Ocean Energy

Minesto Signs Agreement with SEV for Faroe Islands’ Installations

Monday, 12 November 2018 REM Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has signed a collaboration agreement with the main power generator and distributor on the Faroe Islands, SEV, for two installations of Minesto’s DG100 model. The ...

Minesto Completes Offshore Test Program of Tidal Energy Project

Friday, 09 November 2018 REM marine energy developer Minesto has completed the offshore commissioning and test program of its EU-funded tidal energy project offshore Holyhead, North Wales, which aims to demonstrate the company’s ...

CorPower Ocean and Sustainable marine Energy Partner on Foundation and Mooring Solutions

Thursday, 01 November 2018 REM The 35-month Universal Mooring, Anchor & Connectivity Kit Demonstration project will address ocean energy affordability, survivability, reliability and installation through the demonstration of a generic ...

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 ...

Scotrenewables Rebrands as Orbital marine Power and Prepares for New Turbine Build

Thursday, 25 October 2018 Dan McCue Scotrenewables Tidal Power has undergone a company-wide rebranding to Orbital marine Power. The new name is inspired by the orbital cycle of the moon around the earth, the reliable provider of tidal 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 ...

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.

Magallanes Renovables' ATIR Arrives in Orkney

Wednesday, 19 September 2018 Dan McCue

Magallanes Renovables’ full scale ATIR tidal turbine, which has been validated and optimized, has successfully been towed north from Vigo, in Spain, and has arrived at its destination in Orkney.

SIMEC Atlantis Energy Unveils World’s Largest Single Rotor Tidal Turbine, the AR2000

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Robin Whitlock The Turbine and Engineering Services Division of SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE), a diversified sustainable energy generation company, has unveiled the design for its new 2.0 MW tidal power turbine system ...

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 ...