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Published : 10/06/2020
Nova Innovation’s Direct Drive Tidal Turbine project in EUSEW Awards final
You can vote for the D2T2 project here, and put ocean energy at the forefront of EU's largest sustainable energy event! …More -
Published : 08/06/2020
Minesto completes first installation phase of the Vestmannasund project
Minesto progresses its tidal energy project in the Faroe Islands. The leading marine energy developer has completed the first offshore installation phase of the project, as the gravity-based foundation for the powerplant has been installed at the …More -
Published : 05/06/2020
EU drives tidal energy to commercial reality
World-leading tidal energy company Nova Innovation has successfully completed its project to manufacture its market-ready, state of the art direct drive tidal turbine. The new turbine – which eliminates the need for a gear box – reduces the co…More -
Published : 04/06/2020
EU approval: seal of excellence for AW-Energy and its WaveRoller
Finnish company, AW-Energy Oy (AWE), has received the EU Seal of Excellence award from Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding programme. It follows the company’s project submission to the EU’s EIC Accelerator programme. …More -
Published : 02/06/2020
Ocean Demo third call to focus on progression towards multi device installations
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project opened its 3rd call today. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This new call will foc…More -
Published : 11/05/2020
80% of UK public backs wave and tidal
New figures released by the UK Government show a consistently high percentage of people are backing the UK’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The latest Public Attitudes Tracker, published quarterly by the Departmen…More -
Published : 28/04/2020
Atlantis helping to open up China’s 8.2GW tidal stream renewable power potential
In the space of just 18 months, a significant milestone has been achieved in the race to harness the global potential of tidal stream energy. SIMEC Atlantis Energy (“Atlantis”), through its partnership with ITPEnergised, has worked with The Ch…More -
Published : 16/04/2020
HydroQuest, Magallanes and SABELLA sign agreement with Morlais project
North Wales tidal stream energy project, Morlais, has had a significant boost with the announcement that three new turbine developers have signed-up to the project. The deal comes following months of discussion with French firms SABELLA …More -
Published : 15/04/2020
IEA says marine energy can help keep renewable growth on track
Before the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was set to be another record year for renewables installations. That is now looking very unlikely. Heymi Bahar at the IEA identifies three main challenges facing the growth of renewables due t…More -
Published : 08/04/2020
WaveBoost project improves performance and reliability of wave energy
The three-year Horizon 2020 funded WaveBoost project has drawn to a close with a step change improvement achieved to the reliability and performance of wave energy technology. Led by CorPower Ocean, the WaveBoost consortium designed and de…More