Tidal nabs 20MW in UK auctionFebruary 10, 2026 Four tidal stream projects totalling 20MW nabbed CfDs in AR7a.
Nova forms Welsh tidal teamBy EBSJuly 17, 2017 Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has teamed up with Welsh outfit YnNi Llyn to develop a tidal energy project at Bardsey Sound off the Llyn Peninsula in north Wales. The Crown Estate has awarded Nova Innovation an ‘agreement for lease' for the project allowing it to start exploring the project's potential through site surveys and studies to inform the technical feasibility....
Vince blasts Swansea lagoon costBy EBSJuly 13, 2017 Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has criticised the cost of the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon and says developing the technology further offshore could be done at almost a quarter of the price. Vince said self-contained offshore tidal lagoons, which feature rock wall in a closed shape that do not impede boat navigation or fish migration, would be lower cost and safer for...
Welsh wave awards O&M dealBy EBSJuly 11, 2017 Mainstay Marine Solutions has won a £400,000 O&M contract to support the on-going sea trials in Pembrokeshire of Wave-tricity's Ocean Wave Rower device. The Pembroke Dock company will support Wave-tricity's barge deployed in Milford Haven until July 2018. The tender award contract has an optional six-month extension past July 2018. Wave-tricity chose Mainstay Marine last November to build the Ocean...
Andritz tidal kit back at MeyGenBy EBSJuly 10, 2017 Atlantis has redeployed two Andritz Hydro Hammerfest turbines at its 6MW MeyGen Phase 1A tidal array in Scotland's Pentland Firth. The Edinburgh developer said two of the three Andritz turbines had been successfully reconnected and have recommenced power generation to the grid following. The third Andritz turbine will be reinstalled during the next workable neap tide in August. The turbines...
EU makes €1.3m marine splashBy EBSJuly 7, 2017 An EU-backed research scheme has awarded €1.3m to 34 developers of wave and tidal energy technologies. The €10.5m programme, known as MaRINET2, is funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 initiative and coordinated by the Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland Centre, a collective of universities and industry partners. Winners will be able to test devices in research facilities and in...
Scots tidal bags €14.9m grantBy EBSJuly 6, 2017 Nova Innovation has been awarded a €14.9m grant from European Commission's Horizon 2020 R&D programme to extend its Shetland tidal array to six turbines. The Edinburgh developer currently operates three of its 100kW M100 turbines in the Bluemull Sound.The funding award was first reported exclusively in subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS. The project codenamed ‘Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal' (EnFAIT) is due...
