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  • GBP 3 Million Upgrade of Outer Hebrides Facilities Complete (UK)

    15 November 2011

    A £3 million investment project upgrading renewable energy facilities in the Outer Hebrides has been completed. The recladding of the 12,000 square metre fabrication building at Arnish Point will allow the tenants, BiFab, to grow their already important position in the renewables and heavy engineering sectors. Funding for the project was made available from the […]

  • Tidal Energy Companies to Benefit from 5 ROC (UK)

    3 November 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

      As the UK government has announced plans to down grade the level of financial support for on and offshore wind and boost support the wave and tidal sectors, companies in this fledgling marine market stand much to gain. Marine renewable power developers were recently left stunned after the Governments proposed increases in the level […]

  • UK: Aquamarine Power Gets Award for Innovation

    29 June 2012

    Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power was honoured with a major award for innovation on June 27 in recognition of its cutting edge Oyster wave energy technology. The company won first prize in the ‘Product and Innovation’ category at the inaugural RenewableUK Energy Awards which were held in London. Earlier this month, operational testing of Aquamarine […]

  • Scotland Turns to Sea in Their Pursuit of Renewable Targets

    29 July 2011

    From his office in a converted Victorian schoolhouse, Neil Kermode can see little more than centuries-old stone buildings and narrow streets better suited to horse carts than Land Rovers. Yet Kermode, head of the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, will tell you he can also see the future. Orkney, a collection of […]

  • UK: Six Units for Renewable Energy Completed

    21 March 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Work on six new industrial units for the renewable energy sector in Orkney has been completed. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) invested £2.95m, including £1.18m from the European Regional Development Fund, to create the units on vacant industrial site next to Hatston Pier, Kirkwall. Each unit provides workshop, storage and office accommodation to meet the […]

  • Natural Power Establishes Wave & Tidal Office in Orkney, UK

    9 July 2012

    International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has established a local presence in Orkney to support clients in the development of wave and tidal energy projects and to actively contribute to the growth of this exciting, emerging industry.  Natural Power has been providing services to the international wave and tidal energy sector since 2005, working for […]

  • TIME Initiative to Measure Turbulence Off Pentland Firth

    8 September 2014
    R&D

    The most extensive science and engineering research project to take place in Caithness for many years is occurring this month (September, 2014) from a base at Gills Harbour, on the shores of the ‘s Inner Sound. Expensive high-tech equipment, under the TIME initiative, has been laid on the Sound’s seabed from the 25-metre-long ‘multi-cat’ vessel […]

  • UK: Aquamarine Power Names New Chairman

    2 July 2012

    Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has today named Paul Capell as its new chairman. He replaces Mervyn Jones who has served as the company’s chairman since 2007. An experienced CEO and chairman, Capell has worked extensively in the renewable energy, water, oil and gas sectors and has a 30 year track record in starting, acquiring, […]

  • USA: South Carolina Offshore Wind Farm Would Generate Thousands of Jobs, Study Says

    4 October 2012
    Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    A wind farm off South Carolina’s coast could generate thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in wages and state and local government revenues, a Clemson University study says. A report by Clemson University’s Restoration Institute and Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs details the extent of South Carolina’s wind-energy industry in 2012 […]

  • Vestas opens China Technology R&D Center to spearhead Chinese wind power innovation

    13 October 2010
    R&D

    Vestas, the world leader in wind energy, today officially inaugurated its pioneering Technology R&D Centre in Beijing, which represents another important milestone for the company’s long-term commitment to China and in its further endeavors to becoming the partner of choice in China’s wind energy industry. This is also the first dedicated wind energy R&D centre […]

  • UK: Aquamarine Power Unveils Oyster 800, Company’s Next-Generation Hydro-Electric Wave Energy Converter

    13 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

      The UK’s leadership in the development of wave-generated power continued apace as wave energy developer Aquamarine Power invited Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond MSP to unveil the Oyster 800, the company’s next-generation hydro-electric wave energy converter. 800kW device At a ceremony at Burntisland Fabrications’ yard at Methil, Fife, the First Minister welcomed the advancements […]