12 April 2019. Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has elected Dr. Jochen Weilepp, representing Sustainable Marine Energy, as co-President of the association. Dr. Weilepp will join Simon De Pietro of DP Energy, who has been OEE co-President since 2016. Dr…
OEE Lead Partner and tidal energy industry player Nova Innovation, has introduced its newly-named tidal turbine, the EUNice. With support from the EU Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME), the turbine is designed and manufactured in Nova Innovation's workshop. The name…
Sustainable Marine Energy’s PLAT-I tidal energy platform has generated first power from the tidal currents of Grand Passage in Digby County. Following a period of commissioning and testing environmental monitoring equipment, Sustainable Marine Energy has satisfied the requirements set out…
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, Scotland, will support Qingdao Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM) to develop the first wave and tidal test centre for marine energy converters (MECs) in China. Paul Wheelhouse,…
Marine energy developer Minesto has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda. Through a feasibility study, facilitated by the United Nations Office for Project Services, the parties will explore the possibilities of supplying the Eastern…
The EU-funded FORESEA programme has awarded recommendations for support to five offshore renewable energy projects under its final call. The successful projects have been selected due to their high readiness level for real sea testing within the year. Final confirmation…
A £10 million fund will target support to achieving commercial deployment of tidal energy generation in Scottish waters through driving innovation and reduction in the cost of electricity generated. This concentrated support for tidal energy sits alongside the parallel £30…
21 January 2019. The new Interreg NWE project Ocean DEMO has been officially launched today. It provides funding to developers of marine renewable technologies to test their products or services in real sea environments. Ocean DEMO specifically targets multi-machine ocean…
Orbital Marine Power (Orkney) will fund construction of the UK’s first floating tidal stream turbine to go into commercial production. c2,300 individual investors invested an average of c£3,000, with over half investing via their ISAs for a tax-free return. Particularly…
7 January 2019. The FORESEA (Funding Ocean Energy through Strategic European Action) programme launched its 5th call for proposals today. The call aims to help developers of offshore low carbon technologies to test their products or services in real sea…
