Spiralis Energy Scoops $1M Investment to Advance Tidal Energy Tech
U.K.-based tidal energy technology developer Spiralis Energy has secured a $1 million investment from Kistos Holdings to build and test the Axial Skelter tidal energy unit.The investment received from Kistos will fund Spiralis Energy’s upcoming survivability testing ahead of a full-scale trial deployment in the waters off Alderney.The first phase of testing will begin in the first quarter of 2025 with functional testing of a subscale Axial Skelter.The functional testing is expected to last four to eight weeks and will provide technical data on how to operate the systems offshore.The second phase
Orbital Marine and GEG Ink Tidal Energy Preferred Supplier Agreement
Floating tidal turbine technology developer Orbital Marine Power has selected Global Energy Group (GEG) as preferred supplier to lead the manufacture and assembly of tidal turbines for projects in Orkney, Scotland.It is anticipated that turbine manufacture will start at GEG’s Port of Nigg facility on the Cromarty Firth, later this year with first power expected from the Orkney connected projects in 2026.The projects have secured contracts under the UK Government’s Contract for Difference (CfD) auction rounds 4 and 5.Tidal Energy Firm Orbital Wins Two CfDs in UK Renewables AuctionThese
CalWave to Provide Wave Energy Tech for British Columbia Project
CalWave, a California-based wave energy technology developer, has been selected as the technology provider for a wave energy project at Yuquot in British Columbia, with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN).As a ‘first-of-a-kind’ (FOAK) wave energy project for coastal community microgrids, the MMFN project may serve as a blueprint for coastal communities along the North American Pacific Coast and around the world.The project is currently in a feasibility and design phase to gather all the necessary information for the MMFN to make an informed decision on full project buildout.Located
GeoAcoustics Scoops First Major Order for Newly-Launched Sub-Bottom Profiler
Hydroacoustic sensor technology developer GeoAcoustics has secured a major order from MER-Subsea for its next-generation GeoPulse 2 Sub-Bottom Profiler, which was unveiled just last week.The order from GeoAcoustics’ established Middle East channel partner MER-Subsea will see the first 15 GeoPulse 2 systems exclusively delivered to end-customers across the region.“We are confident that the new capabilities of GeoPulse 2 will unlock more flexibility and efficiencies for MER-Subsea customers. The GeoAcoustics and GeoPulse names have been recognized for over 40 years as high quality and
GeoAcoustis Launches New Sub-Bottom Profiler and Software Integration Capabilities
Hydroacoustic sensor technology developer GeoAcoustics has launched the GeoPulse 2 Sub-Bottom Profiler, while also announcing the new integration between GeoPulse Compact and Geo-Suite seismic acquisition software.Designed for diverse applications including pipeline detection, geological surveys, dredging surveys, environmental assessments, and buried object detection, GeoPulse 2 is a highly versatile tool built on 40 years of hydroacoustic technology development by GeoAcoustics.GeoPulse 2 is able to reach into deeper waters for the acquisition of essential data for the development and operation of
European Wave Energy Project Gets $4.4M Funding Boost
and knowledge.Partners include leading universities National University of Ireland Maynooth and Technical University of Denmark, OEMs FibronPipe and LESER, specialist SMEs Julia F. Chozas, Applied Renewables Research, Marine Systems Modelling, the offshore test site PLOCAN, and wave energy technology developer Wavepiston.The choice of the Wavepiston technology ensures practical applicability and provides a reference framework for the development of key components, enabling comparability of results, benefiting not only the specific technology but also other hydraulic-based wave energy converters
Mocean Energy to Develop 250kW Wave Machine in Orkney with EU Investment
Wave energy technology developer Mocean Energy has secured over £3 million EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.The wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and deployed in a grid-connected berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney as early as 2025.It’s hoped the project could then pave the way to a small wave farm delivering 1-2 MW of low-carbon electricity by 2030, Mocean Energy said.The Edinburgh firm has been awarded £3.2 million (€3,749,405) in Phase 3 of EuropeWave, a pre-commercia
Wave-Wind Offshore Platform with Hydrogen: Floating Power Plant's SEAWORTHY Selected for EU Grant
Danish technology developer and integrator Floating Power Plant A/S said Tuesday it had been selected to negotiate a significant grant by the European Commission to support its SEAWORTHY project at the PLOCAN test site.SEAWORTHY is an acronym for "Sustainable dispatchable Energy enabled by wAve-Wind OffshoRe plaTforms with onboard HYdrogen." Floating Power Plant said SEAWORTHY was an initiative aimed at combining wave and wind resources to generate electricity while using excess power to produce and store hydrogen.The SEAWORTHY project will be executed off the coast of Las Palmas in the
Windstaller Alliance to Deliver FEED for World's Most Powerful Tidal Power Farm
scope as a subcontractor to Aker Solutions, which has been appointed by HydroQuest to deliver the complete FEED study for Subsea Interconnection System of the FloWatt project. The FEED will be completed in the summer of 2023. The FloWatt project is developed by tidal power turbine technology developer and renewable energy developer HydroQuest and independent renewable energy producer Qair. The final investment decision for the FloWatt project is expected in 2024, with potential EPCI contract award the same year. The FloWatt project is already approved by French authorities, and in
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