Finnish wave energy developer, Wello Oy, have launched the next iteration of their Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) into the water in Tallinn, Estonia, as part of the CEFOW (Clean Energy From Ocean Waves) project. The Penguin WEC2 is due to be towed to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)…

Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based company that is developing revolutionary technology designed to harness wave energy, has recently completed testing of its prototype pump, a key subsystem of the company’s unique WaveSub wave energy converter (WEC). The project has been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the…

The university’s marine energy testing facility, FloWave, has been given ministerial approval. Amber Rudd, newly appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, officially opened the facility, which she described as being at the cutting edge of academic and commercial research. The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility,…

Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator has been unveiled today [07/08/14] at Pembroke Port by The First Minister of Wales, the Rt. Hon. Carwyn Jones AM. The patented DeltaStream device developed by Cardiff-based tidal stream technology company Tidal Energy Ltd will be installed in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire, following its unveiling…

Case Study: Studying the Marine Energy Resource in Wales

Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has successfully removed both cylinder modules from their Oyster 800 wave machine as part of a comprehensive summer refit – with the firm aiming to recommence Oyster power generation in the autumn.The 800kW test machine, located at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, has…

Eco Wave Power to build a 5 MW Project in Gibraltar .

Funding for tidal project.

The trade association representing the wind and marine energy industries, RenewableUK, has announced that it is expanding its membership to include companies involved in tidal lagoon energy. The organisation has covered wave and tidal stream energy since 2004 and will now take on an additional form of tidal power. Tidal…

The latest exciting developments taking place in the marine renewable energy sector in both Cornwall and Finistère were top of the agenda at the MERiFIC conference held in Brest in France.