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Irish hydrokinetic turbine developer GKinetic Energy has been selected as one of Hello Tomorrow’s Deep Tech Pioneers. Every year, the Hello Tomorrow team receives thousands of applications to their...

Minesto has decided to carry out a rights issue to raise proceeds of approximately SEK 86 million (close to $9 million). The rights issue is carried out in order to give Minesto’s existing...

Colorado-based clean tech company Atargis Energy is expanding its technical team by hiring a CFD Specialist and an Ocean Engineer. This week the US Department of Energy (DoE) approved funding for a...

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has closed on commitments for $7.5 million in private equity, allowing it to expand its business development and sales focus in the U.S., Canada and Chile. The...

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), one of the leading test facility for wave and tidal energy converters, is looking to appoint a new non-executive director to its board of directors. The...

The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, led by the University of Plymouth, has launched an interactive Research Landscape to communicate Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) research. The mission of...

Tidal energy player Nova Innovation is looking to crowdfund £500,000 on investment platform Seedrs to fast-track its technology and accelerate growth across Europe and North America. In 2016, Nova...

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said that Jeffrey R. Wiener has joined the company as vice president of global sales. Prior to joining OPT, Jeff was senior vice president of sales for EOS Energy...

Dutch-based O&G floating production specialist SBM Offshore has taken the next step in its wave energy converter project, as it plans to carry out sea trials offshore Monaco from 2021. SBM...

The EU-funded DTOceanPlus project has recently produced two new deliverables that have been openly shared with the marine energy sector. The aim of the DTOceanPlus project is to develop and...

Atlantis has completed the acquisition of the Green Highland Renewables project development, asset management, operation and maintenance business (GHR) from SIMEC Energy. GHR is headquartered in...

The Caribbean Marine energy Technology forum will take place in Granada on November 6th. Possible renewable marine energy sources will be the topic of interest. These include tidal power, wave energy and offshore wind energy, but the main focus will be on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). T…

Australian wave power firm Carnegie Clean Energy has appointed Anthony Shields as a non-executive director. Shields is the managing director of Asymmetric Investment Management Fund, a Perth-based...

Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) of Portland with a grant of $3.8 million to develop innovative hydropower technology. The company will develop hydropower...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced selections for up to $24.9 million in funding to drive innovative, industry-led technology solutions to advance the marine and hydrokinetics industry...

The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Joint Committee has signed-off a detailed business case for the £60 million Pembroke Dock Marine project, which will now be submitted to the UK Government and Welsh...

Finnish-based wave energy technology developer AW-Energy has deployed its WaveRoller device offshore Peniche, a seaside municipality and a city in Portugal. “I am delighted to confirm we have...

SIMEC Atlantis has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy (KME) for a demonstration project in Japan. The...

Bombora has received the green light for the deployment and testing of their mWave wave energy technology off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. This is the first Marine Licence to be granted for a...

Green Marine (UK) has been named as a key contractor in a tidal energy project at the Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. Green Marine will be supporting lead contractor, SIMEC Atlantis Energy, in delivery...

Saipem and Wello have undertaken to work together for the successful execution of their first joint project. This will be in the framework of the memorandum of understanding signed last September...

A delegation of six companies has met Cyril Forget, deputy head of Cabinet of Elisabeth Borne, Minister for Ecological and Solidary Transition, to discuss EU funding for research and innovation in...

Bombora has launched a tender call for the supply of subsea cables and connectors for its mWave wave energy converter. The Perth-born wave power company with its European base at Pembroke Dock, has...

Australian wave power firm Carnegie Clean Energy is expected to be reinstated to official quotation of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on October 31, 2019. The securities of Carnegie were...

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has raised SEK 60 million ($6.2 million) through a directed issue and also decided to carry out a subsequent rights issue of SEK 86.5 million ($8.9 million)....

Eni, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Fincantieri and Terna have signed an agreement to set up a company for the development and manufacturing of wave-energy power plants. The agreement was signed in...

Scottish Ministers are gathering in Inverness for a convention to discuss how to tackle issues affecting the Highlands and Islands. Climate change and population growth will be among the main topics...

Nova Scotia’s Government has started independent and competitive process to attract a new tidal project to fill the vacant berth at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). The...

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has executed a new purchase agreement with Aspire Capital sell up to $10 million in common stock to over a term of 30 months. Proceeds will be used by OPT to build...

Minesto has renewed the collaboration agreement with National Taiwan Ocean University to explore the potential for Minesto’s Deep Green technology in Taiwan. The renewed collaboration agreement with...

Swansea University is looking for research officer and research assistant for CFD modelling of tidal (and wind) turbine arrays using an existing advanced actuator disk model implemented in OpenFOAM....

 UmbraGroup-led Electro-Mechanical Reciprocating Generator (EMERGE) project has delivered sea trial in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. The project is funded by Wave Energy Scotland within the innovation...

Orbital has entered into a strategic contract with SKF for the supply of the fully integrated power trains on its upcoming O2 2MW floating tidal turbine, set to enter operation at the European Marine...

The Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC), Oregon State University and Sandia National Laboratories are organizing a 2-day workshop to offer a hands-on understanding of the wave energy converter (WEC)...

AXYS has appointed Richard Khaira-Creswell as the director of the Project Management Office (PMO) and senior principle metocean engineer. The PMO at AXYS coordinates efforts company-wide to help the...

SINN Power is part of the research project MUSICA that is granted € 9 million to build and test a floating renewable offshore platform. The MaREI center for Marine and Renewable Energy takes the lead...

OES-Environmental (formerly Annex IV) and ORJIP Ocean Energy are setting up a marine-energy-related workshop on December 4, 2019. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a state of the science on...

ETIP Ocean, in cooperation with OES-Environmental, will host a webinar at 15:00 CET on 7 November 2019 on marine spatial planning and ocean energy development. In this webinar, you will hear experts...

European Marine Energy Centre EMEC is looking for a Project Administration Officer to provide administrative support to the company. The Project Administration Officer should have a good...

Minesto has received approval for an EU-funded project aiming at installing its renewable energy technology at the grid-connected Paimpol-Bréhat test site in France. Minesto, as part of a wider...

The DTOceanPlus project partners recently met for 2 days of technical and PSC meeting at Aalborg University. Working sessions and discussions focused on the progress made in the development of tools...

Bibby Marine, a Bibby Line Group company, has appointed Helen Samuels as its new chief executive officer. Samuels will join the Group in January 2020 from Network Rail, where she currently holds the...

The Scottish Green Energy Awards has shortlisted potential winners including those involved in the marine energy sector. In the category for ‘Outstanding Project Award’, European Marine...

Interreg France (Channel) England Programme has approved the biggest ever Interreg project that will prove to be game-changing for the European tidal stream energy sector. The Tidal Stream Industry...

Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC), on behalf of the OPIN project, will present the potential of marine energy during Europort 2019. Taking place in the world port city of Rotterdam from 5 – 8...

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced Matthew Dickson, technical project manager at Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean, as the winner of EIT Venture Award....

Innovative companies can now apply for up to EUR 17,5 million in combined grant and equity to scale-up quickly and effectively through the EIC Accelerator. The European Innovation Council pilot is...

Edinburgh scientists have demonstrated their latest robotics technology developed for the renewable energy sector as part of a multi-million-pound collaboration. A consortium of five universities,...

The launch of the Marinus platform by Leask Marine marks the end of the InTER Project and the completion of the first ever tidal device to be built on Orkney. The two-year project, part-funded by...

The 10th Okinawa Hawaii Ocean Energy and Economic Development Symposium will take place on November 8-9, 2019 in Kona on the Island of Hawaii. Under the Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the...

SIMEC Atlantis Energy has received the Green Economy classification newly introduced by the London Stock Exchange. The classification is for the listed companies that derive 50%+ of their activity...

The 7th International OTEC Symposium recently took place in Busan, South Korea. Participants from at least 10 countries gathered to share the latest in technology, research, and projects. The two-day...

Tocardo Tidal Power has been declared bankrupt by the court. M.A. Le Belle of Rensen Lawyers has been appointed as liquidator and in the coming weeks, he will talk to potential buyers. In recent...

Ireland, Wales and Cornwall have signed a collaboration agreement outlining a commitment to work together to progress floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea The commitment, signed by the Cornwall...

A joint initiative between Japan and Scotland will see almost £21 million ($25.7 million) invested into underwater technology projects to promote economic growth opportunities in the Blue Economy....

Is the energy transition moving fast enough? Not yet. We can gain pace and we need to. Creating the opportunity to discuss collaboration, showcasing the necessary innovations, and learning from each...

Australian wave power firm Carnegie is looking for new talent in areas of advanced electrical machines, hydrodynamics and machine learning. Electrical Machine Expert will join the technical team and...

Tekmar Group has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Pipeshield International from its founder Steven Howlett. Pipeshield is a technology provider of subsea concrete...

After launching the first International OTEC Symposium through the Korea-US Cooperation Program in 2013, the International OTEC Symposia have taken place each year. This year, the 7th International OTEC Symposium took place in South Korea September 27-28. Participants from at least 10 countries g…

Since 2010, Ocean Energy Workshops have been held alternately in Kona and Kumejima under the Okinawa Hawaii Clean Energy Partnership. This partnership was formed by a Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, the United States Department of Energy, O…

To elaborate on the importance and potential of marine energy for the Netherlands and what is needed politically to support this, DMEC and EWA set up the position paper "Energy from Water". After discussions with Dutch members of Parliament, the position paper was presented at the debate on the D…

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…

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

The 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 …

Bluerise is a specialist developer of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology. Allseas will contribute engineering resources and know-how to bring OTEC concepts to market.

Allseas has acquired Bluerise, a specialist developer of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology t…

October 31, 2018

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

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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De maatregelen die het kabinet eind vorige week presenteerde om in 2050 een CO2-vrij elektriciteitssysteem te realiseren, zetten terecht volop in op de hernieuwbare bronnen energie uit wind (windmolens op zee …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:

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…

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

DMEC 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…

We are reinforcing our team with a medior/senior passionate marketing & communications professional who will be responsible for a suite of activities spread across three main domains. You will work closely with our operational office manager to realise successful implementation of the activit…