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…
The outcome of The North Sea Summit gathering the heads of the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and the European Commission is a decisive and historic step. It paves the way for green energy production amongst the democracies sharing the marine…
The Innovation Fund is the EU’s most impactful tool to drive clean energy innovation. But its award criteria put renewable projects at a structural disadvantage. This is contrary to the original policy intent. And it undermines the REPowerEU objective of…
Ocean energy pioneer Sustainable Marine today announced it has successfully harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid. Sustainable Marine CEO Jason Hayman said it marks a…
California-based tidal energy developer Aquantis, Inc has signed up to test its Tidal Power Tug at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Aquantis has signed a berth agreement for a six-month testing programme in 2023 at EMEC’s…
ICOE-OEE 2022, the leading global event on ocean energy, announced today that the Basque Energy Agency, Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), is participating as platinum sponsor. In recent years, EVE has made a firm commitment to marine renewable energy,…
For the medium and longer-term, the clean technologies that are already proven at demonstration scale must be replicated, so that they can begin to compete on the market with existing technologies by 2025. These include renewable hydrogen production and its…
Leading marine energy developer Minesto has launched a detailed plan for large-scale build-out of tidal energy arrays in the Faroe Islands. The plan includes four new verified sites that would supply 40% of the nation’s growing electricity consumption, enabling the…
