Ocean Energy

CorPower Ocean Secures Funding To Commercialize Wave Energy

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 Beth Anton CorPower Ocean announced the largest single investment in its wave energy technology after securing €32m Series B1 funding. Announced during EIT InnoEnergy’s Business Booster in Barcelona - one of ...

Tidal technology is key to filling gaps in the UK's renewable energy generation - Labor Conference fringe event

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 Robin Whitlock Chair of the Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee Bill Esterson, MP, has told a Labor Conference fringe event hosted by the British Hydropower Association that “The time has come for ...

VR Brings Tidal Energy to Life For Students

Monday, 03 June 2024 REM As school children across the world celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8, students on Anglesey are getting a glimpse of life under the sea thanks to new immersive VR technology launched by Anglesey tidal ...

Bourne Tidal Turbine Test Site Awarded FERC License

Friday, 26 April 2024 Beth Anton The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has been awarded an eight-year pilot license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to test marine renewable energy generating tidal turbines at the ...

Construction of OTEC Storm-Resistant Structure Begins in Canary Islands

Friday, 08 March 2024 Beth Anton The innovative structure that will advance floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology in severe weather-prone regions begins fabrication this March. Developed under the EU-funded project ...

New Report Says Wave Energy to Have Key Role in Realizing UK's Energy Ambitions

Tuesday, 05 March 2024 Beth Anton Wave energy is one of the world's largest untapped renewable energy sources. This is about to change thanks to a recent commercial breakthrough from CorPower Ocean, combined with a new report from LUT ...

Successful Handover Marks Completion of £24million Morlais Substation

Thursday, 01 February 2024 REM In a milestone for Anglesey tidal energy project, Morlais, civil engineering firm Jones Bros. has officially handed over the substation to site owner, Menter Môn Morlais Ltd. The move signals the successful ...

SSAB and CorPower Ocean to Collaborate on Fossil-Free Steel for Wave Energy Technology

Tuesday, 24 October 2023 REM

Steel company SSAB and wave energy developer CorPower Ocean have signed an agreement to explore the development of one of the world’s first wave energy power plants made using fossil-free steel.

Wales’s First Tidal Stream Energy Site Officially Open

Friday, 20 October 2023 REM The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford will officially open the substation linked to Morlais tidal energy on Anglesey this week (Oct. 20). The event, which is the culmination of more than ten years’ ...

MEC Welcomes News 11 Tidal Stream Projects Have Secured Contracts in the UK

Wednesday, 13 September 2023 REM The Marine Energy Council (MEC) has welcomed the news that 11 tidal stream projects have secured contracts in the Government’s latest renewable auction. Over 50MW of tidal stream capacity has been contracted, ...