Tidal Energy Developer SAE said Wednesday it had deployed the upgraded 'Turbine 2' at the MeyGen tidal energy project site, located off the northern tip of Scotland.SAE said that the turbine had undergone significant upgrades to improve performance and reliability.'One of the major steps was to convert the turbine to use a wet-mate connection system. This dramatically reduces costs and time for future maintenance work鈥
Tapping tidal flows for power generation has long been an elusive goal for clean-energy advocates. Formidable hurdles in logistics, technology and public acceptance make plans far from certain.Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) has quietly鈥
Tidal energy developer Orbital Marine Power Ltd has been awarded two Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for 7.2MW in the UK Allocation Round 5 (AR5) process. 'This builds on Orbital鈥檚 success in the previous year鈥檚 Allocation Round 4, where it secured contracts for 7鈥
Windstaller Alliance has been subcontracted to deliver the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the subsea installation scope of the FloWatt Tidal Pilot to be installed offshore Normandy, France. This study is financed by the European鈥
Edinburgh-based tidal energy company Nova Innovation has achieved another world-first by doubling the size of its Shetland Tidal Array. In 2016, the array of three underwater tidal turbines was the first of its kind and has been powering homes and businesses in Shetland ever since鈥
Tidal energy technology company Minesto said Friday it had received its first historic sales order for site development services,.The order includes Minesto's Dragon Class tidal energy powerplants and comes from an unnamed 'major corporation in the Asian offshore energy sector鈥
Tidal energy developer Minesto said Thursday it had installed additional offshore infrastructure in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, to double electricity production from two Dragon 4 (100kW) tidal energy power plants in an array set-up.The company鈥
Tidal stream energy could plummet below £80 per MWh by 2035 if current opportunity is realized, according to a recent report by the UK-based 云顶赌场老虎机 Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.The report 鈥楥ost Reduction Pathway of Tidal Stream Energy in the UK and France鈥 report鈥
FastBlade, dubbed the world鈥檚 first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, was officially opened in Fife, Scotland, on Friday as part of a partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Babcock.The facility will stress test blades鈥
Sustainable Marine said it has successfully harnessed the tidal currents in Canada鈥檚 Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia鈥檚 grid.Nova Scotia has allocated circa 30MW of capacity via demonstration permits鈥
French offshore seismic services firm CGG has partnered with the Selkie Project, a new 鈧5.2m cross-border initiative aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland.'Selkie is bringing together leading researchers and businesses鈥
Trials are underway at Wales鈥 National Testing site in the Milford Haven Waterway, Pembrokeshire, to help developers identify the best locations for tidal turbines as well as to test new technologies.During a month-long trial by Swansea University鈥
Tidal energy company Nova Innovation plans to develop its largest tidal energy array to date at Yell Sound in Shetland. The company has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland to develop a 15MW tidal array at Yell Sound, between the islands of Yell and Bigga鈥
Scottish tidal energy firm Nova Innovation in partnership with the French tidal energy company Sabella has have secured a 12MW berth at one of what has been described as one the world鈥檚 largest tidal energy sites off the coast of Holy Island鈥
Classification society and testing, inspection and certification services firm Bureau Veritas has welcomed the UK government鈥檚 recently announced plans to invest in the tidal energy industry, suggesting that tidal stream electricity has the鈥
