Three leading tidal developers have joined forces as a Tidal Alliance at OEE2020, to show the world that tidal is ready for the main stage: Orbital Marine Power, SABELLA and Sustainable Marine Energy. Europe leads the way in tidal energy…
Addressing permitting bottlenecks is critical to unlock renewables’ potential and make investments happen. But as things stand, national licensing frameworks do not keep pace with the scale and volume of renewable investments needed to deliver an EU green recovery -…
New figures released by the UK Government show a consistently high percentage of people are backing the UK’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The latest Public Attitudes Tracker, published quarterly by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial…
Swedish wave developer Seabased is joining the Ocean Energy Europe Board of Directors as a Lead Partner, the industry body announced today. As a member of the Board, Seabased VP Marcelle Askew will play an important role in steering the…
In the space of just 18 months, a significant milestone has been achieved in the race to harness the global potential of tidal stream energy. SIMEC Atlantis Energy (“Atlantis”), through its partnership with ITPEnergised, has worked with The China Shipbuilding…
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. The deal comes following months of discussion with French firms SABELLA and HydroQuest as well…
Before the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was set to be another record year for renewables installations. That is now looking very unlikely. Heymi Bahar at the IEA identifies three main challenges facing the growth of renewables due to the global economic…
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, the WaveBoost consortium designed and developed an advanced Power…
We stand behind the European Green Deal and urge you to create this link with the immediate stimulus packages. Today’s action addressing health and climate challenges across all policy areas and sectors will improve the well-being of citizens and the…
Marine energy developer Minesto and its collaboration partner, the Faroese electric utility company SEV, has been granted all necessary permits and consents for the installation of two grid-connected tidal kite systems in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. “We have had great support…
