Anglesey has received a further boost to its ambition to become a centre of excellence for tidal stream energy as Orbital Marine Power, the leading Scottish based tidal technology developer, has signed an agreement to demonstrate its award-winning floating tidal…
French tidal power one step closer to commercialisation as SIMEC Atlantis spearheads Normandie Hydrolienne JV. Joint Venture Agreement with AD NORMANDIE DÉVELOPPEMENT and the regional investment fund NORMANDIE PARTICIPATIONS to include the development of a multi hundred-megawatt tidal stream project…
Orbital Marine Power has revealed the designs of its upcoming commercial production tidal turbine, the Orbital O2 2MW, which is targeted to be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney in 2020. Andrew Scott, CEO of Orbital…
Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the offshore commissioning and test programme of its EU-funded tidal energy project offshore Holyhead, North Wales, which aims to demonstrate the company’s first utility-scale system of its pioneering subsea kite technology. “We are proud…
The EU-funded MaRINET2 project has launched its third call for applications today. Successful applicants will receive free access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures. The call is open to offshore energy technology developers, including wind, wave and…
Edinburgh-based Nova Innovation is flying the flag for Europe’s renewable energy industry after winning the Enterprise Europe Network Award 2018, announced in Vienna today. Nova Innovation won the award for its development and expansion of the world’s first offshore tidal…
Hervé Morin, president of the Normandy region, and Tim Cornelius, CEO of SIMEC Atlantis Energy, are pleased to announce the creation a joint venture called “Normandie Hydroliennne” between Normandy and Atlantis in the coming weeks. The objective is to relaunch…
Orbital Marine Power Ltd (formerly named Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd) today announces the launch of a public debentures offer via the Abundance Investment platform. The offer signals progression towards commercialising the company’s world leading floating tidal technology. The debentures, targeting…
Marine energy developer Minesto has achieved initial electricity generation with its first commercial-scale marine energy kite during the commissioning program of the company’s ground-breaking low-flow tidal energy project in Wales. “We are entering a new era of renewable energy generation…
Results support a step-change improvement in survivability and competitiveness of wave energy After 18 months of combined dry and ocean testing of the C3 Wave Energy Converter (WEC), CorPower and project partners have taken important steps towards proving commercial viability…
