On the occasion of the opening of ICOE and the ‘Assises nationales des énergies marines renouvelables’ of the ‘Syndicat des énergies renouvelables’, ‘l'Appel de Cherbourg’ was launched. The final text was made public on 12 June 2018 and signed on…
An €11 million Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) project has been launched in Orkney to develop an all-in-one solution for the generation of clean predictable energy, grid management, and the production of hydrogen from excess capacity. Led by the European Marine…
A competition designed to connect project developers in offshore renewables with innovative supply chain companies in the offshore sector across Europe and backed by the European Commission was launched today by the NeSSIE project. Specifically, the competition is looking to…
Minesto has completed the installation of the micro grid system (MGS) buoy that will be used for the company’s first tidal energy installation in Holyhead Deep, Wales. Moored to the seabed using three anchor lines, the offshore buoy designed for…
Tidal energy leader Nova Innovation has secured an extension of its seabed lease at the Shetland Tidal Array. Crown Estate Scotland has granted an extension to Nova’s existing seabed lease at Bluemull Sound in Shetland, increasing the capacity of the…
Bermuda General Agency Ltd. (BGA Ltd.) of Hamilton, Bermuda, has signed an agreement with Seabased AB of Lysekil, Sweden, to purchase two 20 MW wave energy parks in the Caribbean. Seabased designs and installs offshore parks that convert ocean waves to electricity for the…
The Swedish Energy Agency has opened their call regarding the development of sustainable and cost-efficient ocean energy systems. The proposed budget of the call is expected to be around 18 million SEK with a deadline for applications set to midnight on…
Minesto has completed the first offshore installation phase of the project aimed at demonstrating Minesto’s marine energy technology Deep Green in utility scale. The gravity-based structure, including the bottom joint system that moors Minesto’s DG500 power plant to the foundation,…
Collaborative decommissioning project will conduct forensic analysis of tidal energy tripod, and feedback lessons learnt for benefit of ocean energy sector. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd has contracted Orkney-based marine operations provider, Leask Marine, to remove a tripod…
The 3-year MegaRoller project concentrates on developing a Power Take-Off unit for a 1MW device. The collaboration project includes ten partners consisting of companies and research institutes. Received funding enables resources for research of innovative ideas aimed to benefit entire…
