Vancouver, Canada — As the world rushes to replace fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy, new research shows that polymetallic rocks found on the deep-ocean floor can supply hundreds of millions of tons of important battery metals to store energy and power electric vehicles (EVs) with far less impact on…

Leonardo da Vinci was perplexed by the power of the ocean. Notebooks reveal he speculated that tides were caused by the breath of a huge underwater creature — and went on to attempt to calculate the size of its lungs. Generating three terawatts of energy a day, tidal power truly…

Finland, July 14, 2020: AW-Energy Oy (AWE), the Finnish pioneer in global wave energy technology, drives forward opportunity and innovation with a new facility in Vantaa, Finland: ·         1,200m2 capacity innovation centre and unique test facility ·         Supports the commercialization and delivery of WaveRoller® projects scheduled in 2021 ·         Designed…

In a world-first, subsea technology company Rovco has launched “SubSLAM Live” a 3D Streaming technology which allows clients to video and live stream 3D underwater pointclouds to any device in the world. The stereo camera technology system sends images and 3D models of assets from the seabed to a computer…

Interreg France (Channel) England Programme has approved the biggest ever Interreg project that will prove to be game-changing for the European tidal stream energy sector. The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project, known as TIGER, is an ambitious €46.8m project, of which €28m (69%) comes from the European Regional Development Fund…

Leading marine energy developer Minesto has been awarded a €2.5 million grant from the European Commission’s SME Instrument programme. The awarded funding will support the installation of Minesto’s technology in the Faroe Islands together with the utility company SEV. “This is great news for Minesto and our joint project with…

The tidal energy industry in North Wales has this week received a major boost following a Welsh Government investment of £12.6m EU funds in Anglesey-based developer, Minesto. The funding will support the next phase of the company’s ground-breaking project which involves underwater kites generating energy from tidal and ocean currents.…

The €2.5 million Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Tracked) project is pleased to announce the 1st call for applications. Funded by Interreg Atlantic Area, the Blue-GIFT project is a coordinated ocean energy technology demonstration programme encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-risking across the Atlantic Area regions. The 1st call…

Following the successful collaboration between Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), SCHOTTEL HYDRO and Black Rock Tidal Power to develop and demonstrate the PLAT-I floating tidal energy system, with deployments in Scotland and in Canada, SCHOTTEL has made a strategic decision to merge its tidal energy businesses into SME. SCHOTTEL has transferred…

Subsea UK has today (Thursday 10 January) urged industry to embrace disruptive and enabling technologies to generate greater levels of transparency, efficiency, and performance. The call was issued as Subsea UK announced the final speaker line-up and programme for its 14th annual conference and exhibition, Subsea Expo. Europe’s largest annual…