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Danish wave energy developer Exowave will be presenting its technology at Cleantech Innovate in London on the 30th of April. ExoWave has developed and patented a solution for harvesting ocean wave...

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), Fincantieri, Terna and Eni have signed a non-binding agreement to develop and build wave power stations on an industrial scale. The agreement seeks to combine the...

SEAI is leading a new pan-European project, Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN), which aims to accelerate the development of the ocean energy sector. With a three year budget of €2.6 million, SEAI...

European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for a Project Manager to manage the ReFLEX project and contribute to other key projects within EMEC. EMEC is leading the £28-million ReFLEX project...

US-based hydrokinetic developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has unveiled its first commercial RivGen Power System at Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Association’s Brunswick Landing, in...

Bombora is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer and Senior Test Engineer with experience in marine energy projects. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be based out of Bombora’s Pembroke Dock offices...

Tidal energy company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has secured equity investment of £3.46 million to further develop its PLAT-I tidal energy platform system. The Edinburgh-based business has closed...

Lankhorst Ropes is working with SurfWEC, a partnership led by marine engineering firm Martin & Ottaway, to determine the most efficient mooring system for SurfWEC’s wave energy converters (WECs)....

The Canary Island Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has been awarded the Navigare Mare 2019 prize in the Excellens Mare Prizes 2019. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pwc) granted the prize to acknowledge the merit...

Dedicated revenue support at national level is essential to attract investment for ocean energy farms, according to a new report from sectoral advisory body ETIP Ocean. The report‘Powering Homes Today, Powering Nations Tomorrow’ analyses the challenges faced by the sector on the route to industri…

Australian Government has provided a $70 million grant to set up a new Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre to bring together national and international expertise in aquaculture, marine renewable...

Dedicated revenue support at national level is essential to attract investment for ocean energy farms, according to a new report from sectoral advisory body ETIP Ocean. The report ‘Powering Homes...

Naval Energies has appointed Pascal Artaz as new chief operating officer, to structure, coordinate and lead all industrial operations at the company. Pascal Artaz started his career in 1983 in...

SIMEC Atlantis Energy, a global developer of renewable and sustainable energy projects, is looking to recruit an operations engineer and a corporate finance associate. The operations engineer will...

12 April 2019. Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-President of the association. Dr. Weilepp will join Simon De Pietro of DP Energy, who has been OEE co-President since 2016.

Dr. Weilepp has been a valuable member of the O…

Sabella has retrieved its D10-1000 turbine in the Fromveur Passage for a short maintenance operation. Prior to the retrieval, the subsea cable exporting the electricity to Ushant Island grid had been...

Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-president of the association. Dr. Weilepp will join Simon De Pietro of DP Energy, who has been...

Bombora Wave Power Europe has launched another tender call as it seeks a contractor for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of the winches and hydraulic system for the Module...

University of Exeter is looking for a project manager/knowledge exchange manager for its Marine-I Project. The Marine-I Project is led by the University of Exeter with five delivery partners;...

Finnish technology company focused on ocean-wave energy conversion, Wello, has signed a letter of intent with Inix Group for two projects of 30MW total offshore India. In partnership with the Indian...

Mainstay Marine Solutions, based in South West Wales has received ISO 14001:2015 certification for its Environmental Management System (EMS). Certification means that customers and stakeholders can...

The new venture will create a business specifically to deliver expert advice and cultural heritage permitting services to the growing US offshore renewables market.

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has joined the SeaTitan’s External Industrial Exploitation Board (EIEB). This follows from the PLOCAN’s expression of interest in...

Subsea energy storage and power generation specialists EC-OG has completed a test programme with a North Sea operator, demonstrating the Subsea Power Hub’s capabilities for powering subsea production...

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has closed its public offering of common stock, pre-funded warrants and common warrants, raising approximately $15.7 million in net proceeds. The New Jersey-based wave...

PacIOOS has welcomed Chip Young to its team as the operations coordinator. In his new position Chip be responsible for coordinating and managing day-to-day PacIOOS operations, providing field and...

Marine energy developer, Minesto, is seeking to strengthen the operational team based in Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey with several recruitments. The company opened vacancies for the positions of...

Seaplace and Magnomatics’ joint turbine project has been shortlisted for the EUREKA Global Project of the Year 2019. A consortium comprising Seaplace and Magnomatics, led by Seaplace, is...

Minesto has completed the procurement of the foundation connection system for the DG100 model of the company’s subsea kite technology called Deep Green. A contract for design and development of the...

US-based hydrokinetic developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) said it has raised over $500,000 growth capital through an offering launched on private securities platform Netcapital. The...

Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic Energy said it is now patent protected in the United States of America for the “Water Turbine Assembly” aspect of its tidal energy technology. The news of the...

Bombora Wave Power Europe has issued a new tender call in order to appoint a contractor for the supply of a rubber membrane for the mWave wave energy converter. The rubber membrane is a key component...

Guinard Energies has connected its P154 tidal turbine to the French electricity grid. The connection is a part of the MegaWattBlue project co-financed by Guinard Energies, the Brittany Region and the...

The CF2T project was recently launched, co-funded by the Ocean Energy ERA-NET Cofund and four European regions (Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Spain and Sweden). Led by Sabella, this project brings...

The first phase of a new £28.5 million project to create a Virtual Energy System (VES) in Orkney, Scotland, has been launched to digitally link distributed and intermittent renewable generation to...

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has priced an underwritten public offering of common stock and warrants looking to raise approximately USD 15 million. The Jersey-based wave energy conversion...

The Standardisation Institute for the Netherlands (NEN) is hosting the plenary meeting of the IEC Technical Committee TC114, developing standards for marine energy convertors, in Delft (NL) this...

Francesco La Camera has taken office as the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Director-General La Camera will lead the Agency during a period of rapid change in...

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) and Acteon Field Life Service, a subsidiary of Acteon have entered into a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding to develop, explore and exploit mutual opportunities...

Marine Energy Wales has released a new report at its annual conference, revealing that £96.2 million has been invested into the Welsh economy. The new ‘State of the Sector’ report...

A new study commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland, and carried out by Everoze has provided a potential way forward for a more localized approach to offshore renewable energy deployment in coastal and...

The Nova Scotia government has revoked the marine renewable-electricity licence issued to Cape Sharp Tidal Venture. The company no longer has the financial ability to deliver the project, which...

Wave energy technology developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has revealed its plans for expansion into the floating offshore wind sector with two devices that offer a viable solution to wind energy...

Ocean Power Technologies has signed a contract with an undisclosed oil and gas company to complete a 12-week feasibility study that will examine the use of OPT’s products and services in monitoring...

A new Norwegian style learning centre has opened in Fort William on Tuesday, to encourage young people in the area into studies and careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It is...

Bombora Wave Power Europe said it requires a marine operator partner to enter into a framework agreement to undertake the marine operations required throughout the life cycle of the mWave project....

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will provide an independent performance assessment of Verdant Power’s 5th Generation (Gen5) tidal turbine system to be deployed for commercial...

Everyone who is interested or curious about a career in the maritime, offshore and energy sector can register for free to visit the...

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released up to $26.1 million in funding to drive industry-led technology solutions to advance the marine and hydrokinetics (MHK) industry and increase...

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released new data on the growth in renewable energy capacity in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW). The annual increase of 7.9 per cent...

Embley Energy has secured funding from a combination of investment and grants for its wave energy convertor SPERBOY development. The company has raised £3.5 million so far from a combination of...

Marine energy developer Minesto has recently launched a tender call for the provision of legal services to Minesto UK. The company has divided the services it intends to procure into two lots: Lot 1...

The University of Edinburgh School of Engineering has partnered with Babock International on a £2.4 million engineering research facility to speed the development of materials and structures used in...

SIMEC Atlantis Energy has raised £5 million in a share placing and subscription to help fund its acquisition of SIMEC Green Highland Renewables (GHR). On Thursday, the company said it would issue...

The Wave Energy Research Centre (WERC), a research centre within the University of Western Australia (UWA), is looking for a research fellow, who will be located at the Albany campus in Western...

The Scottish Government has released presentation slides and questions and answers from information event about Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund, held in March this year. In February this year,...

Edinburgh-based Renewable Risk Advisers (RRA) has been awarded insurance review and brokerage work package by Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum (PCF). RRA will provide strategic advice directly related to...

Zeeland Tidal Power partnership has laid down the ambition to generate 100 megawatts of tidal energy in Zeeland before the year 2025. The Zeeland Tidal Power consists of the companies Hillebrand,...

Finnish technology company focused on ocean-wave energy conversion, Wello, has launched a new funding campaign. Wello is looking to raise €1 million – €2.5 million in exchange of equity...

Mainstay Marine Solutions has won a contract for the fabrication and assembly of the main structure for Bombora’s wave energy demonstration device ‘mWave’. Measuring 75m in length,...

October 31, 2018

Edinburgh, UK – The relevance of certification in accessing commercial finance for marine energy technologies was subject of a workshop organized by the MET-CERTIFIED project as part of the Ocean Energy Europe 2018 Conference.

The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) is a service provider to the marine energy sector. We deliver technical and commercial support to companies in order to fast-track their technological development plans and growth strategies. Our services include design and engineering support, demonstration …

The Dutch Marine Energy Centre is looking for an Office Manager & Project Assistent to join their current team. The Office Manager & Project Assistent will support the team on an organisational, administrative and financial level. More specifically, the function includes the following act…

The 3rd International Workshop on Wave & Tidal Energy will be held on the 20th - 23rd of November this year in Valvidia, Chile. The Workshop provides a wide and interdisciplinary perspective on the current development of marine energy. Attendees of the event - including researchers, scientist…

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…

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…

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:

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…

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…

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…

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…