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The participants of the Sustainable Energy at Sea PORTS (SE@PORTS) project have met to present the technical progress made in the initiative looking to integrate wave energy converters at seaports as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The developers of the OptiWave financial and engineering optimization software have organized a free webinar to demonstrate the benefits of the tool for the emerging wave energy sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The direct drive power take-off (PTO) system – being developed as part of the TiPA project - has completed three months of performance testing at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

SIMEC Atlantis Energy and the French region of Normandy have started negotiations to create a joint venture that will be tasked with ‘relaunching’ of the tidal energy sector in the northern part of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The EU-funded MaRINET2 project has set up the third call for free access to testing facilities, designed for ocean energy developers, that will be launched on the first day of the month of November. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The independent survey, focused specifically on people living outside urban areas of Scotland, has found the population favors wave and tidal energy the most out of offered renewable energy options. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) is seeking a new Board Director to support its mission of developing tidal energy as a reliable clean energy source in Canada. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The €17 million SWARMs project is developing autonomous subsea vehicles (AUVs) based on artificial intelligence, that will be able to perform complex review and repair operations on underwater... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French company Sabella has completed the reinstallation of its D10 tidal turbine in Fromveur Passage, near Ushant island, where the onshore battery storage system has also been set up to increase the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched a comprehensive company-wide rebranding to Orbital Marine Power, together with public debentures offer to support the buildout of its Orbital O2 tidal energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

WavEC Offshore Renewables has organized a seminar that will present major projects on offshore renewable energies and aquaculture, reinforced by discussions on challenges and opportunities that lie... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

UK-based marine services company Stewart Marine has hired Dutch shipbuilder Neptune Marine to make a bespoke EuroCarrier 2611 vessel for offshore renewable energy services. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Spanish companies and research centers have joined forces to design a durable load prediction technology to optimize the anchoring systems of marine renewable energy devices. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

One of the repaired Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH) tidal turbines has been mobilized for reinstallation at the MeyGen tidal turbine array in the Pentland Firth, off Scotland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French company Sabella has started the redeployment operation of its D10 tidal energy turbine at the Fromveur Passage site, near Ushant island in France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The 150kW wave energy prototype – developed by French company GEPS Techno – is taking shape in Saint-Nazaire in western France, ahead of trials at SEM-REV marine renewables test site. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has hired two local marine service providers for its long-term tidal energy technology trials in Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Denis Naughten, the minister who was in charge of Ireland's energy and climate action initiatives, has resigned from the post following controversy regarding the country's national broadband plan. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hydrokinetic turbine arrays can efficiently generate energy with minimal impacts to the shape and behavior of river channels, opening up the possibility for more sustainable energy production in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Colin Palmer has been appointed to lead the development of offshore renewable energy and aquaculture for the public body that manages leasing of Scotland’s seabed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK-based marine consultancy MarineSpace has appointed Phil Durrant to the role of Managing Director. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a call for proposals for cutting-edge technology projects and associated business models that support the long-term sustainability of the ocean... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has taken delivery of a bespoke cable bend fatigue test rig designed to support and improve the performance and reliability of subsea cables. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Massachusetts has awarded funding for the establishment of a new oceanographic data portal designed for users working in the renewable energy sector with an emphasis on hydrokinetic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Wave energy prototype, developed by the French company Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE), has partially sunk during the trials in Biscay Bay in western France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Uk-based marine survey specialist Partrac is looking for oceanographers to join its South Devon team and help deliver the company's marine survey projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Hydroquest-Hydrowatt consortium has assembled four hydrokinetic turbines in the Port of Lyon in eastern France, ahead of their installation in the River Rhône planned for later in October. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

After 18 months of combined dry and ocean testing of C3 wave energy converter, CorPower Ocean completed the demonstration of the device achieving the results said to support a step-change improvement... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Swedish developer Minesto has achieved initial electricity generation with its first commercial-scale marine energy kite during the commissioning program of its Deep Green low-flow tidal energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Two tidal energy schemes have been shortlisted to receive a prize for ‘outstanding project’ at this year’s edition of Scottish Green Energy Awards. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Twelve international ocean renewable energy companies will showcase their technologies and explore opportunities for strategic collaborations with other offshore energy industries at a dedicated... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish renewable technology company Resen Waves has secured over £1 million to further advance its wave energy technology designed for use in the offshore oil and gas sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Innovate UK has granted £430,000 for a project aiming to integrate a dual fuel system to power a commercial ferry in Orkney using hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources at the European... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The refitted Marmok-A5 device has been installed in the Bay of Biscay, off the north coast of Spain, for the second round of open-sea trials as part of EU-funded OPERA wave energy project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Singapore start-up devoted to ocean renewable energy planning and development OceanPixel has together with Seed4Com produced an eBook about alternative energy solutions for tackling energy issues in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The government of Western Australia has agreed to pay Carnegie Clean Energy the previously negotiated milestone payment for the Albany wave energy scheme, requesting at the same time the delivery of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Irish renewables fintech start-up Exceedence has raised over £300,000 in a crowdfunding campaign set to close in less than 24 hours. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The German clean energy start-up SINN Power has launched a feasibility study on the potential of wave power and other renewable energy technologies on behalf of a customer in Guinea. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The 1.25MW tidal turbine array at the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, developed by Dutch company Tocardo Tidal Power, is being restored to its full capacity after one of the turbines suffered... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Basque energy agency Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) has launched a call for marine renewable energy demonstration projects that will be funded under the state aid program for renewable energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum (PCF) has hired Scottish-based marine survey specialist Partrac for wave buoy deployment and associated data processing in support of resource measurement at Marine 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 for professionals that will work on the EU-backed project aiming to demonstrate how predictable renewable tidal energy combined with hydrogen can... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Australian engineering company AMOG has opened a vacancy for the position of renewable energy engineer that will be working on the development of the company's wave energy converter project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch clean energy technology developer Bluerise has entered into cooperation with local renewable energy company Ecopower Lanka to build an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) project in Sri... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Western Australia has taken the previously approved milestone payment for Carnegie Clean Energy’s Albany wave project under careful consideration after the resignation of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy and Italian company Enel Green Power have agreed to share know-how on WaveRoller licensing and technology to allow global project replicability. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company Ocean Energy is making progress on the construction of its OE Buoy wave energy device that will, in addition to utility electricity supply, also be offered for use in the alternative... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has completed project scopes for marine energy developer Minesto as part of the first commercial 500kW Deep Green installation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EU-backed Marine-i initiative has organized an event to present the capabilities of High Frequency (HR) Radar in relation to offshore renewable energies, accompanied with the new web visualization... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro Renewables has opened an opportunity for an experienced researcher to get involved in a renewable energy project related to hydrokinetic power under the SFI Industry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French tidal energy company Sabella has completed the optimization works on its 1MW tidal energy turbine which stands ready in the Port of Brest for this month’s deployment off Ushant island. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) has appointed Kendra MacDonald as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the initiative towards the goal of making ocean economy one of the Canada’s most significant... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Fred. Olsen wave energy converter – BOLT Lifesaver – has been fully upgraded ahead of six-month deployment off the coast of Hawaii. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Fred. Olsen wave energy converter – BOLT Lifesaver – has been fully upgraded ahead of six-month deployment off the coast of Hawaii. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The complete removal of the stranded Oceanlinx wave energy converter has taken a different turn when the authorities in Southern Australia decided to pull out only part of the device from the sea,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy has accepted the resignation of its chief officer Michael Ottaviano, and appointed Jonathan Fievez to lead the company which has just agreed to receive part... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Irish company Exceedence has entered limited overfunding in a crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its initial target having been 112% funded by almost 280 investors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A French trade mission to the Netherlands is being organized in October to explore opportunities for the development of joint international projects that would accelerate the take-off of marine... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tocardo Tidal Power has taken up a mission to raise awareness about the worldwide potential of tidal energy with the help of Marjan Minnesma – director of the foundation that pushed the Netherlands... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

French developer GEPS Techno has secured 77% of the targeted €2 million in a fundraising campaign launched to support the development of the company’s wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has secured a multi-million pound investment led by private investor group in preparation for construction of the optimized 2MW floating tidal turbine – the SR2-2000. Led... [[ 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) will host the European Commission at its final annual workshop whose findings will form the basis of a strategy set to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro Renewables has launched the 25kW hydrokinetic turbine for its first round of trials at the SEENEOH test site in Bordeaux in France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Global OTEC Resources – the company developing ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technologies – has received £140,000 from EU-backed Marine-i initiative that promotes marine energy innovation in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The casting subsidiary of Farinia Group – FMGC – has installed the cast iron shells (IBOCS) used to ballast subsea power cables employed in marine renewable energy projects for trials at the SEM-REV... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Edinburgh-based company SIMEC Atlantis Energy has reported a £5.9 million loss increase this year over its half-year financial performance in 2017, while also recording MeyGen operations-driven... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power Europe is looking to award a contract for design and supply of control system for its demonstration mWave wave energy converter. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has outlined the steps which need to be taken to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of wave and tidal energy sectors in a report that received immediate... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Marine-i initiative has set up a three-day Marine Innovation Masterclass designed to help businesses spearhead future growth through streamlining their research and innovation activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro Renewables has assembled its 25kW hydrokinetic turbine that will be deployed at the SEENEOH tidal test site in the French city of Bordeaux on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The industry organizations working to advance the development of ocean energy on both sides of the Atlantic have welcomed the recent Canadian tidal project multi-million grant award, deeming it as ‘a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Tidal Lagoon Power – the developer of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project – has made an agreement with shareholders and creditors to repay its debts over a fixed period of time as the company... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The timing of the delivery of the Albany Wave Energy Project (AWEP) is being impacted by the uncertainty associated with the proposed changes to the Australian government's tax incentive scheme for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Marine energy business Bombora Wave Power Europe has hired law firm Greenaway Scott to act as legal advisor for the company’s first large-scale 1.5MW mWave wave energy project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power has engaged Greenbackers Investment Capital to manage a new round of financing for the commercialization of its patented wave energy converter - the mWave. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK tidal energy company Nova Innovation will speak of the opportunities for capturing energy from tides at today’s – September 21, 2018 - meeting of G7 ministers on climate change, oceans and clean... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

On September 20th 2018, Ocean Energy Europe along with 3 other EU level organisations released a statement advocating the need to recognise the role of innovation in renewable generation and the specific challenges of demonstrating a new renewable technology at scale. Furthermore, we call for a p…

The government of Canada has allocated C$29.8 million to DP Energy company Halagonia Tidal Energy to develop a nine-megawatt tidal power project in Nova Scotia that will combine both floating and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

K2 Management, the specialist global renewables engineering consultancy, has acquired energy engineering consultancy working in marine renewables sector Cruz Atcheson. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The designed components of the Ostend test platform for blue energy innovation are in conformity with the basis of the applicable standards, the independent third-party assessment has found. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

German company NEMOS has concluded the first scale model tests of its new generation wave energy converter under realistic environmental conditions. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sustainable Marine Energy’s (SME) 280kW floating tidal platform called PLAT-I has been installed in the Bay of Fundy after securing the necessary permits from Nova Scotia authorities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The ATIR tidal turbine – developed by Spanish company Magallanes Renovables – has concluded its journey from Spain to Scotland, where it will shortly be put to trials at the European Marine Energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Edinburgh-based engineering consultancy QED Naval has appointed Corey Badger to lead its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical capabilities incorporated into the Subhub tidal platform design... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The project bringing together companies and organizations from several countries under the joint objective of improving the performance of wave energy technologies has been officially launched in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has started working on the removal of its record-breaking SR2000 tidal power turbine from the test berth in Scottish waters ahead of site preparations for commercial... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish engineering consultancy QED Naval has brought the build phase of its Subhub integrated tidal platform – described as ‘tidal array in a day’ – to a conclusion, ahead of trials at a tidal test... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Bombora Wave Power Europe is looking to appoint a contractor to perform extreme wave and current testing in support of the company’s demonstration wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The growing success of Nordic marine energy companies – backed with the EU support – has been highlighted at the recently held event. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A Trinomics-led consortium, on behalf of the European Commission, will be delivering a free-to-attend conference on ocean energy research, development and technologies next month in Brussels. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The EU-backed project whose aim is to progress the maturity level of 40 small and medium sized companies working in marine energy sector has officially been launched under the name of Marine Energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

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The proposed Energy and Water 2019 spending bill, which allots $5 million for the development of PacWave national wave energy test site, has passed the full senate in Oregon. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New Jersey-based wave power company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has started the fiscal first quarter of 2019 with a 16% higher net loss than in the same period a year before, associating the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The upgraded H24-50 wave energy unit, developed by 40South Energy and deployed off Marina di Pisa in Italy, has started producing power for the country's electricity grid. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The US-based tidal energy developer Verdant Power has received $6 million for the next phase of a program whose aim is to advance the development of the company’s tidal power system in New York. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The US-based tidal energy developer Verdant Power has received $6 million for the next phase of a program whose aim is to advance the development of the company’s tidal power system in New York. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Bourne Tidal Test Site (BTTS), located in Cape Cod Canal, has been allocated a grant that will enable the connection of the site to the local grid. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Putting the spotlight on the importance of marine energy Asia, the fourth Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC) – being held in Taipei – served also as a showcase for a European tidal energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

A wave energy generation buoy of the Life DemoWave project has been anchored at the experimental site of Punta Langosteira in northwestern Spanish region of Galicia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Turbine and Engineering Services Division of SIMEC Atlantis Energy, a diversified sustainable energy generation company, has unveiled the design of what’s said to be the world’s largest single... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Commission has preselected one tidal energy project for support under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) call for investments in new maritime projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has elected Kristine Moore as the newest member of its board of directors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power Europe has secured over £10 million in EU funding to build and commercialize its wave energy technology. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Cape Sharp tidal turbine has started showing signs of life following some month and a half of being disengaged after the liquidation of OpenHydro. However, this is only in terms of environmental... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The path that the global energy sector has taken will lead to the investments in renewable energy tripling by 2050, with fossil fuel spending expected to drop by around a third, according to DNV GL. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE), a France-based wave energy technology developer, has informed that its management is planning a new fundraising campaign to ensure the commercial development of its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Magallanes Renovables' floating tidal turbine is currently being towed from Spain to Scotland, where it will arrive mid-September and embark on a new journey: demonstrating its operational... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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OPERA, a Horizon 2020 project, has retrieved a bi-radial turbine that was undergoing field tests at Mutriku shoreline wave power plant in Spain and is now preparing to deploy the turbine for open-sea... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Navingo, the organizer of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, has announced the nominees for the Offshore Energy Awards 2018, following a review of all submissions by a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE) commissioned its first wave energy converter with multiple oscillating water columns on August 31 in the Atlantic Port of La Rochelle, located in Biscay Bay in western... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

DesignPro Renewables has published an animation, created in cooperation with Norwegian company Rendering.no, that shows DesignPro's hydrokinetic turbine technology and its transport, deployment and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The European Commission has given its approval to the Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT) tidal energy project to proceed to the next stage that will see an extension of the Bluemull Sound array... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Global renewable energy market will close out 2018 with 154.6 GW of new power generation capacity and $228.3 billion in investments, according to the Global Renewable Energy Outlook 2018 report at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Hong Kong-based Aquanet Power and France-headquartered Innosea have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on further enhancement of Aquanet's wave energy technology and global project... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Renewables Canada has named Paul McEachern as its new executive director, following a recruiting process that started in May. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto has named its first utility-scale marine energy kite (DG500) Barcud Gwyrdd, which is Welsh for Green Kite. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is preparing to apply for a Section 36 consent for its full-scale wave energy test site, Billia Croo, to further improve the consenting process for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bombora Wave Power Europe has invited tenders for the provision of marine engineering services that will support the design of its mWave wave energy demonstration project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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…

Marine Energy Wales has appointed Burges Salmon LLP to provide legal services for the Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in the Milford Haven Waterway. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $3 million for technical assistance in activities that will lead to initiating first utility-scale floating solar photovoltaic (PV) projects... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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DesignPro Renewables’ hydrokinetic turbines that will be tested at the SEENEOH site in Bordeaux have been sent off from County Limerick, Ireland, and are now on their way to France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Minesto is holding an unveiling ceremony for its first marine energy kite at utility scale in Holyhead today, August 30, after the company verified the functionality of the Deep Green technology at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Bibby HydroMap has carried out five-day trials of a new Autonomous Unmanned Survey Vessel (AUSV) developed by iXblue at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the North Wales to test the system's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MarineSpace Ltd, an environmental consultancy providing services to the marine renewables and other offshore energy and maritime industries, is looking for a new colleague (or colleagues) who will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE) has conducted the first launch of its 50kW wave energy prototype in the Port of La Rochelle, located in the Biscay Bay, in the western France. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Renewable energy systems division of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has called the test laboratories to apply for the accreditation that will allow them to issue... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish wave energy developer Crestwing has secured funding for the upcoming two-year demonstration of its half-scale wave energy prototype named Tordenskiold. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An Innovate UK-funded project focused on developing a smart integrated monitoring system for offshore energy subsea cables has drawn to a close after the trials at the European Marine Energy Centre... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP), a Schottel Hydro company, is seeking a tidal research and testing assistant who will assist its team in operation and monitoring of a tidal energy project in Canada. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Protean Energy has agreed to sell its wave energy technology to Pearl Clean Energy following the decision to divest its interest in the sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Science Foundation Ireland-backed marine research organization - Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) – has opened a vacancy for two researchers that will work to advance the verifiable... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

One week after securing the European patent for the system forming an essential part of its tidal energy technology – GKinetic Energy has reflected on the grant support received from the Irish... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is looking to hire a Program Manager to join its engineering team and help in delivery of tidal energy projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has scheduled a webinar to provide stakeholders in marine power and storage more information about evolving water power-relevant capabilities at its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The representative body of the Scottish renewable energy industry - Scottish Renewables – has welcomed the tidal energy generation milestone achieved by Scotrenewables Tidal Power, stating it paves... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy (INORE) has launched a call for collaborative research projects as part of the Ocean Energy Systems-backed Blue Energy Collaborative... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The SR2000 floating tidal turbine, developed by Scotrenewables Tidal Power, has generated more power over the past 12 months than the entire wave and tidal energy sectors in Scotland in more than a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University will test a novel and cheaper way of producing electrodes for electrolysers used for hydrogen conversion that could make green hydrogen more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) researchers have concluded three weeks of fieldwork on the Beaufort Sea in support of the government-backed wave power study. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish start-up Exceedence has raised over £160,000 in its ongoing equity crowdfunding raise that has also reached 100 investor milestone. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

US-based Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has shipped its PB3 PowerBuoy to Italy for the upcoming deployment for oil and gas operations in the Adriatic Sea. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Amanda White, the Acting Executive Director at Canada’s national association for wave and tidal energy - Marine Renewables Canada – has reflected on the recent activity in tidal energy, and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The High Court of Ireland has reportedly appointed an interim examiner for the OpenHydro group of companies in a move instigated by group's shareholders with the aim to save the firm from sinking. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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UK-based engineering company Blackfish has teamed up with its Canadian counterpart Venn Design Solutions to further explore development of storage systems for marine energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) – a renewable energy company working to develop ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) projects - has appointed three new members to its advisory board. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Turkey – backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - has launched a tender for consulting services that will encompass the assessment of offshore wind... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The National Wind Technology Center – one of the research facilities of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - has announced plans to expand its predominantly wind focus to include marine... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic Energy has been granted a European patent protection for the power generating water turbine assembly aspect of its technology. [[ 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 Enel Green Power to evaluate the deployment methods of its wave-powered PB3 buoy along the coast of Chile. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The manager of the seabed in Scotland, Crown Estate Scotland, is looking to appoint a Head of Marine to drive forward the development of the Scottish ‘blue economy’. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scottish engineering consultancy ITPEnergised is seeking to expand its team with a newly opened vacancy for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A small-scale floating energy storage prototype for offshore renewables has entered the next phase of real-sea testing in Malta. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Limerick company DesignPro Renewables has informed it will not be demonstrating the 60kW hydrokinetic turbine in Country Clare in Ireland due to constraints with project deliverables and timelines. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Emera has withdrawn from the joint venture Cape Sharp Tidal it formed with now defunct OpenHydro stating the project no longer represents the value for the Canadian energy business. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

American wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has entered into $10 million common stock purchase agreement with institutional investor Aspire Capital Fund. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has completed the initial commissioning sea trials of its Deep Green tidal device off the coast of Holyhead, North West Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The facility of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – the National Wind Technology Center – has opened a post-doctoral research opportunity that will help in the characterization of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Australian based Protean Energy has engaged the services of the energy industry expert Scott Davis who will advise the company on the development and commercialization of its battery program. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Belgian start-up Laminaria has opened two vacancies for positions that will help the company undertake project to test and demonstrate a commercial scale wave energy device off Orkney in Scotland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The second version of the Penguin wave energy converter – developed by Finnish company Wello – is said to have reached 110% increase in power production as it gears up to join its ‘younger sibling’... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The upgrade works on the H24 wave energy converter have been completed, and the device – owned by Enel Green Power – stands ready to start producing power once again using the waters of the Ligurian... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

American company Resolute Marine Energy has made it to the shortlist of 25 sustainability start-ups running for the prize of €500,000 as part of the annual competition organized by the Dutch Postcode... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The build phase of the EU-backed Tidal Turbine Power Take-off Accelerator (TiPA) project has been completed, with the integral bit of the scheme – power take off (PTO) subsystem – now under tests at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has provided a series of metocean data sets to be used in a new Scottish open innovation competition for the marine environment's and wider benefits. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The second iteration of the European Commission-funded European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean 2) is looking to create a team that will guide the initiative forward... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

United Kingdom’s technology innovation and research center Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is looking to expand its team with several new job openings. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish start-up Exceedence has opened the equity crowdfunding campaign to the public after securing almost 60% of the targeted amount for the roll-out of a cloud-based financial modelling software for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The proponents of a tidal energy project on the River Mersey in Liverpool are looking to hire a Project Director to help move the scheme forward. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

German developer SINN Power has been harnessing the power of waves splashing the shores of Crete with its next-generation wave energy converter modules for over a month. Take a look at the videos... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking to appoint three external assessors to provide technical expertise during the evaluation of applications for the next stage of the organization’s NWEC program. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A tender for resource assessment in the Milford Haven Waterway has been published on Welsh government’s procurement portal to support the development of Marine Energy Test Area (META) off the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Union has opened a €40 million funding call to support research and innovation activities meant to advance renewable energy technologies and operations. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A £3.5 million project to pilot new low-carbon technologies and energy-storage products has been announced by the Welsh Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Menter Môn has launched two tenders to support the development of a tidal energy demonstration area proposed off Anglesey known as the Morlais Demonstration Zone. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) approved £650,000 of funding to complete work on a business case for the proposed Mersey tidal energy project at a meeting held on July 27. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ABPmer has expanded its metocean team with three experienced specialists as the company focuses on broadening its metocean consultancy service. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish hydrokinetic technolgy developer DesignPro Renewables confirmed on August 2 that the installation of its 25kW hydrokinetic turbine at the SEENEOH test site in France is on schedule for this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French tidal energy technology developer, Sabella, has commented on the implications of Naval Energies' recent decision to withdraw from the tidal energy market, emphasising that this move should not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The Japan Science and Technology Agency last month announced seven new SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) projects for FY2018 including a collaborative research program between the Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Th…

Swedish company CorPower Ocean is looking to hire a Technical Project Manager as it prepares to enter the next-stage in the development of its full-scale wave energy device. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Canadian company AXYS Technologies has won a tender in partnership with Metocean Services International (MSI) to supply Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) with four TRIAXYS wave buoys. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Researchers from the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) have deployed mooring equipment in Stefansson Sound in the Beaufort Sea as part of government-backed wave energy research project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has unveiled plans to make significant investments into renewable energy and energy storage initiatives in the next 10 years. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy has signed an agreement with Enel Green Power (EGP) which will see the Italian party invest €1 million in the research, development and deployment of the CETO... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has wrapped up a geophysical site survey of the proposed Albany offshore deployment site for the CETO 6 wave project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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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…

In the fallout of the OpenHydro liquidation, the Chief Executive Officer of another tidal stream technology company Tim Cornelius said that SIMEC Atlantis Energy would be willing to engage in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Naval Energies a annoncé ce jeudi 26 juillet la cessation de ses activités et investissements dans l’hydrolien et la liquidation de sa filiale irlandaise, OpenHydro.

« La liquidation d’OpenHydro est une triste nouvelle, cependant les fermetures d’entreprises font partie de l’évolution des …

Reacting to the liquidation of its first ever tidal energy client, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) said OpenHydro failed to cross the so-called ‘valley of death’ where innovation falls... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

French-based Naval Energies – the parent company of tidal stream technology outfit OpenHydro – has decided to stop further investments into development of its tidal energy business, forcing the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On 26 July, Naval Energies announced the cessation of its investments in tidal stream, forcing the liquidation of its tidal stream subsidiary, OpenHydro.

Commenting on this development, Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe said: “The liquidation of OpenHydro is disappointing news, yet cl…

The UK government-funded Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £16 million into the establishment of three Supergen energy hubs, and a solar knowledge exchange... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

One month after the UK government rejected the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon proposal - it has emerged that the scheme could be delivered without the UK government funding, according to a new independent... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The European Commission has found a French project promoting electricity generation from tidal energy – a 14MW Normandie Hydro array - to be in line with European Union State aid rules. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A technical due diligence process for the Ostend research tower – a test platform being developed by German developer NEMOS and Belgian POM West-Vlaanderen - has been launched to ensure the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Two days after touching the Bay of Fundy’s seabed in Canada – the 2MW tidal turbine, deployed by Cape Sharp Tidal, has been connected to the Nova Scotia electricity grid. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Ireland has approved the new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) which is expected to spur the introduction of sufficient renewable electricity generation to meet national... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The government of Ireland has approved the new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) which is expected to spur the introduction of sufficient renewable electricity generation to meet national... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

Jeremy Kasper has been named a Deputy Director of the research department at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

SIMEC Atlantis Energy has retrieved two MeyGen tidal power turbines for inspection and maintenance. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory have joined forces to better understand the resources of weather-dependent and oceanic renewable energy systems. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed two UK universities to join its £3.1 million electrical engineering research hub that will seek to make the UK electrical system fit for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Energy Wales has appointed RPS to provide environmental support for the Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in the Milford Haven Waterway. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A brand new 2MW tidal energy turbine has been deployed to the seabed of the Bay of Fundy in Canada as part of Cape Sharp Tidal demonstration project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Georgia Institute of Technology's engineering team has been selected as finalist in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge for designing a tidal energy harvester inspired by nature. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In support of its research into floating solar energy, the Queen’s University Belfast is seeking a post-graduate candidate to investigate dynamic response of floating solar PV arrays. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Bryden Centre at Queen’s University Belfast is looking for a post-graduate researcher that would work on the assessment of the influence of inflow characteristics on tidal turbines. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Danish developer Wavepiston has been granted €2.5 million by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program for the full-scale wave energy demonstration project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The Reliability in a Sea of Risk 2 (RiaSoR 2) project has published new reports on condition monitoring systems, numerical load analysis, and reliability assessment specifications for wave energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A wave energy demonstration buoy, developed as part of the LifeDemoWave project, has been deployed off Punta Langosteira in northwestern Spanish region of Galicia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The BiMEP center, an open-sea test area located off the Spanish north coast, has welcomed the prototype HarshLab floating laboratory that will be used for the validation of components used for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has published a technical specification paper with guidelines and advice for best practice for early stage development of wave energy converters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

More details about the development of the FTMC Turbine – being delivered through UK-Spanish partnership to harness the ocean currents and tides found further offshore. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An industry position paper outlining what needs to be done to make Cornwall a world-leader in marine offshore renewables and marine technology has been released and offered for local business... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has awarded contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A so-called ‘dry’ Cape Sharp Tidal turbine – denoting the fact it was never before deployed in sea – has been towed by the Atlantic Osprey vessel across the Bay of Fundy where it will be installed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine energy developers from the Nordic countries will showcase the advancements achieved in the sector through ocean deployments at an event set to take place in two months. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy developer based in the USA - Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) – has reported 7% higher net loss for the fiscal year 2018 when compared to year before. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and Wave Hub have signed an agreement with Marine Energy Wales to provide strategic advice for the development of marine energy test center in Pembrokeshire. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro Renewables has unveiled its new and improved turbine design for its 25kW hydrokinetic device that will deployed at SEENEOH test site this September. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The UK government has adopted a new framework for managing marine activities around the south coast of England, between Kent and Devon – an area which includes PTEC and Portland Bill tidal plans. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ACEP’s Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center team is gearing up to undertake oceanographic work on the Alaska North Slope as part of a government-backed multiyear project to evaluate wave and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded around $2 million to further advance the development of a wave-powered desalination system, and production of hydrogen for energy storage through osmotic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Nova Scotia’s Department of Energy has opened a 30-day public comment period for the Grand Passage tidal demonstration project on the day the PLAT-I tidal energy test platform entered Halifax Port. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) is sending its OTEC EcoVillage Team to the Virgin Islands this week to accelerate the development of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) based project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Australian Marine Energy Taskfoce (AMET) is looking for business representatives that would provide guidance for the formation of the country’s virtual marine energy cluster. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The government of Barbados has opened a tender for consulting services for a wide range of technical studies related to the build-out of large-scale ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has been named as ‘Rising Star’ at the European Business Awards for the Environment held earlier in the month. [[ 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 – is seeking a supplier of an air turbine that forms a part of its mWave wave energy converter. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bristol-based engineering company Blackfish has completed the installation of a lifting platform for the University of Southampton's Boldrewood marine energy test facility. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A small-scale tidal current turbine demonstrator, being developed by Spanish Seasplace and UK’s Magnomatics, has achieved one third more efficiency during testing than had been previously predicted. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Operating for over 50 years, the Rance tidal power plant – located in the estuary of the Rance River in France – has in 2017 supplied close to third of total energy consumed by the island of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New technology, said to measure ocean waves and currents with greater accuracy than ever before, is being deployed off the Western Australian coast as part of Wave Energy Research Centre initiative. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Irish company DesignPro Renewables has rescheduled the deployment of its device at the French testing site SEENEOH to accommodate additional improvements on the device expected to be completed before... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

The Policy & Project Officer will lead “ETIP Ocean”, the Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy, as well as engage on other projects and policy matters. ETIP Ocean 2.0 is a 3-year project with a strong policy focus on RD&I issues and strategic sectoral development.

The…

Modus Seabed Intervention has appointed Luke Barnes to the position of Commercial Manager as the company reaffirms the commitment to expand into new and emerging markets. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Natron Energy has entered into an evaluation agreement with Electricite De France (EDF) on the potential use of its technology for stationary storage applications in support of the growing use of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Consulting services are being sought for the delivery of market study into the challenges and opportunities for the marine renewable energy developments in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

SIMEC Atlantis Energy has announced plans to retrieve two of the four installed MeyGen tidal turbines following diagnosis of a generator fault by the onboard monitoring systems. [[ 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 has organized a webinar that will provide an update on the research in composite materials for marine renewable energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The Membership & Marketing Manager is responsible for ensuring that Ocean Energy Europe members receive a high standard of service, recruiting new members into the organisation, and marketing Ocean Energy Europe and its events, including its Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Sustainable Marine Energy’s PLAT-I tidal energy platform is currently sailing across the Atlantic towards Canada where it will be deployed in the area boasting the world's most extreme tides – the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) – the company behind the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon proposal – has called the UK department of energy’s statement on tidal lagoons ‘deliberately misleading’ following the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The EU’s long-term strategy for emissions reduction must have renewable energy at its centre, according to Europe’s renewable energy industry. The comments come as the European Commission announces its intention to renew the EU’s 2050 energy and climate strategy.

After the successful negot…

Experienced professionals with a wide range of skills in the UK energy sector have been invited to apply to the post of Chair of the new Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC), in collaboration with Dutch industry association EWA, will – for the third consecutive year - host the Marine Energy Pavilion at the Offshore Energy Exhibition... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The hydrokinetic turbines, developed by Irish company GKinetic Energy, could soon be powering the city center of Limerick as part of a +CityxChange project which has just secured €20 million from the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Swedish developer Minesto has awarded a contract to Dasa Control Systems for the supply of kite control modules for Deep Green tidal energy devices. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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WavEC Offshore Renewables is seeking to add two engineers to its team, who will be tasked with researching marine technologies for renewable energy generation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Experts from the United Kingdom, and their colleagues from China, have come together to create a joint research center into energy storage. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In support of the development of the Morlais tidal energy demonstration zone - Menter Môn, the manager of the project, hired Gloucester-based specialist Ocean Ecology to conduct a marine ecology... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marine Energy Wales has welcomed the recent deployment of WaveSub, highlighting the capacity of marine energy sector to act as a catalyst for positive cross-border collaboration within the United... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The University of Bristol is hosting a major conference that will seek to address the research and development challenges in the marine energy sector, including wave, tidal stream, tidal range and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy, and its German counterpart NEMOS, have reinforced their long-running collaboration with the inclusion of Albany Wave Energy Project to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The second generation of wave energy modules, installed in Greece by German developer SINN Power, have produced clean electricity usable within the off-grid system. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Two tidal turbines, equipped with range of sensors, have been redeployed in Northern Ireland for research purposes as part of the third phase of the Tidal Turbine Testing (TTT) project. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Marking its 200th anniversary, and in support of UK government's Year of Engineering - The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has added the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to the list of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<…

The e-Drive project team has launched the Edinburgh Wave Systems Simulation Toolbox primarily designed for the simulation of wave energy converters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Specialist marine project management division of James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) - Mojo Maritime - has repaired a broken connection at SEM-REV test site making it ready to export clean power to... [[ 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 recently relocated its WaveSub prototype to the location where it will be put through its paces shortly. WaveSub’s ‘smooth sail’ to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Spanish Grupo JIS has acquired a stake in wave energy developer Arrecife Energy Systems under an agreement that will result in the build-out of the latter’s first wave energy prototype. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian-based Carnegie Clean Energy has revealed the plan to sell its solar and battery storage business Energy Made Clean (EMC) to ASX-listed Tag Pacific – an investment house with a focus on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian-based Carnegie Clean Energy has revealed the plan to sell its solar and battery storage business Energy Made Clean (EMC) to ASX-listed Tag Pacific – an investment house with a focus on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Oregon State University has purchased a five-acre parcel along the central Oregon coast that will be the shore-based facility for converting wave energy captured from a test site to be located about... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has welcomed the findings of the European Commission’s ocean energy market study which strongly advised acting ‘towards the implementation of revenue support mechanisms, as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Former Head of Turbine Development at Tidal Lagoon Power – Michael Case – has joined civil engineering organization, HR Wallingford, as Business Development Manager for the power sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

28 June 2018. Ocean Energy Europe applauds the publication of a new European Commission “Market Study on Ocean Energy”. The Study gives an exceptionally accurate and argumented analysis of what is needed to fulfil the sector’s rapid growth prospects.

It supports the establishment of a Euro…

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has begun with the commissioning of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK wave technology development company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has installed its quarter-scale WaveSub prototype at FaBTest marine test center, located off the coast of Cornwall. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

German wave energy company SINN Power has installed and commissioned two of its ‘improved’ wave energy converter modules on the largest Greek island of Crete. [[ 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 25 until July 1, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Emerging marine industries had a turnover of €398 million and provided employment to over 2,000 full-time equivalents, according to the figures published by NUI Galway university. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The northern region of Belgium called Flanders has launched a Blue Cluster - an organization dedicated to developing and promoting economic activities that are linked to the sea – including marine... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

David Clubb reflects on the UK Government’s decision not to invest in the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

United States’ Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue a funding call to establish a hub that will work to advance water desalination methods in order to provide... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a contract with Premier Oil to supply its wave-harnessing PowerBuoy for the deployment in an oil and gas field in the Central North Sea. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a contract with Premier Oil to supply its wave-harnessing PowerBuoy for the deployment in an oil and gas field in the Central North Sea. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In the first quarter of 2018, renewable electricity generation in Scotland has increased for 11% or 736 GWh from the same quarter last year, with installed renewable electricity capacity also rising... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) researchers have completed oceanographic survey of the Yakutat coast in Alaska as part of a multiyear project o assess wave and tidal energy potential in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]…

Offshore wind developer Equinor has installed Batwind solution - said to be the world’s first battery for offshore wind - at its Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The elastomeric mooring tethers, said to be in position to address cost and reliability challenges associated with marine energy devices, have been installed at the BiMEP test site in the Bay of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

DG MARE, a body responsible for the EU Commission’s policies on maritime affairs and fisheries, has published an ocean energy market study which outlines the financial needs of the ocean energy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The representative organizations for the UK marine energy sector, as well as their European counterpart Ocean Energy Europe, have expressed their disappointment on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Swedish Energy Agency has granted CorPower Ocean a little over €8 million (SEK 85 million) to support the construction and testing of a full-scale device and subsequent wave energy park... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Following the UK government’s rejection of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon proposal, SIMEC Atlantis Energy has put the spotlight on its Wyre Estuary tidal barrage project calling it a ‘natural... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has received a new US patent for a method of controlling wave power generation equipment to optimize energy harvesting in low to moderate sea states. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The UK government has rejected the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon proposal, stating that it does not meet the requirements for value for money. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The UK government has rejected the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon proposal, stating that it does not meet the requirements of value for money. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Energy Europe regrets the UK government’s decision not to include tidal lagoons in its energy mix. Without revenue support, the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon will simply not go ahead and the UK will lose out on the many benefits it can bring – jobs, growth, industrial leadership and more.

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has issued a performance statement to CorPower Ocean following the dry testing of Swedish developer’s wave energy converter (WEC) in Stockholm. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Scottish government has increased the grant funding for university research and innovation by £11.6 million in 2018/19, bringing the total to investment close to £300 million this year. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian-based tidal energy company MAKO Tidal Turbines (MTT) and Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) have joined forces to conduct a six-month tidal turbine demonstration in Queensland, Australia. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UK marine engineering company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) is preparing to ship the PLAT-I tidal energy platform from Connel in Western Scotland, to Grand Passage in Nova Scotia, where it will be... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]…

The European Commission has selected two new projects to share €1.5 million of support for studies into the interaction of wave energy devices and the ecosystem. [[ 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 18 – 24, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A spinout from wave energy company Atmocean – Ocean-Based Climate Solutions – has deployed a scaled wave energy-powered solution used to isolate and store atmospheric carbon dioxide on the seafloor. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wave energy developer Mocean Energy is looking to hire a graduate numerical modeller to assist the company in its wave energy converter (WEC) modelling and design activities. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) – Neil Kermode – has urged the UK not to repeat the failures of the past by being ‘timid and ineffectual’ when supporting... [[ 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 launched its third generation (Gen 3) flow machine that can be coupled with tidal energy generators to store energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has been selected by the European Commission to receive funding to conduct commercial feasibility study for its 100kW tidal energy device variant. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ETIP Ocean has organized a webinar dedicated to the importance of knowledge sharing and collaboration for the development of marine energy sector. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published a new document which highlights worldwide key projects and political initiatives driving the ocean energy sector forward. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Metocean data provider ABPmer has launched its Global Data Explorer that provides information on the world’s wind and wave climate, as well as free metocean analyses and statistics. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Recently renamed tidal developer SIMEC Atlantis has received a £5 million boost through fully subscribed bond offer, after reporting a post-tax loss of £10.6 million for the year 2017. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Scottish government is looking to commission a set of case studies to characterize the economic activity and social impact for Scotland arising from offshore wind, wave and tidal energy projects. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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! ]]<…

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from June 4 – June 10, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from May 14 - 20, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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! ]]

MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from May 7 - 13, 2018. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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! ]]

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…

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…