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Published : 09/10/2018
CorPower completes Stage 3 demonstration in Orkney
Results support a step-change improvement in survivability and competitiveness of wave energy After 18 months of combined dry and ocean testing of the C3 Wave Energy Converter (WEC), CorPower and project partners have tak…More -
Published : 26/09/2018
Scotrenewables secures new private investment ahead of next turbine build
Scotrenewables welcomes new investment and director appointments ahead of starting a new turbine build which will see an optimised 2MW floating turbine installed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. The multi-million pound investment is…More -
Published : 24/09/2018
PLAT-I tidal energy system successfully installed in Nova Scotia
The PLAT-I tidal energy system, developed by Sustainable Marine Energy, and equipped with four SCHOTTEL HYDRO SIT250 tidal turbines, was installed in Grand Passage, between Brier and Long Island, on Tuesday September 18th. The marine opera…More -
Published : 21/09/2018
Canada awards CA$29.7 m to DP Energy’s 9MW tidal project in Nova Scotia
Today Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi announced a CA$29.7M grant to the 9MW tidal energy project by DP Energy in Nova Scotia, Canada. Reacting to the news, Ocean Energy Europe’s CEO, Rémi Gruet, said: …More -
Published : 13/09/2018
Bombora awarded £10.3m EU funding for 1.5MW project in Wales
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford will today announce £10.3m of EU funding for the marine technology sector on a visit to Pembroke Dock Tuesday 11th September. The EU funding will support the design and testing of a fully-submerged membra…More -
Published : 29/08/2018
Integrated subsea cable monitoring system tested at EMEC
An Innovate UK funded project focused on developing a smart integrated monitoring system for offshore energy subsea cables has drawn to a close following successful tests at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The novel tec…More -
Published : 21/08/2018
Exceedence Crowd raise hits 100 Investor milestone
Exceedence announced that their equity crowdfunding raise has hit its 100 investor milestone raising £164,100 so far on Crowdcube's equity crowdfunding platform. This crowdfund will be instrumental in helping Exceedence accelerate the rol…More -
Published : 21/08/2018
Scoterenewables Tidal clocks record level of power generation
Tidal stream prototype generates 3GWh of predictable renewable electricity in under 12 months at European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney Scotrenewables Tidal Power has set another record with its first 2MW floating tidal s…More -
Published : 14/08/2018
Minesto completes initial commissioning trials of its DG500 marine energy kite
Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the initial commissioning sea trials of its unique subsea kite technology called Deep Green off the coast of Holyhead, North West Wales. Through the initial trials, a range of functionalities such as t…More -
Published : 13/08/2018
Laminaria is hiring
Laminaria is currently seeking for enthusiastic professionals to join their team in Orkney. Project Manager …More