16 Jun 2020
Government approves business case for Pembroke Dock Marine project, allowing plans for major new Marine Energy Test Area to move to next phase Plans to build a world leading marine energy hub on the Welsh coast received a boost this week, after the UK and Welsh government approved the business case for the high profile […]
02 Jun 2020
Exactly the sort of innovation water companies need to be embracing’: battery storage system installed at Preston plant Two units “the size of shipping containers” are set to optimise onsite solar, provide power resilience and reduce emissions at the wastewater plant, which services 260,000 homes and businesses in North West England. A 2MW battery storage […]
05 May 2020
IMarEST ‘The three-year Horizon 2020 funded WaveBoost project has drawn to a close with what its research team call “a step change improvement achieved to the reliability and performance of wave energy technology”. Watch the video Led by CorPower Ocean, the WaveBoost consortium designed and developed an advanced power take off (PTO) system allowing wave […]
21 Apr 2020
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved plans for Equinor’s 88MW Hywind Tampen floating wind project. Both the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) and the Norwegian government have approved the project, Equinor said. Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners submitted two updated plans for development and operation to Norwegian authorities last October. The […]
14 Apr 2020
Offshore wind – EAC inquiry Deadline to submit responses is 15th May 2020 – click here to access the EAC’s online Call for Evidence portal The Committee is inviting written submissions to inform its first session. These should focus on, but not be limited to: How effective has the Government’s offshore wind Sector Deal been in moving the sector towards becoming an integral […]
07 Apr 2020
Europe still leads the world in tidal energy installations, and European tidal stream projects generated 50% more electricity in 2019 than the year before, according to new statistics released by Ocean Energy Europe. This gives a good overview of stats for both wave and tidal and the various projects in Europe. Good infographics and case […]
05 Mar 2020
The Guardian describes the background to this crazy policy block on onshore wind which has had huge consequences for other parts of the renewables sector. This could have a huge impact on the water industry which has a huge energy bill but the capacity, expertise and land to do far more – for example Severn […]
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 […]
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