Marine energy developer Minesto has according to plan successfully commissioned the first unit of tidal power plant “Dragon 4” in grid-connected operation in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. The company announces today that the commissioning results verify commercial performance and are fully…
Ocean Energy Europe applauds the announcement of the first-ever tidal stream auction winners under the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. The winning projects – Orbital Marine Eday 1 & 2, Morlais Magallanes and Meygen Phase 2 – will together…
Mocean Energy has begun tank testing models of their 250kW Blue Horizon wave energy machine as part of the EU funded EuropeWave programme. The Edinburgh wave power specialists are one of seven technology developers awarded contracts for phase 1 of…
Time is running out for the EU to meet its 100 MW ocean energy deployment target by 2025 - but it isn’t too late, says a new report released today by Ocean Energy Europe. Secure, decarbonised and affordable energy is…
CorPower Ocean is unveiled the CorPower C4, its first commercial scale Wave Energy Converter (WEC) and CorPack clusters, providing the building blocks for utility scale wave farms. The event was broadcasted online to an international audience from the Space Arena…
Sustainable Marine has officially powered up its tidal energy operation in Canada and is delivering clean electricity to Nova Scotia’s power system. The company declared that its system in Grand Passage is ready to commence commercial operation, making it the…
After the successful re-immersion of the D10 turbine in April 2022 and its reconnection to the Ushant island electricity grid, the third test and production campaign of this tidal turbine has started as planned after a period of testing and…
Ocean Energy Europe signed a joint letter supporting the objectives of the REPowerEU Plan to phase out Europe's dependency on fossil fuels faster and increase investments in climate innovation to deliver energy savings, diversification of energy supplies, and an accelerated…
Minesto, leading marine energy developer, has now successfully completed the first week of commissioning including satisfactory electricity production and verification of all core functionality with the new Dragon 4 tidal power plant in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands. The kite has generated…
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) welcomes the European Commission’s REPowerEU initiative, which at its heart has a massive and accelerated roll-out of renewables. The Commission recognises that this is Europe’s only path to escape fossil fuel dependency and to rapidly decarbonise…
