Ocean Energy

ITEG project launched in Orkney, Scotland

Tuesday, 12 June 2018 Robin Whitlock An 11 million euro Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) project has been launched in Orkney in order to develop an all-in-one solution for the generation of clean predictable energy, grid management, and the ...

Energy Department Selects Six Awardees for $6.7 Million

Monday, 11 June 2018 Dan McCue The US Department of Energy will provide a total of $6.7 million in federal funding to six recipients for development of innovative technologies capable of generating electricity from U.S. water resources. ...

Tidal Lagoon Has Potential to Boost North Wales Economy

Friday, 01 June 2018 REM A proposed North Wales tidal lagoon has the potential to create over 20,000 jobs and generate more than £11 billion ($14.6 billion) for the regional economy as well as pumping 2.5 GW of electricity into ...

Second Phase of Holyhead Deep Installation Now Complete

Tuesday, 29 May 2018 Dan McCue Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the second offshore installation phase of its DG500 project in Wales. Having installed the tether, micro grid system buoy and umbilical, all supporting components ...

Seabased to Bring Wave Energy to the Caribbean

Monday, 14 May 2018 REM Bermuda General Agency Ltd. 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 ...

Ecotricity presents two tidal lagoon proposals as alternatives to Swansea Bay

Friday, 11 May 2018 Robin Whitlock

Renewable energy company Ecotricity has presented the UK government with two alternative tidal lagoon proposals, ahead of a joint select committee review of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project.

AWE to continue collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast under MaRINET2

Thursday, 10 May 2018 Robin Whitlock

Marine energy company AW-Energy has secured additional funding from the MaRINET2 programme to continue tank tests with a second collaboration project with Queen’s University Belfast.

US Department of Energy to Fund Marine Energy Projects

Tuesday, 01 May 2018 REM The US Department of Energy is making up to $23 million available to advance innovative marine energy technologies. The DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy will fund research and evaluation ...

AWE secures MegaRoller EU research & innovation funding

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 Robin Whitlock The EU Horizon2020 programme has provided a total of 5 million euros of grant funding for AW-Energy’s Megaroller project which is focusing on the development of a Power Take-Off unit for a 1 MW wave ...

WaveRoller collaboration leads to new understanding of loads

Tuesday, 17 April 2018 Robin Whitlock

A new understanding of the loads endured by the WaveRoller wave energy technology will enable AW-Energy to optimise the device for future operational deployment.