Ocean Energy

Vigor Completes Construction of Massive Wave Energy Buoy

Friday, 11 October 2019 Dan McCue Vigor Industrial of Portland, Oregon, has completed construction of the 826-ton “OE Buoy” for Irish company, Ocean Energy. The buoy was preparing for launch from the company's Swan Island shipyard ...

Alaskan Village, Maine Company and Alaska Governor Launch Sustainable River Energy Project

Wednesday, 17 July 2019 REM The Igiugig Village Council (IVC) and Maine-based ORPC, recently celebrated the launch of ORPC’s commercial RivGen® Power System, a unique sustainable solution now available to remote river communities ...

Innovative Ocean Thermal Energy Project Enters New Phase

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 REM Last September, Global OTEC Resources received a £140,000 grant from Marine-i which enabled the company to establish its operation in Cornwall. Their plan is to use ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) ...

Marine Mammal Monitoring Equipment Undergoes Testing

Thursday, 25 April 2019 REM The Balmoral Subsea Test Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland, has carried out hydrostatic tests on equipment that will be used to monitor the interaction between tidal turbines and marine mammals in the Pentland ...

Blue-GIFT opens first call for applications for ocean energy demonstration

Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Robin Whitlock

The 2.5 million euro Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Tracked) project has announced its first call for applications.

Energy Department Announces $10 Million for Marine Energy Research and Testing Program

Monday, 25 March 2019 REM The U.S. Department of Energy will provide up to $10 million in funding to establish a new testing program for marine energy technologies. The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research ...

France

hydro Group completes work on groundbreaking marine energy project

Thursday, 01 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Subsea cable and connector specialist hydro Group, alongside its French regional partner Wenex Equipments, has successfully completed its scope of work on the SEM-REV marine renewable energy project in ...

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.

Oregon Wave Energy Test Site Rebranded as PacWave

Monday, 17 September 2018 REM The Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site—a first of its kind, Energy Department-funded, grid-connected, full-scale test facility for wave energy conversion technologies—will operate ...