RSS News FeedPulse Tidal, the Sheffield based tidal power provider, has been awarded an Agreement for Lease by the Crown Estate for an area of seabed near to Lynmouth in Devon. Continue reading
Wave Hub News
First device installed at Falmouth’s wave energy test site
The team behind FaB Test, Cornwall’s pioneering marine energy test site inFalmouth, has welcomed the first wave device to be installed in its waters. Continue reading
Marine Energy Array Demonstrator (MEAD) capital grant scheme
In June 2010 Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, announced funding of up to £20m to support innovation in marine energy technologies, subject to value for money assessments. Continue reading
Marine energy park ‘closer’
The Government is considering a bonfire of red-tape to tackle delays holding back the Westcountry’s marine power industry, MPs have heard.
Energy Minister Greg Barker last night agreed to an emergency summit against fears that gold-plated regulations are stopping wave energy developers getting into the water. Continue reading
ETI to explore testing offshore floating wind platform at Wave Hub
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is investigating whether it could use Wave Hub, the world’s largest wave energy test site, to accommodate floating offshore wind turbines as part of a demonstration project valued at over £25 million. Continue reading
Britain really can rule the waves
RenewableUK welcomes Climate Change Committee’s call for more wave and tidal energy Continue reading