marine
13 June 2013
Ocean Thermal Energy will aim to raise up to £8m through an IPO on London’s AIM market and told NewNet it feels confident the time is right because of the broad support it has as it commercialises its technology on a global-scale.
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11 June 2013
Hafren, the would-be developer of the 11 mile Severn Barrage, has told NewNet the company is currently seeking £30m in funding as part of its second round.
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11 June 2013
Reef Subsea, a provider of subsea services to the renewables and oil & gas sectors, will undergo a strategic group-wide restructure with Duncan Macpherson promoted to CEO.
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11 June 2013
The chief of Hafren, the company proposing to build the £25bn Severn Barrage, has said ‘thanks for nothing’ to the Select Committee responsible for publishing a damning report claiming the project failed to prove its economic worth but that it says was based on information it was already well aware of but could not do anything about due to a lack of government support.
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10 June 2013
Plans for the £25bn tidal barrage across the Severn estuary in the south-west UK have been ripped apart by a committee of MPs who say its backers have failed to prove the economic or environmental worth of the project.
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5 June 2013
Tocardo Tidal Turbines, a tidal turbine innovator that has received backing from both Huisman and Repsol, told NewNet that the UK turbine industry is slow to take off because tough planning and consenting laws and the perception of unproven technology.
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4 June 2013
US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy Beaudreau today announced that the first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) will be held on 31 July.
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3 June 2013
Tocardo Tidal Energy, a tidal turbine innovator that has received backing from both Huisman and Repsol told NewNet it has discussions in progress for millions of Euros worth of orders.
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3 June 2013
Wave power technology developer Pelamis Wave Power has appointed founder and current commercial director Richard Yemm as CEO.
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30 May 2013
Engineering giant Alstom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tidal Lagoon Power to design and build the tidal generation units for the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales.
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24 May 2013
The developer of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon has confirmed to NewNet its community share offer will take place on 10 June.
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24 May 2013
The Swansea Bay tidal lagoon developer Tidal Lagoon Power has named a former opencast mining worker and executive as development director for Wales.
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23 May 2013
Sustainable Marine Energy is to build and test a new generation systems integration platform, fitted with 50 tidal turbines provided by propulsion specialist Schottel.
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23 May 2013
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has promised to continue drawing in private sector financing for Scotland’s renewable energy industry off the back of a world-first £18m marine renewables fund.
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22 May 2013
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey told NewNet Scotland will struggle to meet its renewable energy generation targets if it becomes independent as investment levels will suffer.
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22 May 2013
An £18m marine renewables fund launched by the Scottish government last year will now be used to provide a dedicated support mechanism for the wave sector to enable wave projects get to the first array stage and development.
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22 May 2013
Aquamarine Power, has received full consent from the Scottish Government for a 40MW wave farm off the north-west coast of Lewis, Scotland, making it set to become the world’s largest fully-permitted ocean energy site.
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21 May 2013
ScottishPower Renewables-owned Pelamis has completed the first year of testing of its P2 wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
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21 May 2013
A geotechnical investigation for a proposed 250MW tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, south Wales, is due to begin with project developer Tidal Lagoon Power telling NewNet it will seek backing from pension funds to raise the £650m needed to build the scheme.
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15 May 2013
Tocardo Tidal Turbines, a tidal turbine innovator that has received backing from both Huisman and Repsol, told NewNet it plans to install 5MW of capacity in the UK by 2014.
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