ORPC Ireland and Queen’s University Belfast have announced the successful deployment and commencement of testing of a next generation marine hydrokinetic turbine at the Strangford Lough Tidal Test Site. The project marks a significant milestone for ORPC as the first…
French developers HydroQuest and Normandie Hydroliennes have been announced as the winners in the latest Innovation Fund call. 337 applications were received under the Innovation Fund’s 2023 call. In the ‘pilots’ topic, 17 projects have been preselected for a grant,…
Ocean energy farms are instrumental to technological and industrial progress and must be a central focus of innovation efforts until 2030. The conclusion comes from the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) released today by ETIP Ocean. Other innovations, such…
CorPower Ocean is today announcing the largest single investment in its wave energy technology after securing EUR 32m Series B1 funding (1st close). Announced during EIT InnoEnergy’s Business Booster in Barcelona - one of Europe’s leading sustainable energy events –…
It has been announced that Inyanga Marine Energy Group is taking over the D10 tidal turbine in France. The D10 tidal turbine was the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France, initially deployed in 2015. It is located in the Fromveur…
In the North Atlantic, leading ocean energy developer Minesto is moving forward with the pioneering build-out of a tidal energy site. The Hestfjord Dragon Farm is a first-of-a-kind tidal energy array with Minesto Dragon 12-kites with a total capacity of…
The US government’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced a $112M funding call for the demonstration of wave energy technologies. The funding is to be spread-out over five years and will offer funding for projects under three topic areas: $16.875…
The MEGA WAVE PTO project is set to transform the future of renewable energy by harnessing the untapped power of ocean waves. Kicked-off in May, this ambitious project aims to develop an innovative, scalable, and easily maintainable all-electric modular power…
A €19.6 million partnership project, which aims to be the stepping stone towards large scale wave energy commercialisation, has received formal go-ahead from the European Union. WEDUSEA is a pioneering collaboration between 14 partners, spanning industry and academia from across…
The Ondas de Peniche (ONDEP) project has been awarded €19 million from the EU’s Horizon Europe funding program to deploy a 2 MW wave energy array featuring four WaveRoller wave energy converters. The ONDEP project will commence in October 2024…
