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  • Canada: NaiKun, Siemens Sign Agreement for Offshore Wind Project

    23 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has announced that it has signed a preferred supplier agreement (PSA) with Siemens Canada Limited. Siemens, the largest manufacturer of offshore wind turbines in the world, will be assisting Naikun Wind in advancing the development of the first phase of its project, using 100 of Siemens New SWT-4.0-130 4MW turbines. […]

  • Canadian Tidal Company Exits Business

    1 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Clean Current, a British Columbia company dedicated to tidal energy technology development, is closing its business. “All obligations to employees, suppliers and business partners have been met and the Company will be wound down in an orderly way,” the company said. Clean Current became the first company to manufacture and deploy a ducted bi-directional tidal turbine, […]

  • USA: Northwest Energy Angels Invests in Columbia Power Technology

    24 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Northwest Energy Angels, the Pacific Northwest’s only angel group focused exclusively on providing early-stage capital to cleantech entrepreneurs, continued its mission of building a vibrant cleantech community in 2011 by investing more than $880,000 in nine cleantech companies, one receiving a second round of funding.  “Despite the economic downturn, our members continued to support […]

  • Seacat’s Next-Gen CTVs to Feature Kongsberg Propulsion

    29 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Seacat Services to provide its steel-series waterjet propulsion systems for the UK company’s new wind farm support vessels. Seacat Services placed the order for two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs) with naval architects BAR Technologies in September 2020. The vessels, Seacat Columbia and Seacat Cambria, were designed […]

  • Water Wall Turbine Selects Switch 500 kW Power Converter

    16 September 2014
    Technology

    Vancouver-based Water Wall Turbine Inc. (WWT) has selected The Switch to provide a 500 kW full-power converter for its innovative self-floating power plant. This new commercially viable system extracts potential and kinetic energy from large, fast moving water currents for conversion into electric energy. The Switch will supply its first 500 kW full-power converter in […]

  • Canada: Tribute to Take Part in Dodd Narrows Tidal Energy Project

    26 December 2012

    Tribute Resources Inc. , (“Tribute”) announced that it is continuing to diversify its renewable energy portfolio and will extend its geographic reach by actively participating in the development of tidal power generation in and around the British Columbia Gulf Islands. Tribute has entered into an arrangement with Western Tidal Holdings Inc. (“Western Tidal”), a developer […]

  • Seacat Services Takes Delivery of Next-Gen Crew Transfer Vessel

    26 August 2022
    R&D, Vessels

    Seacat Services has taken delivery of the first of two BARTech 30 crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies. The handover took place at BAR Technologies premises in Portsmouth where the vessel was officially named Seacat Columbia by Seacat Services founder Ian Baylis and BAR Technologies chair Marin Whitmarsh. With its 30m […]

  • PNNL to Trail Two Met Buoys

    15 September 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    Two massive, 20,000-pound buoys decked out with the latest in meteorological and oceanographic equipment will enable more accurate predictions of the power-producing potential of winds that blow off U.S. shores. The bright yellow buoys — each worth $1.3 million — are being commissioned by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state’s […]

  • USA: Scientists to Present Wave Energy Data

    11 June 2012

    Belinda Batten, the director of the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center will hold a free public presentation about wave energy development offshore West Coast, reports the Gazette Times. Namely, scientists are working with businesses, communities and policy makers to consider wave energy options. The presentation will be held today at the Old World Deli, […]

  • Kokusai Cable Ship Readies for Asia’s Offshore Wind Farms with New Vessel

    15 November 2017
    Vessels

    Japan’s Kokusai Cable Ship will add a new Vard-designed cable laying vessel to its fleet in 2019. The vessel, currently being built at Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka, will be capable of carrying out cable installation for future offshore wind projects in Asia. 

  • NaiKun Wind Releases Year-End Financial Results (Canada)

    20 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX-Venture: NKW) today announced its financial results for the year ended September 30, 2010, a fiscal period during which the Company undertook a substantial restructuring effort and conducted a strategic review to determine the optimal path forward for maximizing shareholder value. The strategic review concluded with the Board of Directors […]

  • Cape Wind Wins Lawsuit while Being Sued Again

    23 January 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    After a lawsuit, submitted on January 21 against Massachusetts regulators, NSTAR and Cape Wind, the offshore wind project’s developers won a legal battle that had commenced prior to this one. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) approval of the Cape Wind project, rejecting arguments […]

  • Canada: Western Tidal Holdings to Investigate Possible Tidal Power Sites

    26 November 2012

    Western Tidal Holdings, based in Vancouver, has applied for permits to gather and examine information on the viability of sites in Dodd Narrows and nearby Porlier Pass, between Valdez and Galiano islands, in order to develop tidal power projects. The applications have been submitted to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, but […]

  • NaiKun Wind Energy Group Announces Grant of Options and Warrants (Canada)

    8 July 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

      NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. announces that on July 5, 2011 a total of 830,000 incentive stock options and 1,660,000 warrants have been granted to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Stock Option Plan and the Company’s Amended and Restated 2008 Warrant Plan. The options are exercisable […]

  • USA: Funding for Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research & Development

    6 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Department of Energy announced that they will fund projects to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) renewable energy technologies. Those topics receiving support from this funding announcement include: Advanced Controls Next-Gen Power Take-Off Projects Advanced Structures Projects Marine & Hydrokinetic Environmental Projects Projects Analyzing Environmental Effects of Surrogate Technologies Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) members […]

  • Partrac and Rockland Scientific Announce Strategic Partnership for European Tidal Energy Industry

    30 April 2013

    Partrac and Rockland Scientific have announced a Strategic Partnership to provide turbulence measurement solutions for the UK and European tidal energy industry. Rockland Scientific, based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, specializes in the design and manufacture of turbulence measurement instrumentation while Glasgow-based consultants, Partrac, focus on marine data collection and processing at complex tidal energy […]

  • Seacat Services Orders Next-Generation CTVs

    21 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    UK-based offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has ordered two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs). Seacat Services placed the order with naval architects, BAR Technologies. The vessels, Seacat Columbia and Seacat Cambria, were designed in partnership with Chartwell Marine, Seacat Services said. The first BARTech 30 CTV is expected to be completed by […]

  • DNV to Class Edda Wind’s Hydrogen-Ready CSOVs

    6 April 2022
    Vessels

    DNV has signed a classification contract with the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind for two new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). The vessels, being constructed to serve offshore wind farms during commissioning and operation, will be built at Colombo Dockyard PLC in Sri Lanka. The CSOVs, which will be hydrogen-ready, are expected to be delivered under […]

  • Canada: Tribute Resources Appoints New Director

    19 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tribute Resources Inc. (Tribute), a developer of natural gas storage and renewable energy projects, has announced the appointment of Mr. Rob Savard to the Board of Directors. The appointment is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Rob Savard is currently the President and CEO of Western Tidal Holdings Ltd., a developer […]

  • Canada: Pacific Tidal Energy Development Committee Meets Soon

    30 September 2013

    The next meeting of the Pacific Tidal Energy Development Committee (PTEDC) has been set for October 9, 2013. SRM Projects Ltd. expects this to be pivotal as the agenda includes review of all the various proposed British Columbia tidal energy enabling initiatives and shortlisting of the most promising ones for detailed review and then final […]

  • DoE Awards USD 10.5 Mln for Wave & Tidal Systems

    29 April 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The U.S. Energy Department (DoE) has announced $10.5 million in available funding to support the design and operation of innovative marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) systems through survivability and reliability-related testing of these systems. Such advances will help these devices harness even more sustainable energy from the enormous potential of the nation’s oceans and rivers, the […]

  • Edda Wind Boosts Offshore Wind Fleet with Another CSOV Order

    14 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Edda Wind has ordered another Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) from Gondan Shipbuilders in Spain. This will be vessel number six in the series built at Astilleros Gondán shipyard in addition to the existing vessels Edda Passat and Edda Mistral delivered by the same yard in 2018. The vessel will be prepared for the installment […]

  • Court Denies Fishing Groups’ Motion Against NY Lease

    17 February 2017
    Authorities

    The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the motion for preliminary injunction to temporarily halt the final ratification of a lease for a wind energy site off New York, provisionally won by Statoil.

  • Canada: SRM Receives Transport Canada NWPP’s Approval for Two Projects

    16 August 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    SRM Projects received Transport Canada Navigable Waters Protection Program’s (NWPP) approval in July 2013 for its proposed tidal energy investigative license applications at South Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows. SRM Projects initiated tidal energy investigative license applications in 2012 for several sites around Vancouver Island. An investigative license gives a proponent the right to complete […]

  • DOE Sets New Clean Energy Loan Application Deadlines

    7 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The US Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has added new application deadlines for its current Title XVII loan guarantee solicitations, which aim to accelerate the deployment of innovative clean energy technology. The next Part I application deadline is now scheduled for 18 January, 2017. The extension of the effective period for LPO’s Paperwork Reduction […]

  • American Ocean Energy Projects on Right Track

    24 January 2013
    Technology

    With advancements in technologies, Americans will soon be able to tap into energy derived from the ocean. Marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies—which generate power from waves, tides or currents in ocean waters—are at an early but promising stage of development. Many coastal areas in the United States have strong wave and tidal resources close to […]