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Published : 09/08/2022
Marine Power Systems to demo wave energy array at EMEC
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has signed up to demonstrate a multi-megawatt wave energy array at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The Swansea-based marine energy developer will bring its first commercial scale a…More -
Published : 03/08/2022
CorPower Ocean completes Portugal test site preparation ahead of HiWave-5 marine installations
CorPower Ocean has completed the substation and site preparation work in Portugal ahead of marine installations for its flagship HiWave-5 Project, developing a grid connected demonstration wave farm. The site located off the coast of Aguçadoura,…More -
Published : 25/07/2022
CorPower Ocean delivers first commercial-scale composite WEC hull
CorPower Ocean has teamed up with composite machinery specialist Autonational and composite tank experts CPT Tankwell to successfully develop its first commercial-scale hull in Viana do Castelo (Portugal), using a custom-built machine, installed i…More -
Published : 14/07/2022
Bombora begins final test and assembly of world’s most powerful Wave Energy Converter
Bombora Wave Power (Bombora) is entering the final test and assembly phase of the ground-breaking 1.5MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Project, as it prepares to validate the world’s most powerful Wave Energy Converter. Rigorous testing of …More -
Published : 08/07/2022
Minesto’s tidal power plant in grid-connected operation – commercial performance verified
Marine energy developer Minesto has according to plan successfully commissioned the first unit of tidal power plant “Dragon 4” in grid-connected operation in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. The company announces today that the commissioning resu…More -
Published : 07/07/2022
Mocean Energy starts EuropeWave test programme
Mocean Energy has begun tank testing models of their 250kW Blue Horizon wave energy machine as part of the EU funded EuropeWave programme. The Edinburgh wave power specialists are one of seven technology developers awarded contracts for ph…More -
Published : 15/06/2022
CorPower Ocean unveils commercial scale products to unleash utility scale wave farms
CorPower Ocean is unveiled the CorPower C4, its first commercial scale Wave Energy Converter (WEC) and CorPack clusters, providing the building blocks for utility scale wave farms. The event was broadcasted online to an international au…More -
Published : 14/06/2022
Sustainable Marine powers up tidal energy in Nova Scotia
Sustainable Marine has officially powered up its tidal energy operation in Canada and is delivering clean electricity to Nova Scotia’s power system. The company declared that its system in Grand Passage is ready to commence commercial op…More -
Published : 03/06/2022
Sabella tidal stream turbine injects electricity again into the Ushant grid
After the successful re-immersion of the D10 turbine in April 2022 and its reconnection to the Ushant island electricity grid, the third test and production campaign of this tidal turbine has started as planned after a period of testing and adjust…More -
Published : 25/05/2022
Successful launch of first Dragon Class tidal powerplant
Minesto, leading marine energy developer, has now successfully completed the first week of commissioning including satisfactory electricity production and verification of all core functionality with the new Dragon 4 tidal power plant in Vestmanna,…More