Ocean Energy

CorPower Completes Stage 3 Demonstration in Orkney

Tuesday, 09 October 2018 Dan McCue After 18 months of combined dry and ocean testing of the C3 Wave Energy Converter, CorPower and project partners have taken important steps towards proving commercial viability of wave energy. By verifying ...

Guinea, West Africa

German startup conducting feasibility study on renewable energy in Guinea

Friday, 05 October 2018 Robin Whitlock

German startup SINN Power will shortly be conducting a feasibility study on the potential of wave energy and other renewable technologies on behalf of a customer in Guinea, West Africa.

Marine-I Grant Awarded to UK Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Developers

Wednesday, 26 September 2018 Dan McCue

A business which is aiming to bring a new form of renewable energy to tropical resorts is opening an R&D facility in Cornwall, UK, thanks to a £140,000 ($184,300) Marine-I grant.

Minesto Successfully “Flies” Marine Energy Kite

Thursday, 30 August 2018 REM Following a thorough commissioning program of the company’s first device of the Deep Green technology at utility scale, which generates clean electricity from tidal streams and ocean currents, Swedish ...

Scotrenewables Tidal Achieves Record Level of Power Generation

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 REM Scotrenewables Tidal Power has set another record with its first 2MW floating tidal stream turbine with the unit clocking up over 3GWh of renewable electricity in its first year of testing at the European ...

Enel and Carnegie Clean Energy to Collaborate on Wave Energy Generator Development

Friday, 03 August 2018 REM Enel Green Power and Australian renewable developer Carnegie Clean Energy Limited have signed a Collaboration Agreement aimed at developing and testing CCE’s CETO 6 wave energy generator. Under the agreement, ...

OES Releases Spotlight on Ocean Energy Report

Friday, 27 July 2018 REM Ocean Energy Systems, an intergovernmental collaboration consisting of over 20 member countries including the United States, has released the Spotlight on Ocean Energy report, which provides detailed ...

SINN Power Achieves Breakthrough in Ocean Wave Energy

Thursday, 05 July 2018 Dan McCue

The second generation of Germany’s SINN Power wave energy technology, funded by the German Federal Government, was successfully put into operation recently in Heraklion, Greece.

Australia

MTT and Gladstone Ports collaborate to investigate how tidal energy can contribute to the Australian energy mix

Monday, 25 June 2018 Robin Whitlock Australian-based tidal energy company Mako Tidal Turbines Pty Ltd (MTT) and Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) are to undertake a six-month tidal turbine demonstration at the Port of Gladstone to investigate ...

Futuristic Hotel Will Harness the Tides to Produce Energy

Thursday, 14 June 2018 Dan McCue The Harmonic Turbine Tidal Hotel, envisioned for Yalong Bay, on the island of Hainan in the South China Sea, will harness tidal energy to generate electricity. The hotel’s expected completion date is ...