Ocean Energy

Portland State Receives $2 Million Grant to Study Ocean Electrical Generation

Monday, 11 March 2019 REM The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $2 million, three-year grant to an engineering professor from Portland State University to study a novel method of generating electricity from ocean waves. ...

Eco Wave Power Selected to PortXL Accelerator

Monday, 04 March 2019 Dan McCue The world’s first Port & Maritime Accelerator, PortXL, now in its fourth year, recently completed its Rotterdam program with the conclusion of the selection days, the climax of a year-long scouting ...

Founder of Eco Wave Power Wins the Women4Climate Tech Challenge

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 Dan McCue Inna Braverman, Founder of Eco Wave Power, was the winner of the C40 Women4Climate Tech Challenge, an international contest which was open to women designing innovative, climate-focused tech solutions. ...

SurfWEC Pursuing Ocean Wave Power Electric Generation

Thursday, 10 January 2019 Dan McCue New Jersey-based Martin & Ottaway, together with industry partners, has formed a company aimed at developing wave energy Converters using patented features expected to increase energy recovery rates ...

Scotland

Two Scottish Firms Secure £7.7 Million in Financing from wave energy Scotland

Wednesday, 09 January 2019 REM Two new Scottish wave energy devices will take to the sea in 2020 following the award of £7.7 million from wave energy Scotland. Both winning firms – Edinburgh-based Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean ...

Aruba & Curaçao

SINN Power Explores Caribbean wave energy Potential

Friday, 21 December 2018 Dan McCue SINN Power recently took part in a business trip arranged by the DNHK (German-Dutch Foreign Trade Chamber) as part of the Energy Export Initiative of the BMWi. As part of this, CEO Dr. Philipp Sinn, and ...

Estonia

Wello launch Penguin WEC2 for H2020 CEFOW array

Friday, 07 December 2018 Robin Whitlock Finnish wave energy developer Wello Oy has launched the next iteration of their Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) into the water in Tallinn, Estonia, as part of the CEFOW (Clean Energy From Ocean Waves) ...

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 ...

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.