Ocean Energy

Minesto Completes First Installation Phase of Vestmannasund Project

Monday, 08 June 2020 REM

Minesto has completed the first offshore installation phase of the Vestmannasund project, as the gravity-based foundation for the power plant has been installed at the site.

Nova Innovation successfully completes manufacture of new tidal turbine

Friday, 05 June 2020 Robin Whitlock Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has successfully completed its project to manufacture its market-ready, state of the art direct drive tidal turbine that eliminates the need for a gearbox and reduces ...

Hydrokinetic Clean Energy Harnessed From Florida’s Gulf Stream

Thursday, 04 June 2020 REM An off-shore demonstration with game-changing implications for the future of perpetual clean energy, conducted from May 25 through 28 by OceanBased Perpetual Energy, LLC in collaboration with the Southeast ...

AW-Energy Oy receives EU Seal of Excellence for its WaveRoller wave energy project

Thursday, 04 June 2020 Robin Whitlock

AW-Energy Oy (AWE), the developer of WaveRoller, has received the EU Seal of Excellence award from Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding programme.

EMEC and META strengthen UK test site collaboration

Friday, 08 May 2020 Robin Whitlock The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, Scotland, has signed an agreement with Marine Energy Wales to provide further support to the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Pembrokeshire, ...

SINN Power develops the world's first floating Ocean Hybrid Platform

Thursday, 30 April 2020 Robin Whitlock Starting this summer, SINN Power will offer solar panel manufacturers the opportunity to demonstrate and test their PV modules on a floating platform in Iraklio, Greece, the aim being to internationalise ...

Study: Tidal Energy Can Have Significant Importance to the Faroese Grid

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 REM When commercialized, renewable energy from tidal streams will become a significant energy resource to balance other, unpredictable renewable energy sources. This is the preliminary result of studies made ...

Eco Wave Power to Construct up to 20MW Wave Energy Power Station in Portugal

Thursday, 23 April 2020 REM Onshore marine energy developer, Eco Wave Power , entered an official Concession Agreement with APDL (A Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo) regarding the usage of an area ...

International tidal technology developers sign agreement with Morlais project

Friday, 17 April 2020 Robin Whitlock

North Wales tidal stream energy project, Morlais, has had a significant boost with the announcement that three new turbine developers have signed-up to the project.

WaveBoost project improves performance and reliability of wave energy

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Robin Whitlock The three-year Horizon 2020 funded WaveBoost project has drawn to a close with a step change improvement achieved to the reliability and performance of wave energy technology. Led by CorPower Ocean, ...