Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA) is becoming a renewable energy centre for import, logistics and storage of wind farm components.
29 May, 2010
A panel of marine energy developers, academics and government figures at All Energy 2010 agreed that costs need to be shared to ensure targets for harnessing marine energy from the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters are met.
28 May, 2010
Pulse Tidal is planning to place a commercially-viable tidal energy array at Kyle Rhea, the fast-flowing straits between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish Mainland.
27 May, 2010
The world will install 107 GW of green power by 2035, up from 44 GW in 2007.
27 May, 2010
Skill shortages, training and industry standards urgently need to be addressed if the UK is to fully harness its renewable energy ambitions, according to an EU funded study supported by Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR).
21 May, 2010
Subsea UK called on the offshore renewable industry to “seriously consider safety above all else” at All Energy in Aberdeen 19-20 May.
21 May, 2010
CTC Marine Projects will provide installation and trenching services to the UK Wave Hub development for wave energy.
21 May, 2010
Aberdeen-based Green Ocean Energy says it is close to becoming the only marine power company in the world to have its technology "fully certified".
21 May, 2010
SeaEnergy PLC has secured a grant of £30,000 for a feasibility study into the service opportunities available in the expanding offshore renewable energy industry.
20 May, 2010
The Inverness based company has deployed a 1/9th scale of its AWS-III device, a ring-shaped multi-cell surface-floating wave power system, the result of almost two years of intensive research and development work.
20 May, 2010
Plans for a marine tidal energy scheme of up to 200MW off the coast of County Antrim by Northern Ireland-based THETIS Energy Ltd are gaining momentum.
19 May, 2010
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has unveiled the design of its Oyster 2 wave energy converter, which will be built in Scotland in summer 2010.
19 May, 2010
A new report from the Offshore Valuation Group concludes that the offshore renewable energy industry in the UK - using less than a third of the total available resource - could generate the electricity equivalent of 1 billion barrels of oil annually, matching North Sea oil and gas production.
19 May, 2010
The UK wave energy project Wave Hub is on course to be deployed this summer with fabrication of sub-sea cables and the hub itself nearing completion.
18 May, 2010
The Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has identified “nursery sites” in the islands to plug the gap between test tanks and full ocean conditions for unproven energy devices.
18 May, 2010
Nearshore waves have more potential for wave energy development than previously thought, according to a New Scientist article.
14 May, 2010
The Australian Government will commit A$653 million over four years to establish a Renewable Energy Future Fund.
11 May, 2010
Minesto AB has raised over €2 million to test its Deep Green underwater tidal power kite off the coast of Northern Ireland in 2011.
06 May, 2010
Energy consultancy Xodus has developed a web-based tool for managing risks for offshore energy – including offshore renewable sources.
05 May, 2010
Consultants Mott MacDonald and Halcrow will promote growing opportunities for the development of global tidal range energy projects.
04 May, 2010