tidal energy project News
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Sentosa island demonstration site agreement
A new milestone has been reached for marine renewable energy in Southeast Asia. MAKO Energy Pte Ltd (ME) will be embarking on a tidal energy demonstration project in Singapore using the MAKO.7 tidal turbines, following the signing of a collaboration agreement on 28 November 2018 with the venue host, Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC). ...
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€46.8m 'Game-Changing' Tidal Energy Project Approved for Channel Regions
Interreg France (Channel) England Program, an EU program set up to foster economic development around the Channel regions of the UK and France, has approved the biggest ever Interreg project which will be a game-changer for the tidal stream energy sector. The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project, known as TIGER, is an ambitious 46.8m project, of which 28m comes from the European Regional ...
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James Fisher Lands MeyGen O&M Deal
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been granted preferred supplier status for a 5-year period in connection with the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the MeyGen Phase 1A tidal turbines. Three turbines have been supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, and the fourth by Atlantis, each with a rated power of 1.5 MW. Three of the turbines are being installed and connected later this year by ...
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Maine Deploys First U.S. Commercial, Grid-Connected Tidal Energy Project
Today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu recognized the nation’s first commercial, grid-connected tidal energy project off the coast of Eastport, Maine. Leveraging a $10 million investment from the Energy Department, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) will deploy its first commercial tidal energy device into Cobscook Bay this summer. The project, which injected $14 million into the local ...
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SIMEC Atlantis enters French joint venture to build new tidal project
U.K. headquartered SIMEC Atlantis Energy, the tidal energy projects developer, has reportedly entered into a new joint venture with the Development Agency for Normandy (AD Normandy) for developing a tidal power project in Raz Blanchard, Normandy. Regional investment fund Normandie Participations is also a partner in the venture besides AD Normandy, which is an economic development agency. The new ...
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Huhne highlights urgent need for new energy
A surge of investment in new energy sources will be needed to ensure our energy security and reduce reliance on fossil fuels in the decades ahead, Chris Huhne said today. The Government has launched the consultation on the coalition’s revised draft national policy statements on energy. They show that we expect over half the new energy generating capacity built in the UK by 2025 to come ...
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New tidal energy device to make waves in Welsh waters (press Notice)
An innovative new project to generate tidal energy in Ramsey Sound off Pembrokeshire was today given the go ahead by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne. Tidal Energy Limited’s 1.2MW ‘Deltastream’ device will provide green electricity to the local distribution network during its 12 month test period, with the potential to power up to 1,000 homes. The device will be ...
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Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project gets green light on planning
Planning consent was given today for construction of the world’s first tidal lagoon, in a boost to moving towards a low carbon, home grown energy mix. If built, turbines in the proposed six-mile horseshoe shaped sea wall around Swansea Bay in Wales could generate around 500GWh per year of low carbon electricity. Energy and Climate Change and Wales Office Minister Lord Bourne said: ...
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Leading tidal stakeholders to collaborate in London
Recent predictions for the growth of the tidal industry have been highly positive, with trade body Renewable UK estimating the industry to be worth £6billion by 2035 to the UK economy alone. However, project and technology developers are still facing significant challenges in delivering commercial scale arrays. While technology is advancing slowly to a stage whereby it can generate power at ...
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New Zealand appoints panel to evaluate marine energy applications
An international panel of renewable energy and business experts has been appointed to evaluate applications for funding to develop marine energy in New Zealand. The government will be making grants of up to $2 million a year for the next four years, through the Marine Energy Deployment Fund. Applications for the first funding round close at the end of February. Energy Minister David Parker today ...
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Greg Barker comment on EU funding for two UK tidal projects
On Tuesday 18 December 2012 the European Commission announced EU funding for two UK tidal projects under its NER 300 scheme; Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) Sound of Islay Demonstration Tidal Array, 20.7m € and Marine Current Turbines (MCT) Kyle Rhea Tidal Turbine Array project, 18.4m €. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “European funding for Scottish Power ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million in Funding for Hydrokinetic Turbine Development
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $35 million in funding for 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. SHARKS teams will develop new economically competitive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) designs for tidal and riverine currents. "Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant ...
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Marine Power (Wave and Tidal) - Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country Analysis to 2030
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Marine Power (Wave and Tidal) - Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country Analysis to 2030 ...
By ReportLinker
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UK innovator develops `CableFish` to help reduce cost of marine energy
UK innovator, North Sea Systems, has successfully completed the first full scale trial of its novel CableFish, which was put through its paces at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the turbulent waters around Orkney. The final trial began in November 2014 and was the culmination of a Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) project funded by the Scottish Government, managed by the ...
By Carbon Trust
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Huge renewable energy growth this decade, if EU countries meet projections
Offshore wind energy capacity in Europe is projected to increase 17-fold between 2010 and 2020, while newer renewable technologies such as concentrated solar power and wave/tidal power will also increase more than 11-fold according to projections. European countries are also expected to significantly boost solar photovoltaic power, onshore wind and other renewable technologies over the next ...
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Collaboration with australia`s gladstone ports corporation
MAKO Tidal Turbines has announced the first installation of tidal turbines at a working port anywhere in the world in conjunction with the Gladstone Ports Corporation in Queensland, ...
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First wave energy project provokes federal-state clash
The Washington state Department of Ecology has filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, for reconsideration of a decision that FERC made last month to grant five-year environmental approval for a wave energy project at Makah Bay, in far western Washington state. The license is the first ever issued by the Commission for a wave, tidal or current energy project in the ...
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Global Ocean Energy Report
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Ocean Energy Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p01094730/Global-Ocean-Energy-Report.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy This new report looks at the key market drivers for the global Ocean Energy market, developments and future projections. 2009 was a ...
By ReportLinker
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£19m available for energy entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation can today apply for a share of £19million of Government funding. Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation can today apply for a share of £19million of Government funding. The funding comes from the second phase of ...
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Carbon Trust backs cutting edge marine energy devices to help accelerate commercial deployment
The Carbon Trust is to support two cutting edge marine energy devices in a bid to accelerate the commercial development of wave and tidal energy in the UK. Projects to be supported through the Marine Energy Accelerator with Pelamis Wave Power and Marine Current Turbines will focus on installation and maintenance which currently account for up to 50% of the project costs of wave and tidal energy ...
By Carbon Trust
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