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Published : 11/05/2022
Sustainable Marine delivers first floating tidal power to Nova Scotia grid
Ocean energy pioneer Sustainable Marine today announced it has successfully harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid. Sustainable …More -
Published : 11/05/2022
Aquantis signs up to EMEC tidal demo
California-based tidal energy developer Aquantis, Inc has signed up to test its Tidal Power Tug at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Aquantis has signed a berth agreement for a six-month testing programme in 202…More -
Published : 13/04/2022
Minesto launches tidal array build-out plan, empowering Faroe Islands towards 100% renewable energy
Leading marine energy developer Minesto has launched a detailed plan for large-scale build-out of tidal energy arrays in the Faroe Islands. The plan includes four new verified sites that would supply 40% of the nation’s growing electricity consu…More -
Published : 12/04/2022
Sustainable Marine ready to launch tidal energy onto Nova Scotia’s grid
Just days after the UN IPCC issued its call for action on the climate emergency, saying ‘it’s now or never”, Sustainable Marine is poised to push the button and feed zero emission electricity generated from the immense tidal flows in the Bay…More -
Published : 07/04/2022
AWS Waveswing gets shakedown at EMEC
Initial testing and shakedown of Waveswing completed as AWS offshore scientific test programme progresses Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy has commenced sea trials at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) as part of its scientific testi…More -
Published : 06/04/2022
ORPC Partnering with Matanuska-Susitna Borough to Trial RivGen® Power System
ORPC, Inc., and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough announced a partnership today to test ORPC’s RivGen Power System at the Upper Cook Inlet industrial and commercial port facility of Port MacKenzie. The RivGen System, which harnesses clean, sustainab…More -
Published : 01/04/2022
SIMEC Atlantis Energy secures funding from Scottish Enterprise
SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE) is delighted to announce that MeyGen has secured a non-convertible loan of €3m from Scottish Enterprise, which will enable the redeployment of the remaining two turbines at the MeyGen site within the next 12 months. T…More -
Published : 29/03/2022
Hann-Ocean Energy launches 3rd-gen Drakoo wave energy converter in Shengsi, China
Hann-Ocean Energy launched their first third-generation 15-kilowatt wave energy converter (WEC) in Shengsi archipelago, China, on the 8th of January 2022. It is entering a one-year sea trial, with the device expected to generate 70,000 kWh of powe…More -
Published : 28/03/2022
CorPower Ocean partners with subsea composite specialist Diab
CorPower Ocean has partnered with subsea composite specialist Diab for the construction of its first commercial scale Wave Energy Converter (WEC). The ocean energy developer is currently fabricating its next generation C4 WEC, with dual bu…More -
Published : 23/03/2022
€37m to turn the tide towards renewable energy
Climate Change Minister Julie James confirmed the funding would be given to Menter Môn for the Morlais infrastructure project. The Morlais Infrastructure development aims to further the development of tidal power generation technologies b…More