Ocean Energy

Marine Institute Granted Lease for Galway Bay Test Site

Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Ocean Energy McCue The Marine Institute has been awarded a lease for the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site. The test site, located 1.5km off the coast of An Spidéal, in County Galway, will allow for the deployment ...

Papua New Guinea

Mako Tidal Turbines to help generate tidal energy in the Buka Passage, Papua New Guinea

Monday, 04 December 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock Australian companies Mako Tidal Turbines and Kleinhardt Pty Ltd have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a business case and funding plan for renewable energy generation in the Buka Passage, Papua ...

Scotrenewables Tidal Power sets new record with SR2000 2MW floating tidal turbine

Wednesday, 29 November 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has set another record with its 2 MW SR2000 tidal turbine clocking up over 1GWh in a record pace for the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

Tidal energy test site installed in the US Cape Cod Canal

Thursday, 23 November 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has installed its Bourne Tidal Test Site (BTTS) in the Cape Cod Canal ready for test engineers to come and assess tidal energy equipment performance and output. ...

Australian wave energy company expands European operations with Welsh HQ

Monday, 20 November 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock

Bombora Wave Power has announced the expansion of its European operations with new headquarters based in Wales, UK.

Australia

Bombora Wave Power announces investment round for first commercial size mWave wave energy generator

Friday, 17 November 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock Australian wave energy generation company Bombora Wave Power Pty Ltd has announced it has raised a multimillion-dollar round of investment to support its first commercial-sized mWave wave power generator. ...

Liverpool’s new Metro Mayor appoints project director to spearhead Mersey tidal energy project

Thursday, 16 November 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock

Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram has set out an ambitious plan to harness the tidal power of the River Mersey as just one of ten big pledges for the region.

EU Makes Funding Available in Sustainable Blue Economy Call

Thursday, 09 November 2017 Ocean Energy The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will provide €14.5 million ($16.9 million) in funding to support four areas in the sustainable blue economy. The areas are; demonstration & market; fighting ...

Scotrenewables Tidal Power embarks on new funding round

Monday, 06 November 2017 Ocean Energy Whitlock

Scotrenewables Tidal Power, the developer of the 2MW floating SR2000 tidal current turbine, is embarking on a new funding round to take its tidal technology towards commercialisation.

Sandia Engineers Increase Efficiency of Wave Energy Converters

Monday, 30 October 2017 Ocean Energy McCue An engineering team at Sandia National Laboratories has designed, modeled and tested a control system they say doubles the amount of power a wave energy converter can absorb from ocean waves, decreasing ...