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Published : 03/02/2021
Creating ‘water of life’ from the power of the sea
World-leading marine energy company Nova Innovation has announced a ground-breaking project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay. Nova Innovation will install a series of underwater turbines between the i…More -
Published : 02/02/2021
CorPower secures €7.3m investment into Portuguese wave project
Portuguese authorities have joined the Swedish Energy Agency, EIT InnoEnergy and private investors to support CorPower’s flagship HiWave-5 demonstration project in northern Portugal. The investment supported by the European Union is prov…More -
Published : 02/02/2021
Sustainable Marine Unveils ‘Next-gen Platform’ ahead of World-leading Tidal Energy Project
Sustainable Marine is forging ahead with plans to deliver the world’s first floating tidal energy array after unveiling its next-generation platform in Nova Scotia, Canada. Construction of the pioneering new 420kW PLAT-I 6.40 floating ti…More -
Published : 01/02/2021
SABELLA takes over tidal energy assets from GE Renewable Energy
SABELLA takes over the tidal energy assets from GE Renewable Energy following the terms of an agreement signed on the 18th of January 2021. These assets gather all the tidal energy concepts developed by GE Renewable Energy since 2003, including as…More -
Published : 27/01/2021
Mocean Energy edges closer to EMEC deployment
Edinburgh wave energy developer, Mocean Energy, is gearing up to deploy its scale prototype, Blue X wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Mocean Energy has signed a berth agreement to test …More -
Published : 27/01/2021
CorPower and OPS primed for ‘industry advancing’ wave energy project, following €500,000 EEA Grant
The Portuguese-Swedish wave energy developer and Norwegian engineering firm will join forces for the COMPACT (COMposite Pressure cAsing for CosT) Project, combining sector leading Wave Energy technology with low-cost composite design and fabricati…More -
Published : 21/01/2021
€5m awarded for development of a Hybrid Testing Platform for Ocean Energy
VALID is a 3-year H2020 project, kicking off 1st of December 2020, specifically designed to develop a Hybrid Testing Platform for accelerated testing with methodologies by combining the virtual and physical environment, reducing cost in the produc…More -
Published : 18/01/2021
Wavepiston installs a wave energy converter at PLOCAN’s test site
The Danish company Wavepiston has installed the first full-scale modules, of its wave energy converter (WEC) at the test site of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). Their device allows the conversion of wave motion into electricit…More -
Published : 08/01/2021
Bombora and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Forge Partnership to Identify Marine Energy Project Opportunities in Japan
At a time when there is a strong push for offshore renewable power generation in Japan, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have entered into an agreement with leading marine energy developer Bombora to identify wave energy potential across the region…More -
Published : 17/12/2020
SIMEC Atlantis Energy announces €13m investment
Atlantis, the global sustainable energy generation company and technology developer, announced that it has entered into a share placement agreement with New Technology Capital Group, LLC, a U.S.-based investor, to raise up to £12,000,000. …More