A consortium of Global OTEC, a UK-based pioneer in ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) development, and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been selected to study a site in the Bahamas for OTEC. This has been requested by the Government of the Bahamas to provide an evidence ba
Carnegie Clean Energy has completed the foundation structures of the scaled CETO wave energy unit in preparation for deployment at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) as part of the ACHIEVE Programme. CETO is a fully submerged, point absorber-type wave energy technology device. A submerged buoy si
Australian ocean energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has put a newly opened U.S. wave energy test facility on its list of potential sites for a future demonstration of its wave energy converter technology designed to convert energy from ocean waves into electricity, as the company progresses its
The first fully operational, pre-permitted and grid-connected wave energy test facility in the continental U.S. has opened for business. Officially opened on August 27, PacWave South is located off the coast of Newport, Oregon, and has been developed through the collaboration of the U.S. Department
Eco Wave Power’s U.S. subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Germany-based AI engineering to develop an AI-powered digital twin platform for its wave energy technology. The companies have begun Phase 1 of the Eco Wave Power – Digital Twin & Energy-Aware Computing project, combining advanced p
Flex2Future, a Norwegian technology company developing floating offshore energy systems that combine wind, wave and solar power on a single platform, has wrapped up an extensive model testing campaign in Norway, putting its floating wave, wind and solar energy platform concept through simulated offs
Eco Wave Power has reported increased electricity generation and higher peak power output during stronger wave conditions in April and May from its grid-connected wave energy power station in Israel. The EWP-EDF One wave energy project is a pilot-scale demonstration array, consisting of a limited nu
Breakwater rehabilitation works have started in Portugal for Eco Wave Power’s megawatt-scale wave energy project following damage caused by a storm. Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (APDL) is carrying out the rehabilitation works at the Barra do Douro breakwater in Porto
Swedish ocean energy developer Minesto has implemented organizational changes to further strengthen its ability to execute commercial projects and improve the product sales offering related to the installation and handling of its Dragon tidal energy technology. This comes following the organizationa
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has revealed an electricity generation record in the Faroe Islands, where its tidal power plant set a new production record over the summer, after being upgraded with a new power-take-off (PTO) system that improves energy output throughout the tidal flow cycle.
Dutch Equinox Ocean Turbines (EQOT) has completed open-water testing of its ocean current prototype, collecting data used to de-risk and advance the technology toward commercial deployment. The open-water testing of the Mobula 5 1:10 prototype began in Friesland, the Netherlands, earlier this month,
Israel’s government is planning to invest NIS 6 million (approximately $2 million) in advancing marine energy solutions, including wave energy generation, offshore energy systems, artificial intelligence-powered marine energy management, and related technologies. The joint initiative by Israel’s Min
Independent assurance and certification body DNV has awarded what is said to be the world’s first prototype certificate for a wave energy converter (WEC). CorPower Ocean’s C4 WEC has been certified under DNV-SE-0120, Certification of Wave Energy Converters and Arrays, following independent verificat
Spain’s BlueNewables has installed its Paiporta floating solar platform at the Port of Valencia, marking the first major offshore operation of the RENMARINAS project. BlueNewables led the entire engineering scope and EPCI management, including conceptual, basic and detailed engineering; procurement,
