The MRECo operations team - together with those from the University of Rhode Island and Nortek - plans to replace sensors installed at the Bourne tidal site in an operation set for tomorrow. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The university in French northwestern city of Caen – ESITC – has inaugurated marine test facility equipped with a 40-meter long flume tank. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

With two key hires Tocardo Tidal Power has strengthened its Managing Board. Mr. Henk Kasteleijn has joined Tocardo as Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Henk brings over 20 years of general and financial management experience with two leading multinationals in the innovative technology sector…

The Scottish government has called the low-carbon energy project developers to apply for a share of £20 million supplied through the Energy Investment Fund. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Since its launch, FORESEA has increased real-sea testing activity in the ocean energy sector. Ten projects have hit the water at European test centres with FORESEA support, with more to come in the next 18 months. To mark this success, a drinks reception will be held at ICOE2018 on Wednesday 13 J…

Swedish developer Minesto has appointed Javier Sanz, and Jonas Millqvist, as the new member on its board whose focus will be on reinforcing project finance capabilities and commercialization of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has launched a funding call for marine renewable energy proposals with increased budget and diversified research stream. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French industrial and defense giant Naval Group has collaborated with Microsoft on the second phase of Natick project which resulted in the recent installation of marine renewable energy-powered... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch company Tocardo Tidal Power has strengthen its management board with two key hires. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

International marine and engineering consulting firm LOC has appointed ex-Head of Engineering at BP, Ian Cummins as its new Energy Projects Development Director. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has called the UK government to offer price support for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon ‘on the same terms’ to that agreed for the nuclear power station. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has organized a webinar that will this week explore alternative materials and manufacturing processes for ocean energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish developer Minesto has released a video showing the recently completed equipment connection operation as part of Deep Green project installation off Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office has opened a contest for the best photos of water power in the United States that can bring up to $2,000 for the winners. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Aberdeen-based subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group has been awarded a £750,000 contract with Korea Research of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) for wind and wave energy platform... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Following ‘promising’ tests in real conditions, EEL Energy has launched a funding raise with a maximum target of €7 million to support further development of its tidal energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Global ship repair, conversion and marine specialist A&P Group has announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager, as the firm pushes further into the renewables sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has launched a call for funding applications meant for those seeking to expand their knowledge in marine renewable energy sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Commission has proposed a 60% funding increase for the EU’s environment and climate action program LIFE in the next long-term 2021-2027 budget. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2018 in now live! The event, to be held on (22), 23 & 24 October in Amsterdam expects to attract over 12,000 offshore... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from May 28 - June 3, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal energy project, led by Chinese developer LHD, has generated over 800 MWh of cumulative power since summer 2016 – claiming a ‘world record’ with one full year of continuous power export to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The project led by Chinese developer LHD has generated over 800MWh of cumulative power since summer 2016 – claiming a ‘world record’ with one full year of continuous power export to the Chinese grid. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The proposal to build a £1.3 billion energy generating tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay is reportedly set to be rejected by the UK government in an announcement rumored to be made next week. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy has started the geophysical survey activities off Western Australia at a project site planned for the company’s CETO 6 wave energy device debut. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has completed the assembly and commissioning of its PowerBuoy - a grid simulator designed to operate alongside the quarter-scale prototype WaveSub wave energy converter. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The developer of CCell wave energy converter - Zyba - is looking to hire an engineer to work within the company’s London-based technical team. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ITPEnergised has combined its business with Glasgow-based specialist electrical engineering consultancy for the renewable and low carbon energy industries Xero Energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A consortium led by Italian company UmbraGroup has secured €3.8 million in EU research funding to develop an advanced power take-off system for wave energy applications. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have signed a five-year collaborative agreement to advance research on marine renewable... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Launched by the Brittany region - Bretagne Ocean Power (BOP) has been established to coordinate the action of all Breton stakeholders engaged in marine renewable energy sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

DMEC is happy to announce the approval of the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project. In this four-year project eight partners will combine their marine energy expertise to deliver integrated technical and commercial support services to forty technology developers in north-west Europe. The partners…

Forty marine energy technology developers in northwest Europe are set to benefit from a newly approved EU project - Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) - that will offer integrated support services for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Rural development agency Cadwyn Clwyd has published a tender for a scoping study on battery storage suitability for the YnNi Llŷn and Nova Innovation tidal energy project planned for deployment off... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Swedish developer Minesto has welcomed Welsh Minister Ken Skates who received an update on the company’s tidal energy operations in Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A national organization whose name speaks for itself – Marine Renewables Canada – is seeking an Executive Director to lead strategic development of marine, river current, and offshore wind energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK-based marine consultancy ABPmer has appointed Paul Clement as its new Oceanographic Survey Manager. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The SmartBay Observatory in Ireland’s Galway Bay is being retrieved this week for essential onshore maintenance. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An ambitious new project dubbed DTOcean+, whose aim is to accelerate the commercialization of marine energy sector by developing an open source suite of design tools for ocean energy systems, has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French company Sabella has been accepted to the acceleration program for French companies with an interest in Australian maritime market as it looks to develop tidal energy projects down under. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the second offshore installation phase of its 500kW Deep Green (DG500) project in Holyhead Deep, off Wales. Swedish developer installed the tether,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French tidal energy company Sabella has started new set of tests on its D10 tidal energy turbine ahead of its deployment off France planned for August at the earliest. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have resumed survey activities in Alaska in support of the government-backed Yakutat Wave Energy Project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

BAM International has acquired Strukton’s majority share in the joint venture Tidal Bridge that was established to drive forward the development of tidal energy floating power plants. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from May 21 - 27, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Canada has announced plans to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as it looks to improve its access to the $1 trillion clean technology market. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has set aside up to $2 million in funding to foster long-term industry-lab collaborative research. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto has reported a 5.5% increase in revenue for the first three months of the current year, compared to the same period a year earlier. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA) has published a study on collaboration and innovation challenges faced by the ocean energy sector which also provides possible solutions for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Update to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch tidal energy developer SeaQurrent joined 14 other sustainability startups on a trip to the Wadden Islands to explore business opportunities during what's said to be the ‘first fossil free trade... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

A new project focused on investigating the forces acting on blades and structures of tidal energy converters and their impact on reliability will be officially launched at the International... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Three companies within offshore energy sector have signed a letter of intent to jointly target niche markets in need of supply of clean electricity from floating wind and solar power. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish government has published a new climate change legislation under which it commits to target 90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based developer Verdant Power has reached over the minimum investment target in an ongoing equity crowdfunding campaign set up to support the implementation of the company’s fifth generation tidal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The University of Algarve has made available a postdoctoral research grant in the field of coastal oceanography that will also offer the chance of working with tidal energy developers in France and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) of the US Department of Energy is requesting feedback from the public on marine energy performance metrics on system and subsystem level. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On 21 June, the Marine Tech Expo takes place in Plymouth, UK. The day before, 20 June, the MET-CERTIFIED project organises a visit to 3 test sites in Falmouth and Plymouth:

Minesto has completed the installation of the micro-grid system (MGS) buoy that will be used for the company’s first tidal energy installation in Holyhead Deep, off the coast of North West Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Two wave energy buoys, built as part of the EU-backed Life DemoWave project, have been transported to Punta Langosteira where they will shortly be deployed for trials. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy company Seabased has closed the crowdfunding campaign on the Invesdor platform having secured close to €715,000 from 250 new investors around the world. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MaRINET2 has opened the registrations for the first set of a total of ten courses on offshore renewable energy to be delivered over the next three years. The short, two to five days long courses for industry and academic researchers in the offshore renewable energy sector are organised and lectur…

The FLASC team of the University of Malta has officially launched the scaled offshore floating platform prototype with integrated energy storage at an event that gathered government officials and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy has raised Au$5.3 million (€3.4 million) to grow its solar, battery and wave energy businesses. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish developer Resen Waves has kicked off a capital raising campaign whose proceedings will be used to further advance the company’s wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In theory, one third of global electricity needs could be provided by the world’s tidal range, according to a new comprehensive state-of-the-art review of tidal range power plants. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Atlantis Resources has completed the placing of more than 57 million shares, securing £20 million for its upcoming tidal power and renewable energy activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Denmark-based company Resen Waves has secured €1 million through West Hill Capital to further advance its wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship company SolstadFarstad has awarded a five-year contract to Global Maritime, and UniSea, to deliver dynamic positioning (DP) assurance software solutions to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Working with organizations across Europe, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) is calling for input from its members as it looks to draw up an international strategy for marine energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based developer Atlantis Resources is looking to raise £20 million via share placing ahead of the completion of the proposed reverse takeover by GFG Alliance company SIMEC. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The micro-grid system (MGS) buoy that will be used for Minesto’s 500kW Deep Green tidal energy plant has hit the waters of the River Clyde and is now ready to be towed to the installation site. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine energy developer Minesto is looking to enter into a framework agreement for marine operations services at its tidal test site in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has named Matthew May as the company’s Vice President for Global Business Development. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released an informational webinar to explain in more detail the recently announced funding opportunity to support the marine energy technologies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Member organization acting as the voice of renewable energy industry in Scotland – Scottish Renewables – has welcomed the extension of seabed lease for Nova Innovation’s Shetland Tidal Array. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hundreds of innovative entrepreneurs and leading investors from across Europe have gathered in Brussels aiming to partner up for sustainable economic growth of seas and oceans as part of the Blue... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish tidal energy developer Nova Innovation has secured an extension of its seabed lease at the Shetland Tidal Array, increasing the capacity of the site lease from 0.5MW to 2MW. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hong Kong-based clean technology developer Aquanet Power has completed its second round of capital raising, securing $5 million to further grow its wave energy business. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Investigation into the United Kingdom’s 2017 auction for low-carbon electricity generation contracts has revealed that the rule changes to the auction process will increase costs for energy users by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The collaborative project, looking to exploit the surf waves to produce clean electricity, has been officially launched in the Maldives. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine-i, a pioneering program designed to boost the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, has organized a free conference to discuss ways to improve marine data, and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Philippine-based Everhydro Corporation has entered into agreement with a Singapore start-up company OceanPixel to develop and implement ocean energy projects in Zamboanga Peninsula. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MaRINET2 has opened registration period for the first set of a total of ten courses on offshore renewable energy to be delivered over the next three years. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Commission has outlined its plans for the EU 2021-2027 budget, proposing €8.65 billion to be invested in the energy sector through the Connecting Europe Facility, with one of the key... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Lagoon Power's CEO Mark Shorrock revealed on May 9 that the company had proposed a joint funding package for its Swansea Bay tidal lagoon to the UK government to ensure the tidal lagoon's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A group ofleading utilities, investors and NGOs have called on President Juncker to invest more money in zero-emission mobility and power generation when allocating the EU budget after 2020. Aviva Investors, 2 Degrees Investing, Eurelectric, Ocean Energy Europe, Mirova Investing, among others, de…

East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has been shortlisted as finalist in the 2018 European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sharing innovation, systems and proven cost-cutting practices between offshore wind and tidal and wave energy sectors will contribute to increasing supply of both into the national grid, it was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy company Seabased has signed an agreement with Bermuda General Agency (BGA) to deliver two 20MW wave energy parks in the Caribbean. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Having designed gravity-base foundation for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal energy plant, a multinational professional services firm Arup has welcomed the completion of the first offshore installation... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Australian Marine Energy Taskfoce (AMET), a working group of Australia's marine energy technology and project developers, has proposed the creation of a virtual marine energy cluster to drive... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Wales has benefited from £1.4 million additional EU funding secured last month that will be used to help more than 400 people gain technical skills in new and emerging sectors in energy and power. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017 - a 5.3% increase from 2016, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The consortium, led by ITPEnergised, has launched a low-cost dynamic positioning (DP) barge which is expected to significantly improve the commercial viability of the wave and tidal energy generation... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Menter Môn, the manager of the Morlais tidal energy project, has invited tenders for marine ecological survey in support of the tidal energy demonstration zone proposed off Anglesey in North Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The governments of Indonesia and South Korea have signed an agreement to establish a research center for marine energy technologies in West Java, unveiling also the plans for cooperation on tidal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto has awarded J Mitchell Fishing with a contract for the provision of a vessel that will support scale testing of Minesto's Deep Green tidal energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The UK National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has unveiled a plan to enhance its offerings to better support marine renewable energy and other offshore industries, along with the oil and gas... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora, an Australian wave energy developer is looking for a senior structural engineer and a senior control engineer, who will join the company's European team at its recently established... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish marine energy developer MInesto has completed the first offshore installation phase of the project aimed at demonstrating the company’s marine energy technology Deep Green in utility scale. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish developer AW-Energy has secured additional funding from the MaRINET2 program to continue WaveRoller device tank testing under a second collaboration project with Queen’s University Belfast. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Green outfit Ecotricity has presented the UK government with two alternative offshore tidal lagoon proposals – said to be able to produce the same amount of energy as Swansea Bay tidal lagoon scheme... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Wave energy company Seabased has opted for Norway for the establishment a production facility for its wave energy devices that could employ 120 people in the first two years. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Fundación Chile and the Marine Energy Research & Innovation Centre (MERIC) is hosting a workshop in Chile today (May 8), bringing together leading international experts for the purpose of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Navingo BV, the company behind MarineEnergy.biz and several other offshore and maritime-focused news sites, has opened the nomination period for Offshore Energy Awards 2018, which will be presented... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 tidal turbine hit a new milestone on May 7, when it reached 365 days (combined) of being deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) demonstration site in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee and the Welsh Affairs Committee have announced an inquiry into the UK government’s decision-making process for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has set up a webinar that will look into the financial puzzle project developers face while ‘putting together’ their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish marine energy company Minesto is looking for an Analyst/Oceanographer to join the company’s main test site facility in Portaferry, Northern Ireland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Having raised a little over €550,000 and beating the funding round’s minimum target, the Swedish wave energy company Seabased has decided to extend the subscription period for its crowdfunding... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based wave energy company Columbia Power Technologies has received a patent from the Japan Patent Office for its StingRAY wave energy system. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from April 30 until May 6, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

How Nova Scotia companies are making the most of Fundy’s tidal energy [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking to hire a development manager to build an international development portfolio for the Orkney-based marine energy testing center. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has invited public to offer feedback on a draft report that details the current economic and technical landscapes for 12 maritime... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has come step closer to resolving legacy issues with the conclusion of a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The bottom joint system that will be used to moor Minesto's DG500 tidal energy device to the seabed off Wales has been installed onto the gravity-based foundation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On the 3rd April 2018, Ocean Energy Europe 20 other EU level organisations wrote to European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Günther Oettinger, and European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas to call for 35% of the MFF budget to be used for climate-relat…

UK-based wave energy start-up Aqua Power Technologies has introduced its new wave energy converter dubbed MANTA for remote offshore local grid installations. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

European subsidiary of Australian company Bombora Wave Power has awarded a contract to hovercraft manufacturer Griffon Hoverwork for the supply of a membrane for the mWave device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has published an interview with the company’s Chief Operating Officer David Collier, where he explains the scope and process of the ‘world’s first’ low-flow... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK-based technology company Smith Engineering has reached a new phase in developing an augmented floating tidal stream turbine prototype. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Companies and organizations active in the UK’s marine energy sector have welcomed ORE Catapult’s report which analyzed cost reduction and industrial benefits of tidal stream and wave energy in the UK. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Orkney Islands have further increased the transportation capabilities for locally produced ‘green hydrogen’ with the delivery of two hydrogen tube trailers from Calvera. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy has concluded the testing of its CETO 6 wave energy device at the COAST facility at Plymouth University in UK. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Seabased, a Swedish wave energy company, has teamed up with Infocom Connect to provide wave power for commercial projects in the Canary Islands. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Xodus Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atlantis Resources to pursue the development of a tidal energy project in Japan. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has published a new evidence-based assessment that shows the UK’s marine energy industries can meet the government’s requirements for emerging technology... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The concept for a new wave energy device that sits on rather than in the water, developed by engineering solutions company AMOG, has been validated at the facilities of the Australian Maritime... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has completed pre-deployment testing of WaveSub’s PowerBuoy ahead of deployment at FaBTest. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Energy Department of the United States has set up a $23 million funding call to support marine energy industry advancement in wave, tidal, ocean and river current technologies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power, an Australian wave energy developer with newly established headquarters in Wales, is looking to hire an engineer responsible for the delivery of mWave device’s electrical parts. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy plans to launch share subscription offer with the intention to raise up to Au$6 million ($4.5 million) to grow its wave energy and solar/battery microgrid businesses. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cornish marine energy body, Marine Hub Cornwall, and its Welsh counterpart, Marine Energy Wales, have signed a collaboration agreement to advance marine renewable energy sector in UK. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Norwegian tidal energy developer Tidal Sails has secured government funding to support the demonstration of a 4.4MW full-scale tidal energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 23 – 29, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Seabased, a Swedish wave energy company, has formed partnership with Infocom Connect to provide renewable energy for commercial projects in Sri Lanka. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a tender for the development of 150MW grid-connected floating solar PV power projects in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based renewable energy company Atlantis Resources and Nagasaki University have signed a collaboration agreement for a joint study on ocean renewables using tidal stream. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has hired Leask Marine to remove a tripod foundation from the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site as part of an EU-backed collaborative decommissioning... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has published an environmental report for the first quarter of 2018 providing a summary of monitoring and data analysis collected in the Bay of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Marmok-A5 device, deployed for testing off the coast of northern Spain, will be retrieved for upgrades this summer as part of the EU-funded wave energy cost-cutting project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based developer, suitably named Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE), has announced plans to acquire two companies whose goals and objectives mirror its own in order to further grow its business... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The official UK government statistics have revealed record high public support for renewable energy in general, as well as tidal and wave energy sources. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The official UK government statistics have revealed record high public support for renewable energy in general, as well as tidal and wave energy sources. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Policy and Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh has released a report summarizing the developments in the wave and tidal sector throughout 2017 in the United Kingdom. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The 100MW Ghana wave energy project, being developed by Seabased and TC’s Energy, is gaining momentum with a number of local permits and agreements already secured to support the scheme’s delivery. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, will supply offshore wind developer Orsted with a 20MW GSS Grid Storage Solution. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based naval architecture consultancy QED Naval is looking to fill four job openings related to the development of the Subhub tidal platform. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy developer Seatricity has set a timetable to remove all residual mooring equipment used for Oceanus 2 wave energy device testing at Wave Hub. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Oregon State University (OSU) has submitted a 1,000-page draft license application that outlines construction and operation details of a wave energy test site off the Oregon coast. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has set up a workshop for next month to explore new market opportunities for the subsea supply chain arising from technical challenges in tidal and wave... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Great Southern – a region in Western Australia – has stepped closer to fulfilling its wave energy ambitions after the Albany Visitor Centre was announced as the location for the Wave Energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish developer AW-Energy has secured €5 million from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to develop a power take-off (PTO) unit for 1MW wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish developer AW-Energy has secured €5 million from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to develop a power take-off (PTO) unit for 1MW wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Portugal-based engineering consultancy Cruz Atcheson has announced the expansion of its Lisbon premises to prepare for the ongoing recruitment drive. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

University of Limerick (UL) has launched an innovative underwater robot that will be used to inspect, repair and maintain marine renewable energy facilities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The owner and operator of the Pico wave power plant - WavEC Offshore Renewables - has informed the plant was disconnected from the grid after partial collapse earlier in April. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Atlantis Resources has submitted a strategic plan to the French government setting out plans to deliver 1GW of tidal power by 2025 at the Raz Blanchard, located off the Normandy reagion. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Energy Europe and Copernicus Marine Service officially launched their new partnership today at a reception hosted by the European Commission in Brussels. The collaboration will help European ocean energy companies create export market opportunities.

Copernicus Marine Service uses the…

Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, a Marine-i delivery partner, ran an event earlier in April where wave energy device developers from across the globe were introduced to the latest techniques... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Ocean Energy Europe and Copernicus Marine Service have officially launched their new partnership looking to help European ocean energy companies create export market opportunities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The SEM-REV marine renewables test site, located off the western coast of France, has welcomed the installation of a demonstrator which aims to characterize underwater ambient noise as part of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 16 - 22, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"Europe holds two thirds of the companies, test centres and installed capacities in the ocean energy sector," said Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

WavEC Offshore Renewables is looking to recruit a senior engineer in the field of numerical modeling of marine renewable technologies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

QED Naval has secured full funding for sea trials of its Subhub tidal turbine foundation platform. A testing programme is planned to be carried out in the summer of 2018, when the developer will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The MaRINET2 project has awarded €1.1 million to 32 offshore renewable technology developers from 17 countries. The funds will provide 583 days of testing and research at facilities around Europe,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Representatives from Minesto, Nova Innovation, Marine Power Systems, ORE Catapult and many other companies and organisations from the marine energy sector are participating in Marine Energy Wales... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A six-fold increase in renewable energy deployment is required to limit global temperature rise to two degrees and avoid escalating stranded assets, according to the latest edition of International... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The Swiss Schweizer Kapital Global Impact Fund, represented by Umut Ertan, has contributed to bringing SINN Power's wave energy technology to market maturity in 2022 with €4.7 million. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marc Lafosse, the president of French company Énergie de la Lune has been appointed as the chairman of the Marine Renewables Committee at the French renewable energy association SER (Syndicat des... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Subsea Energy Solutions has delivered a part of the subsea equipment package for Minesto's Deep Green tidal energy project at the Holyhead Deep, and is currently working on the production of the rest... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

AW-Energy and Queen's University Belfast have completed a six-month project that concentrated on recording the loads of different WaveRoller components, mainly the foundation and the panel, with an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Partrac, the Scottish-based marine survey and coastal consultancy specialist, will soon launch its US subsidiary Partrac GeoMarine in Houston, Texas, where the company will offers the full range of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has launched a webinar series to highlight recent and ongoing research in the offshore energy sector in this Canadian province, with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Global ocean energy sector is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5% during the period between 2018 and 2022, according to Technavio's report Global Ocean Power Market... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy company Seabased has raised almost 70% of its minimum target in a crowdfunding campaign launched on March 16 and running until May 6. The company had set the maximum goal for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The fourth EU Energy Summit, which gathered 500 politicians and business representatives in Brussels on April 12, featured a plenary session that saw the speakers highlighting the significance of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Energy has compiled the top news from marine renewable energy industry from April 9 - 15, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Nova Scotia's Department of Energy has issued two permits to Big Moon Power (BMP) for a tidal electricity project in the Bay of Fundy, granting an off-grid testing of a 100kW prototype and phased... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the US Department of Energy intends to issue a funding call for marine and hydrokinetic technology advancement and data dissemination... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Paul Wheelhouse, Scotland's Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, has congratulated the project team behind the MeyGen tidal energy array on reaching the milestone of officially putting the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Marine Energy Wales will be hosting its annual conference next week that will gather marine energy experts to discuss the latest industry developments. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

BIRD Energy program is offering a $1 million grant per one joint US-Israel innovative project from all areas of renewable energy – including tidal, wave, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), solar... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

UK battery storage developer, Eelpower, has secured an agreement for debt funding with Gravis Capital to grow its pipeline of permitted storage sites and pursue new development opportunities in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The MeyGen tidal energy array has completed the construction phase for the Phase 1A to officially enter its 25-year operations period with 6GWh of clean energy already produced from tides. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Your daily news provider Tidal Energy Today for ocean renewable energy industry rebrands to MarineEnergy.biz to expand sector coverage under a new and more fitting name. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French wave energy company Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE) has been selected to receive €50,000 of Horizon 2020 funding to further develop its wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An international consortium, led by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, has been established to deliver a tidal stream turbine for the Chinese state-owned power company China Three Gorges. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The installation of the communication system for Deep Green tidal plant is currently being performed by Vissim Renewables which secured the contract from Minesto early in 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EC-OG and a Cohort company SEA have completed dry integration trials linking a Subsea Control Module (SCM) to an uprated power source that exploits ocean currents to produce power. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotrenewables Tidal Power's SR2000 tidal turbine has just exceeded 2GWh of cumulative electricity generation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) is looking for a Science Director to oversee all components of its environmental monitoring program. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has entered into a berth agreement with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to demonstrate its tidal energy prototype. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Gothenburg-based tidal energy developer Minesto has applauded the multi-million funding allocation for marine energy made by Swedish Energy Agency – stating the investment is ‘fully in line with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Swedish Energy Agency has invested €10.2 million (SEK 105 million) in the country’s marine energy development program whose first call for proposals is expected to be launched this May. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is making progress in the collection of resource and power generation data to evaluate the performance of tidal energy devices as part of the MET-CERTIFIED... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Industry body Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has made several new appointments tasking them with uniting the sector behind the strategy to build an ocean energy industry in Europe. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The new appointments will be tasked with uniting the sector behind a strategy to build an ocean energy industry in Europe.

Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has appointed Simon De Pietro (DP Energy, Ireland) and Laurent Schneider-Maunoury (Naval Energies, France) as its new Co-Presidents. The duo bring a…

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 2 - 8, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has shown the renewable energy sector’s generation capacity increased by 167GW to reach the total of 2,179GW worldwide in 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) will be discussing its anchorless PowerBuoy solution at the Navy Forum next week in Maryland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French tidal energy developer EEL Energy has started a new set of real sea trials on its undulating tidal membrane device at the Port of Brest in France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The novel concept of Seaplace and Magnomatics, known as FTMC Turbine, will be put through its paces in the coming weeks at the CEHIPAR basin in Madrid, Spain. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish wave energy developer Wavepiston has informed that all of the 100,000 shares in the company’s equity issue have been subscribed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has appointed Alan Christie to the role of Non-Executive Director on the company’s board. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a project that will test the prototype technology which harnesses the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Glasgow-based tidal energy developer Nautricity has retrieved its tidal turbine from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to conduct system assessment. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy developer Seabased has confirmed it will send an engineering team to Ghana in mid-April for talks with the country’s national power distributor GRIDco. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish start-up DesignPro Renewables has revealed plans to deploy its 60kW hydrokinetic device for testing in the third quarter of 2018 as it looks for suitable river test site to facilitate the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking to fill two newly opened positions to support its marine energy testing activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources has extended the duration of its ongoing bond offer as the commitments made overshoot the minimum threshold. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

International recruiter for jobs in renewable energy, Quanta Consultancy Services, has launched a new subsidiary based in the Netherlands. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish developer Seabased has launched a crowdfunding campaign, targeting the maximum amount of $1.8 million, to support its wave energy development activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The continued delay on the funding decision by the UK government for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project may reportedly cause the company behind the scheme, Tidal Lagoon Power, to soon reduce the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The EU-funded OPERA project will disseminate the results of the initiative which aims to halve the cost of wave energy during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo International has provided more information on the activities which led to its bankruptcy - declared in January 2018 – and the ‘re-start’ of the company made... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 26 until April 1, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has reported a decrease in loss of 37% for the year 2017 - compared to the financial results filed a year ago. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Green Finance Taskforce has published a report ‘Accelerating Green Finance’ which calls on the government to consolidate the UK’s position as a leading hub for green finance. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

East England-based hub for offshore renewables, OrbisEnergy, has scheduled an event that will examine cross-sector opportunities in offshore wind and wave and tidal industries. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

With the signed agreement between German developer SINN Power and Fazenda de Camarão, SINN Power announced it is all set to begin its first commercial wave energy project on Cape Verde. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On 28th March 2018, representatives of Europe’s renewable energy industries sent an open letter to the Austrian presidency of the EU.

The letter called for a policy measures to support the future of a competitive renewable energy industry in Europe.

Canadian company Tribute Resources has informed of an ‘unclear status’ of its 46.5% share ownership in tidal energy company Tocardo which entered into bankruptcy proceedings in the Netherlands... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The new UK government’s energy statistics report has shown that renewables share of electricity generation in 2017 reached a record figure of 29.4% - second only to that of gas. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is tendering for the procurement of Kite Control Modules for its Deep Green tidal energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Cornish grid-connected site for testing wave energy devices - the Wave Hub - is exploring other marine renewable energy options amid reports that it failed to deliver any electricity to the UK... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella has restated EU’s commitment to ocean energy during a meeting with 20 leading companies operating in the ocean energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has shared new seabed data with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) having completed seabed surveys on the western edge of the Orkney mainland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has selected three of the most promising control systems concepts from its technology program to share a little over £630,000 to further develop their ideas. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

La Tene Maps, in association with RenewableUK and Ocean Energy Europe, has released a map that shows the disposition of wave, tidal and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) projects around the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK’s Government Office of Science has published a new report that analyzes the future of the sea and sets out the opportunities available for the UK to capitalize on its existing strengths in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has entered into a long-term collaboration with the developer of cable monitoring and subsea systems North Sea Systems (NSS) to bring the CableFish monitoring tool to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, has urged the UK government to protect the renewable energy sector from potential Brexit impacts and offer further clarifications regarding its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy is sourcing for suppliers of various goods and services to support the serial production of its WaveRoller wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The researchers of the AUSTEn project have started field measurements at the Banks Strait as part of a three-year project looking to map tidal energy resource areas in Australia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

BT Projects has selected a Dutch construction firm Van der Straaten to build the Tidal Technology Center Grevelingendam (TTC‐GD) in the Netherlands. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 19 – 25, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Since inception, the people of Seabased have been driven by a love for the challenge of creating technical solutions that bring triple win for people, planet, and profit, according to Øivind... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The second phase of the RiaSoR project, designed to improve the reliability of wave and tidal energy converters through collaborative international research, has officially started. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired a multinational professional services firm Arup, and engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash, to find the best opportunities for wave energy innovation and cost... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Singapore-based developer Hann-Ocean Energy has increased the power capacity of its Drakoo wave energy device by 50% through the implementation of control system improvements. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy developer Columbia Power Technologies (CPower) has reshaped the structure of its wave energy team with two new promotions related to its Oregon division in charge of the company's product... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

DP Energy and Floating Power Plant (FPP), the developers behind the Katanes wind-wave energy scheme in Scotland, have decided to move ahead to the next stage of the project development. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The members of the project consortium looking to combine tidal power with battery storage to provide consistent base load power to the grid from renewable energy have been unveiled. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy has completed the first step in building a new substation for its SURGE2 wave energy project in Peniche, Portugal. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The gravity base structure (GBS) which will be used for Minesto’s first tidal energy installation in Holyhead Deep in Wales has been transported to Holyhead. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The EU-funded FORESEA program has selected three offshore renewable energy projects for support following an interim review of its ongoing fourth call. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish tidal energy developer Nautricity plans to retrieve its CoRMaT tidal turbine installed off Orkney next week. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Swedish Energy Agency has unveiled plans to invest $1.2 million (SEK 10 million) into cooperation agreements with innovation centers in the first year of a pilot initiative that aims to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Engineering and technical services provider for energy market Wood has informed that four employees working within its clean business became committee members on the UK working group that provides... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK-based energy storage solutions company redT energy has been selected by a consortium of European companies to be the primary energy storage technology provider for a large-scale tidal generation... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report which examines contemporary instrumentation and sensor needs and challenges in relation to marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) industry. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy company Seabased has been contracted by TC’s Energy, a Ghanaian renewable energy production company, to deliver a wave energy plant near Ada in Ghana. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired technical assistance for the assessment of the applications in the structural materials and manufacturing processes program. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies has completed the system design for a full-scale device named InfinityWEC ahead of planned two-year test and demonstration project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed an agreement with one of the world’s largest multinational oil and gas companies Eni to supply the PB3 PowerBuoy for a demonstration project in the Adriatic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have awarded a £5.4 million construction contract for the development of a new Research and Innovation Campus in Orkney. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Mercator Ocean and Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) have announced plans to form a partnership in order to support ocean renewable energy through the Copernicus Marine Service. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 12 - 18, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tension Technology International (TTI) and its partners have won an award for a novel multi-material connector designed for marine renewables under the Innovate UK-funded STORM project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The organizers of the Marine Energy Wales conference have announced keynote speakers which include officials from the Welsh government and the European Union. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has announced investments in research related to oceans and clean technologies which was made possible by the funding generated from offshore revenues. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has informed of a progress made in resolving a consolidated derivative lawsuit concerning the terminated agreement with a governmental entity in Australia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has informed of a progress made in resolving a consolidated derivative lawsuit concerning the terminated agreement with a governmental entity in Australia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Norwegian company Tveter Power has started trialing a pumping device driven by wave power at the PLOCAN test site off Canary Islands. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is looking to hire a control systems engineer who would join its concept group based in Gothenburg. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ETIP Ocean has set up a webinar dedicated to the investigation of novel devices ahead of moving towards convergence of design for wave energy technologies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based renewable energy developer Atlantis Resources has raised over £2 million in its ongoing bond offer. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

It’s been more than a year since a government-commissioned report said to get on with it, Zachary Davies Boren from Unearthed writes. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) have developed procedures and designs to extract power from marine currents in deep areas while at the same time optimizing the cost of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On Wednesday the 28th of March, the Maritime & Offshore Career Event takes place at WTC Rotterdam. It’s the twelfth edition, with lots of attention for offshore wind and inland shipping this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy has secured multi-million revolving debt facility to support its wave energy research and development activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish wave energy developer Wavepiston has informed that 60% of its equity issue of 100,000 shares has been subscribed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The findings from the fist in-situ passive acoustic monitoring array for marine mammals at an operational tidal turbine in Ramsey Sound in Wales have been summarized in a newly released report. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Hub Cornwall has launched a new website to showcase the region’s resources and expertise for marine technology businesses. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has appointed Tony Laing as its new director of research and market acceleration. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The global installed ocean energy power has more than doubled from less than 12MW in 2016 to over 25MW in 2017, according to a new Ocean Energy Systems (OES) annual report. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The newly established Wave Energy Research Centre (WERC) is looking for two research associates to join a team of over 20 researchers, based at the Albany office and at the University of Western... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish Renewables - the voice of Scotland’s renewable energy sector - has appointed its new Chairman and Vice-Chairman, along with six new Directors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish wave energy developer Wavepiston has installed its latest version of the wave energy collector on the prototype string deployed off the coast of Denmark. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wello’s Penguin wave energy device has marked its one-year anniversary of continuous deployment in Orkney, Scotland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 5 - 11, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The EPICTidal project team has conducted rotor blade performance assessment using a submersible tidal turbine test rig in the hydrodynamic test tank at Haslar Marine Technology Park. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swansea-based wave energy developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has concluded tow testing of the WaveSub wave energy device in the Milford Haven Waterway. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The recently completed InSTREAM project has found significant differences between the turbulence characteristics in the tank and in the field. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based hydrokinetic developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has hired Alexandre Paris to be President and Chief Executive Officer of its Québec subsidiary Énergies Marines Renouvelables... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Orkney-based energy and environmental consultancy Aquatera is looking to expand its team with two new job openings. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from The University of Manchester have released a study which aims to shed more light on the degradation procedures associated with tidal turbines in order to inform more accurate cost... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based wave energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has reported a decrease in net loss of 19% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 when compared to the same period a year before. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has informed that it continues to attend meetings with government officials, Filipino business leaders, and the US Department of State to discuss plans for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Global wave and tidal energy market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 42.5% and reach $3.9 billion by 2025, according to a report published by Grand View Research, Inc. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A Labour government in the UK would use its proposed state investment bank to fund the Mersey tidal project, the UK Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell stated, according to the Financial Times, which... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference has an overall theme for the new year. The OEEC 2018 theme is “Explore. Inspire. Transform.” The theme gives guidance to the conference program and serves... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Nova Scotia’s early stage venture capital organization Innovacorp has launched a call for ocean energy start-ups to join its technology incubator inside Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

UK-based energy and environmental consultancy Aquatera has published a study which outlines the prospects for the development of aquatic renewable energy in Peru. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The University of Edinburgh is looking for research associate in resource characterization for tidal energy to join its Institute for Energy Systems in the School of Engineering. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has submitted a ‘final needs case’ to the UK energy regulator Ofgem for a subsea cable link that could connect up to 220MW of new renewables on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Global provider of engineered services and products Oceaneering International has acquired Ecosse Subsea through one of its subsidiaries. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The video shows the recently inaugurated SEENEOH tidal energy test site, located on the River Gironne, at the heart of the French city of Bordeaux. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo has singed an agreement with DELTA power utility company for the purchase of clean electricity generated by its tidal energy array on the Eastern Scheldt storm... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Renewables certification body DNV GL has issued the statement of compliance for the Oceantec’s Marmok-A5 wave energy converter after the in-depth design assessment of its hull and mooring system. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Oregon’s lawmakers have approved a budget bill which includes additional state investment of $3 million for the Oregon State University Northwest Marine Renewable Energy Center. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 26 - March 4, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which received expressions of interest for wave and wind energy projects offshore central and southern California, U.S. Geological... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Following Vince Cable’s question to Phillip Hammond on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, serious questions exist as to why BEIS is blocking the development of a network of lagoons that is approved by the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Australian clean energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has received cash rebate from the Australian Tax Office in the amount of Au$2.3 million ($1.8 million). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Research, development and innovation group Tecnalia has signed a collaboration agreement with the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) to provide advanced solutions to accelerate the deployment of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The SEENEOH tidal test site, located in the heart of the French city of Bordeaux, has been inaugurated on March 1, 2018. During the occasion, the French developer of hydrokinetic technology for both... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

An international group of experts, working together on the validation of numerical modelling tools for wave energy converters, have presented their first phase findings. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

James Fisher and Sons reported a boost in its 2017 preliminary financial results, with the company's Marine Support business division – which serves the offshore renewables sector – being the leading... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has released details of the newly-designed measurement system that will be used to collect tidal flow and turbulence data at Nova Innovation’s Bluemull Sound... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Following the publication of the implementation plan, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that a Scottish National Investment Bank will be set up. Scottish Renewables has welcomed the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The consortium behind the LifeDemoWave project is finalizing the assembly works on the wave energy buoy prototype ahead of deployment which is reportedly planned for March off the coast of Galicia in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has awarded £2.5 million to a project that is developing the power take-off (PTO) system to suit a variety of wave energy converters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The partners in the collaborative research and development initiative aimed at metaphysical characterization of dynamic umbilicals for floating marine renewable energy devices, known as the OMDYN2... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The past months have seen progress made on the site-specific design and development for the Albany Wave Energy Project (AWEP), the developer behind the project, Carnegie Clean Energy, informed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian clean energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has made further progress with the design of its CETO 6 wave energy technology which is now ready for wave tank testing activities at the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy has shifted the immediate focus for delivery of the first CETO 6 prototype from Wave Hub in Cornwall to Albany in Western Australia, while continuing the UK development... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EU-backed Master in Renewable Energy in the Marine Environment (REM) initiative has opened the application process for the 2018-2020 edition. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bristol-based engineering design and product development services provider Blackfish has won a contract to supply a lifting platform for the University of Southampton's new wave tank facility. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A joint industry project (JIP), led by Wood, has developed a new set of industry guidelines related to submarine cables behavior on the marine environment and rocky seabed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 19 - 25, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New IRENA market analysis sees renewable energy driving growth and expanding energy access in Southeast Asia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has informed its SR2000 tidal turbine reached over 1.5GWh of cumulative generation since last deployment. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The new, historic low, price of offshore wind can be replicated by tidal lagoon industry with the right government leadership, according to the Chairman of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Marine... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Hub has submitted an environmental scoping report to Natural Resources Wales and the Marine Management Organisation for the Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone (PDZ). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish developer Sea Power has engaged the services of Wood Group Kenny and Exceedence for the techno-commercial evaluation of its wave energy system. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Israeli wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has reached 15,000 grid connection hours in its pilot wave power plant in Gibraltar – claiming it to be a new world record. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EMARQ, a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), is recruiting for a project manager to oversee the development of marine renewable energy projects in Canada. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK-based oil giant BP has predicted renewables to be the fastest-growing fuel source, increasing five-fold and providing around 14% of primary energy through to 2040. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

CorPower Ocean is looking to expand its team with two new job openings as the company gears up to enter its next stage with the development of full-scale wave energy converter. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cape Sharp Tidal is preparing to deploy the second of the two 2MW tidal turbines this summer at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) test site in the Bay of Fundy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish developer Minesto has raised $8.95 million (SEK 72.5 million) in a share rights issue that will be used to support the company's upcoming tidal energy activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Union (EU) can increase the share of renewable energy in its energy mix to 34% by 2030 with a net positive economic impact, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns visited some of Pembrokeshire’s leading marine renewables tech firms to underline his support for the sector and highlight the importance of the UK government’s City Deal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Malin Group has completed the fabrication of the buoy which will provide a critical support function to the operation of the first Minesto’s commercial-scale Deep Green tidal power plant. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo has secured investment from a fund owned by Noord-Holland province after the company filed for bankruptcy last month. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from the Washington University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-UW) are conducting tests on a small wave energy converter test platform whose results could make a contribution to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Nova Scotia has welcomed federal government’s investment in the creation of ocean business supercluster that will be based in Atlantic Canada region. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Technical Director of the marine data acquisition company Partrac, Kevin Black, will be revisiting the chief findings of TiME project at this year's Oceanology International Exhibition and Conference... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The government of Canada has announced C$950 million ($757 million) investment in five business innovation superclusters including the one established to advance ocean-based industries. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 12 - 18, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Following the completion of an initial field research in January 2016, the International Centre of Island Technology (ICIT) and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have now joined forces to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

British developer Global OTEC Resources launched a crowdfunding campaign today (February 16) to enable moving forward with detailed designs, environmental impact assessments and site studies, after... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Scotland-based Tritec Marine had carried out an engineering analysis of Ocean Energy’s OE Buoy that will be deployed off Hawaii later this year, with the design of the wave energy device now... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French developer of hydrokinetic technology for both river and ocean application, HydroQuest, will launch the testing of its first two tidal turbines at the SEENEOH site on March 1, when SEENEOH will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The crowdfunding round launched by Finland-based wave energy technology developer Wello through Invesdor is now closed, with the company raising €1,962,558 – just a little below its maximum target of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Minesto is working on adding installation and operations and maintenance (O&M) of Deep Green systems to its patent portfolio, which will enable the company to create licensing deals for Deep... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has organized a workshop on marine renewable energy that will be held in Norway. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) has made a share of its $2 million grant funding for renewables available for tidal and wave energy projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Senior executives in Minesto have acquired 640,000 warrants under the employee stock option plan PO3. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has released a time lapse video of the flotation of the gravity base structure the company built for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal energy installation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based renewable energy developer Atlantis Resources has raised over £1 million in its ongoing bond offer launched two weeks ago. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US President Donald Trump has unveiled the budget request for fiscal year 2019 under which he proposed a $1.3 billion funding cut to the country's office of energy efficiency and renewable energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Canada's national association for wave and tidal energy, Marine Renewables Canada, has added offshore wind to its mandate as it looks to explore the similarities between the resources to advance the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published a paper that describes the state of knowledge that drives permitting processes for the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry and its effects on the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sourcing the inspiration from the pitch control of wind turbine blades, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers have developed a new design for wave energy converters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) has opened the fifth round of funding for projects that will support the economic development of coastal communities in Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has organized a webinar dedicated to exploring grant funding support mechanisms for energy technologies at early stages... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 5 - 11, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish wave energy developer Wavepiston has outlined plans to run a demonstration project over the next two years to prepare its wave energy system for commercialization. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from the Dunarea de Jos University of Galati in Romania have published a joint evaluation of the wind and wave energy resources close to the Greek islands. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French Secretary of State for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Sébastien Lecornu, has announced the launch of preliminary studies into the northern French tidal zones ahead of tender opening... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

09 February 2018. France’s Secretary of State for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Sébastien Lecornu, announced preliminary studies to the launch of a tidal energy tender in Paris yesterday evening. The announcement is an important first step and strong message to the sector. A tender for…

Speaking at renewable energy capital markets day, the CTO of renewable energy at European investor InnoEnergy, Javier Sanz, said the blue energy is going to be an area of interest for the energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has organized a webinar to discuss benefits of international data sharing for the development of marine renewable energy industry. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has unanimously adopted Mayor Rotheram’s proposal to grant a share of £1.6 million from priorities fund to harness the tides of River Mersey. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish wave energy developer Wello has signed a deal with Chinese conglomerate CIMC OEI to develop wave energy projects in China. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Giving a European perspective on American wave energy test site creation, the Managing Director of Orkney-based consultancy Aquatera, Gareth Davies, gave an estimate on the effects the center could... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The Italian start-up company 40South Energy Italia is currently conducting upgrades on the H24 wave energy device ahead of its redeployment at Marina di Pisa, off Italy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Engineering and technology development company 4c Engineering is finalizing tank testing activities on its Sea Power Platform at the FloWave test facility in Edinburgh. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) is seeking proposals for the feasibility study to determine if there is an economic justification for building a common use tidal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Big Moon Canada Corporation (BMP) has signed up for a permit to construct a 5MW tidal energy demonstration project in Nova Scotia’s Minas Passage. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has released the recording of a webinar whose aim was to showcase tools for the optimization of ocean renewable energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The representatives from the European investor InnoEnergy and Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto will be featured as speakers at the renewable energy capital markets day in Stockholm. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian engineering company AMOG has secured a grant through Marine-i program that will enable the company to test its wave energy device at FaBTest site in Falmouth Bay. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) has made a significant funding contribution for the establishment of advanced computer analytics platform DeepSense in an effort to grow ocean economy in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has named Bob Griffin as its new Chief Operations Officer. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Ireland has unveiled plans to hold its first renewable electricity auction under a new support scheme in 2019. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A start-up from the University of Malta has deployed a scaled prototype of an offshore floating platform with integrated energy storage for trials in the Maltese Grand Harbour. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is looking to procure a vessel that will be used for scale testing of its Deep Green tidal energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 29 until February 4, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hann-Ocean Energy has reached new peaks when it comes to the performance of its wave energy device, while at the same time sparking notable interest for worldwide application of its technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based engineering consultancy QED Naval is completing final stages of Subhub tidal platform commissioning ahead of its deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has set aside over €2.5 million in a research fund to support cutting-edge research, development and demonstration energy projects in 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tackling corrosion issues and developing new materials in the wave, tidal and offshore wind sectors across Europe could save up to £74 billion for developers and create up to £72 billion of supply... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The gravity base structure foundation for Minesto’s first commercial-scale installation of Deep Green tidal energy technology has been delivered. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cape Sharp Tidal’s turbine in the Bay of Fundy was found to have no significant effect on fish and marine mammals while being in operation during the first half of 2017, according to the latest FORCE... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Oregon-based marine and industrial fabrication company Vigor has signed a contract valued at $6.5 million to build Ocean Energy’s wave energy device ahead of its deployment off Hawaii. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Two sites in the Gulf of Morbihan in the French region of Brittany have been selected for further analysis in regards to potential tidal energy development in the area. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish wave energy company AW-Energy has made several changes to its management team with the most notable adjustment made to the position of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources has launched a bond offer to raise funds to accelerate the development of its renewable energy projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The EU-funded FORESEA program has approved funding for six offshore renewable energy developers to deploy their technologies at the Irish SmartBay marine and renewable energy test site. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has expanded its base at Moorfield Group’s Aberdeen Innovation Park. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has commissioned Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers to conduct a positioning study related to the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has released a video which shows the lift and tow tests on its recently launched WaveSub wave energy device in Milford Haven. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bristol-based subsea services provider Rovco Subsea has appointed Liam Warren as its Operations Manager to support the delivery of ROV and survey projects across the globe. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has opened the subscription for share rights issue as it aims to raise funds to support the upcoming tidal energy activities in Wales and enhance its product... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Denmark has opened the first round of applications for the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) to support green innovation in the energy sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power is recruiting for wave energy professionals to provide electrical and mechanical support for the delivery of the first mWave device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Students from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) have delivered a flume for testing and characterization of hydrokinetic power devices for the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Belgian wave energy developer Laminaria has completed tank testing of its scaled wave energy device at the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory at Plymouth University. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 22 – 28, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The construction of the concrete gravity base foundation structure for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal energy installation has been completed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has organized a webinar to discuss tools for the optimization of ocean renewable energy projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch company Tocardo Tidal Power has tested a scaled version of a 1.5MW Universal Foundation System (UFS) at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Union has approved funding for the construction of the Biscay Gulf France-Spain electricity link as part of a larger clean energy infrastructure investment. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has last week paid a visit to its tidal testing site at Fall of Warness – the location of the first grid-connected tidal energy turbine in Scotland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish government has laid a Bill in Parliament which sets out proposed long-term management arrangements for Crown Estate assets. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Brussels. 25 January 2018. Ocean Energy Europe – the industry body for ocean renewable energy in Europe – has appointed Donagh Cagney as its new Policy Director. Cagney will focus on promoting the right policy and finance framework to take ocean energy to industrial readiness.

Mr Cagney sa…

Carnegie Clean Energy has appointed an interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on account of Aidan Flynn’s resignation from the position. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Nova Scotia has proclaimed the Marine Renewable-energy Act providing a framework for the governance and development of province’s tidal, wave and offshore wind resources. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The industry body for Europe’s ocean renewable energy, Ocean Energy Europe, has appointed Donagh Cagney as its new Policy Director. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Nova Scotia has launched a call for applications for tidal energy demonstration permits for projects up to five megawatts in size. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The team from the University of Rhode Island have retrieved the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) that was deployed one month ago to take water column velocity data at the Cape Cod Canal site. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy developer Seabased has unveiled plans to conduct several demonstration projects at Sotenäs test and demonstration area following the site ownership transfer from Fortum. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish tidal energy developer Nova Innovation has expanded its activities in Wales and appointed Kate Smith to the role of Environmental Manager. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has awarded two contracts to study the opportunities for step-change cost reductions resulting from the improvements in supporting infrastructure for wave energy converters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has launched its WaveSub wave energy device onto open water for the initial sea-based testing in Milford Haven. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has made progress on the development of its first OTEC EcoVillage planned in the Virgin Islands and has progressed toward the development of a SWAC system for the U.S. Military. SWAC System for the US Military Having been approached by a major defense contra…

Marine Institute of Ireland is looking to hire a Scientific and Technical Officer (STO) to support marine renewables testing activities at the Galway Bay Test Site. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA) have developed a desk note to assist subsea cable sector with marine license applications. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Norwegian tidal energy developer Tidetec has started building up a consortium to deliver a proposal for the Wyre estuary tidal barrage project in England. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed an agreement with oil and gas company Premier Oil to study the feasibility of using its wave energy technology for decommissioning operations in the North... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Nova Scotia-based start-up Luna Ocean has received funding through Innovacorp’s Blue Solutions competition to further advance its tidal energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has completed the first draft of the master plan for the EcoVillage in the Virgin Islands that will be powered by ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Carnegie Clean Energy is looking for an Approvals Officer to manage approvals and permitting activities for the Albany Wave Energy Project (AWEP) and future projects with approval requirements. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish wave energy developer Wello has reached over the initial goal of €1 million in its ongoing equity crowdfunding campaign. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Wales has hired marine consultancy ABPmer to undertake initial research focused on sustainable management of marine resources in Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 15 – 21, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Energy Wales has praised the financial support pledge from the Welsh Government for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon as a positive step forward for the marine energy industry. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Indian state of West Bengal has reportedly engaged the team from the University of Edinburgh to conduct a survey on the feasibility of tidal energy projects in the delta on the Bay of Bengal. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Canada plans to invest C$700 million ($563 million) over the next five years to grow its clean technology industry, protect the environment and create jobs. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has over the week hosted local and international visitors to its PLAT-I platform who showed interest to develop projects using the company’s floating tidal energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Canada has launched a call for expressions of interest for the C$200 million ($161 million) program for emerging renewables under which tidal energy projects are eligible to apply. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Atlantis Resources has released footage which shows its AR1500 tidal turbine without any visible biofouling months after it was submerged at the MeyGen tidal array site in the Pentland Firth, off... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Maritime, offshore and logistic career hunters can now register to visit the Maritime & Offshore Career Event (MOCE) 2018 on www.MOCE.biz. On March 28, WTC Rotterdam will be the location for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Europe's ocean energy industry has welcomed the ambition shown by the European Parliament in a vote to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the EU's electricity mix to 35% by 2030. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is seeking to partner with a UK-based university to accelerate electrical infrastructure research and development activities related to offshore renewable... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Wave Swell Energy (WSE) has informed that the Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty accepted an honorary consultancy role with the company. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Queen’s University Belfast has officially opened the €9.7 million cross-border research center for renewable energy projects in UK and Ireland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based wave energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has named Christopher Phebus as its new Vice President of Engineering. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro has started with the construction of the hydrokinetic device planned for deployment this spring in France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) has expressed its support to the recently announced Welsh Government's proposal to help get the long-delayed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon development back on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cimpina and Mar Train Heavy Lift moved QED Naval's Subhub out of the fabrication shed to a lay-down area within the Titanic Quarter on January 13, and the platform is now set to undergo final testing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

17 January 2018. Brussels. Europe’s ocean energy industry welcomed the ambition shown by European Parliament today in a vote on the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive out to 2030. MEPs backed a target of 35% renewable energy in the EU by 2030, and voted for measures to encourage investment …

On 17 January, the developer of the Nautilus project – SBS – signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesian state-owned power transmission company PT Indonesia Power, aiming to expand the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA), in cooperation with Nova Scotia's Department of Energy (NSDOE) and Dalhousie University, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for testing of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto, which is currently working to install its Deep Green tidal technology off Keelung Island in Taiwan as part of a demonstration project, has informed that it is looking to deploy Deep Green at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Minesto, which is currently working to install its Deep Green tidal technology off Keelung Island in Taiwan as part of a demonstration project, has informed that it is looking to deploy Deep Green at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

CorPower Ocean has installed the half-scale C3 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, and connected the device to a floating Microgrid unit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro (DP) Renewables is looking to appoint Business Development Associate to identify suitable deployment sites for the company’s hydrokinetic devices. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

RenewableUK has given evidence to the BEIS Committee on the cost-effectiveness of wind, wave and tidal energy, as part of the inquiry into the energy cost review conducted by Dieter Helm. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart has welcomed Welsh government's offer to invest in the building of the £1.3 billion Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has informed its SR2000 tidal turbine maintained tidal power generation during North Atlantic storms which battered the Orkney Islands in late fall and early winter. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based hydrokinetic developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has expanded its executive team with several new appointments. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Commission has launched a tender to set up and operate the secretariat that will provide advisory and administrative support to islands in pursuit of clean energy transition. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The founder of UK-based green outfit Ecotricity, Dale Vince, has denounced the Welsh government's proposal to invest in the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project stating the associated costs were far... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Today, January 15th, 2018, the MaRINET2 test project opens its second call for applications. MaRINET2 is the second iteration of the successful EU-funded MaRINET Infrastructures Network, which facilitates transnational access to test centres and knowledge institutes around Europe for technology d…

The EU-funded MaRINET2 project has launched its second call for applications for ocean energy developers. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto has outlined plans to offer a smaller Deep Green tidal energy device as it aims to open new markets and business opportunities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 8 – 14, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Multi-disciplinary collaboration involving several Japanese companies and organizations has resulted in the development of a contra-rotating propeller technology for tidal stream power generation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan plans to invite bids for the long-term ocean energy research and development project to accelerate the commercialization... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Norwegian-based meteorological data systems provider Automasjon & Data (A+D) has secured a contract to supply a metocean instrumentation system for Minesto’s tidal energy installation in Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Orkney-based marine operator Leask Marine has been hired by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for cabling work at the Fall of Warness tidal test site. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK-based developer Witt Energy will exhibit its energy harvesting technology with potential applications in wave energy sector at the Climate Innovation Exchange (CLIX) event next week. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) at Florida Atlantic University is hosting a summer research program focused on tackling various challenges of power generation from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hydro Air Concept Energie (HACE) has begun building its full-scale wave energy device prototype in France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has appointed William S. Joyce to its board of advisors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Commission has held the first high-level meeting of the EU Clean Energy Industrial Competitiveness and Innovation Forum to discuss the growth opportunities arising from the clean energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a video software tool called EyeSea that automatically spots the interactions between fish and marine and hydrokinetic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones has written to the UK Prime Minister Theresa May stating his intention to provide ‘substantial’ investment for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon if that would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Subsea technology company, Rovco, has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a 3D visualization system that could revolutionize the way energy companies manage and inspect their subsea assets. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Three French companies and one university have joined forces in a collaborative project focused on solving grid stability issues associated with tidal power generation for off-grid areas. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Four French companies have joined forces in a collaborative project to solve the grid stability issues associated with tidal power generation for islands. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A new multi-material connector for wave energy devices has been unveiled at London's Brunel University. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) has launched a request for proposals for a study into the viability of using dry ports to support tidal energy developments in Nova Scotia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has encouraged ocean energy developers, supply chain companies and research organizations to apply for access to the center’s test facilities in Scotland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Further to the meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council that took place on Monday 18 December, the European renewables industry would like to highlight the key points of the Council’s general approach and negotiating position on the Electricity Directive and Electricity Reg…

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has released a recording of the webinar dedicated to adaptive management systems for ocean energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian wave energy developer Wave Swell Energy (WSE) has completed the validation of its wave energy device in a wider range of water depths. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Renewables Canada has appointed three new members to its 2018 Board of Directors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 1 – 7, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has completed the relocation of its corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations in New Jersey. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

'Preparing to ride the perfect wave' is said to have been SINN Power’s motto in 2017. Has the German wave energy developer done just that? You can find out in an end-of-year review of the company's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources has agreed to sell its stake in the Canadian joint venture to its partner DP Energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal developer Minesto is scouting out a suitable candidate to fill the role of project manager for the company. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based start-up CalWave Power Technologies has secured a research grant from Breakout Labs fund to further advance its wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

European subsidiary of Australia-based wave energy developer Bombora Wave Power has launched two tenders for the construction of its wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French developer EEL Energy has released a video of the recently completed trials on its tidal energy prototype based on undulating membrane concept. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

CorPower Ocean is looking for wave energy professional to take up one of the key roles in the company – that of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Energy Research and Innovation Center (MERIC) of Chile has obtained 'promising' results from the testing of materials to prevent biocorrosion on marine renewable energy devices. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has an opening for a postdoctoral position related to wave energy research. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo International will not become a fully-owned subsidiary of Canadian company Tribute Resources as the parties fail to reach final share swap agreement. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled photo galleries that you viewed the most in 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Check out the playlist of tidal and wave energy videos that the readers found most interesting in 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Read Tidal Energy Today's most interesting interviews with the representatives of tidal and wave energy industry conducted throughout 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today’s editors have compiled the list of news from tidal and wave energy sectors that have marked the year behind us. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today is bringing you the list of the articles you read the most in 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from December 25 – 31, 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French marine body France Energies Marines (FEM) is seeking an intern to research cable stability and sea floor hydrodynamics in relation to tidal energy developments. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finland-based developer Wello has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to support its growing wave energy ambitions. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have found that wave power plant located off the coast of Spanish town of Mutriku could improve its efficiency. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French national institute dedicated to marine renewable energy research France Energies Marines (FEM) is looking to hire a research engineer specialized in marine renewable energies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS) is looking for abstracts related to tidal and wave energy converters to be presented during the event scheduled for spring 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bilbao-based developer Arrecife Energy Systems has received a financial boost through EU’s Horizon 2020 funding program to further advance its wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Gapura Energi Utama (GEU), an Indonesian infrastructure construction company, has placed an order to Finnish wave energy company Wello to supply it with a 10MW wave energy park equipped with Penguin... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The story of the Subsea Power Hub development has been shared with us by the team behind the device in a video released by East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) has launched a new Innovator Toolkit for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to guide them through the energy sector transformation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

More than a thousand jobs set to be lost over GE Power business restructuring in the UK have been linked to the continued delay of the UK government to make a decision on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Ecosse Subsea, the parent company of subsea technology specialist Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), has more than doubled its turnover to almost £28 million, according to the company's latest financial... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office hosted a forum of experts who discussed and evaluated high-potential alternate markets for the emerging marine energy technologies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy has made further changes to its board of directors as part of the board renewal process. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotland is on course for a record year of renewable electricity generation, with 19% greater output in the first three quarters of 2017 than in the same period last year. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has summarized tidal and wave energy activities undertaken at the Orkney-based testing center throughout the year behind us. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from December 18 – 24, 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has released a video showcasing the highlights reached by its SR2000 floating tidal turbine during this year’s testing program at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has completed the foundation installation and the delivery of its C3 wave energy converter in Orkney. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto has unveiled plans to raise a little over $12 million (SEK 103.5 million) through the upcoming shares and warrants issue to support further growth of its tidal energy activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An Innovate UK-funded STORM project has set up a marine moorings masterclass for the representatives of offshore energy industry to encourage cross-sector collaboration in solving mooring systems... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Inna Braverman, the Chief Executive Officer of the Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power, has been featured in in Google’s 3D virtual reality series showcasing female role models from around the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

A new renewable energy target contained in Scotland’s energy strategy shows ‘huge ambition’, according to Scottish Renewables. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish government has allocated £80 million to fund low-carbon growth as it aims to reach the new target of sourcing half of the consumed power from renewable energy by 2030 set out in its first... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Strainstall has been selected to provide load monitoring solution for Sustainable Marine Energy's PLAT-I floating tidal energy platform. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Israeli wave energy company Yam Pro Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian business conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group to build wave energy power station in Ghana. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power is looking to expand its Welsh team with several new job openings. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian-based wave energy developer Bombora Wave Power is seeking expressions of interest for the design, fabrication and validation of components for its wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The developers behind the pilot hydrokinetic tidal farm have signed a financing agreement for the project which will be installed on the river Rhône in the eastern France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Irish government has granted a foreshore lease to the Marine Institute to install a quarter scale renewable energy test site at Galway Bay. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In October, DMEC hosted the Dutch Marine Energy Pavilion at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference event in Amsterdam. Together with 14 startups, technology developers, knowledge institutes and test centres, we presented the potential of marine energy to over 12,000 visitors and exhibito…

The EU-funded MaRINET2 project launched its Virtual Access Service today. The service provides researchers and technology developers with remote access to datasets gathered by offshore renewable energy research centres. It will help improve the standard of research across Europe in the offshore r…

To stimulate Dutch maritime innovation, MARIN invites SMEs to test their new ideas and concepts for free. MARIN offers the same opportunity again for 2018. The initiative aims at stimulating innovation in the Dutch maritime sector and lowering the threshold for SMEs to test their new ideas and co…

On October 11, Teamwork Technology - supported by DMEC - WavEC Offshore Renewables, Sines Tecnopolo and APS (Ports of Sines and the Algarve Authority) signed a Letter of Intent for the set up of a basic sea testing facility for wave energy. The signing took place on the occasion of the State Vis…

DMEC intends to establish a three-year agreement for the management of our test sites and related support activities in the area of administration, licensing and technology development.

This tender will be conducted via the multiple-party procedure and will not be sub-divided between parti…

Ecole Centrale de Nantes, member of the FORESEA consortium, invites you to participate in an industry consultation conducted by Cruz Atcheson. The aim is to help FORESEA test sites meet the industry's requirements, both in terms of infrastructure and services. The FORESEA project is an Interreg N…

Dutch OTEC developer Bluerise will start a crowdfunding campaign on the 19th of October to raise money for the next stage of their technology development. Over the past few years, Bluerise has been developing their OTEC technology by building demonstration and pilot systems at Delft University of…

The FORESEA project will launch a call for proposals from developers of offshore energy supply technologies at the Offshore Energy 2017 event which takes place in Amsterdam on 10-11 October. The call aims to help developers of offshore and sub-sea technologies adapt their products for use in the …

Last Thursday the 7th of September, 17 high-potential Dutch organisations pitched their tech-based innovations at the Making Waves pitch event. Four innovations received invitations for the semi-final of Ideas from Europe in Estonia in 2018, amongst which two marine energy developers: Slow Mill a…

After a run-up of several months, the finale of the Making Waves pitch event is here. On the 7th of September, the selected innovations from a variety of the Netherlands' most innovative sectors - including gathered at the Breezanddijk on the Afsluitdijk to pitch their ideas to a large audience o…

The final preparations are underway for the Marine Energy Event to be held on 11 October 2017 together with partners EWA (Dutch Energy from Water Association) and DMEC (Dutch Marine Energy Centre). We are proud to announce our full list of speakers.

DMEC and Navingo established a strategic partnership for the upcoming Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference event, which will take place on the 10th and 11th of October in the Rai Convention Centre, Amsterdam. This event draws over 600 exhibitors from around the world, and has 12,000 visitors…