17 Sep 2024
A €19.6 million partnership project, which aims to be the stepping stone towards large scale wave energy commercialisation, has received formal go-ahead from the European Union. WEDUSEA is a pioneering collaboration between 14 partners, spanning industry and academia from across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain. It is co-ordinated by the Irish company OceanEnergy. […]
08 Jul 2024
The Marine Energy Council (MEC), established in 2018, has been instrumental in improving the investment landscape for marine energy in the UK. This includes securing three successive tidal stream ringfences and raising the profile of wave energy’s role in the future energy mix. The MEC has undergone an exciting period of growth, with members joining […]
19 Mar 2024
Britain’s flagship renewables scheme has received its biggest ever funding boost from government, with more than £1 billion for its upcoming auction. The budget for the sixth Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round (AR6) was announced by the Chancellor at the March 2024 budget. This follows the increase in the maximum price for offshore wind and floating […]
19 Jul 2022
Bombora Wave Power 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 the key sub-systems is currently underway as the ocean energy specialist prepares to deliver the £20million project, financially supported by the European Regional […]
25 Feb 2020
Interesting Quayside anchored wave energy device – watch the video – many attractive features ‘Another wave energy device is the Seahorse system [25]. The Port of Pecem, Brazil, began the commissioning of a wave power plant with an installed power of 50 kW in June 2012. The initiative promoted by the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute […]
12 Nov 2017
Access to funding, a coherent long-term strategy and greater collaboration are required make wave power work for the UK, says a new report. Hayley Dunning Wave energy could contribute significantly to the UK’s future energy mix, but only if the mistakes of the past are not repeated, say Imperial College London and Strathclyde University researchers […]
01 Dec 2014
A technology development body launched yesterday by the Scottish government is to offer jobs to some staff at collapsed wave power firm Pelamis. The new body – called Wave Energy Scotland – will aim to bring the best engineering and academic minds together to work on furthering wave technology. Speaking at Holyrood, energy minister Fergus […]