Wave Energy News

IN-DEPTH: Learning from success and disappointments

The Scottish Government believes the industry is making good progress as it gears up to exploit the massive wave energy potential. 

In-depth: Getting closer to delivering commercially viable electricity

In order to stand a greater chance of being commercially viable, wave energy developers must quickly recognise and define their strengths and weaknesses.

£5m allocated for marine energy business park in Cornwall

The UK government has allocated £5 million towards a £12.8 million project to help create a new marine energy business park in Hayle, Cornwall.

 

A call for re-assessing National Grid’s location-based model

It has been reported that energy projects in remote waters off the coast of Scotland face paying as much as £50 million a year to connect to the National Grid.

 

Saltire Prize winner to be revealed in 2017

Scotland’s £10 million Saltire Prize may have attracted a lot of interest over the past 15 months or so for drawing the “best minds in the world”, but now it has emerged tha

£25 million investment marked for marine energy in Plymouth

A package of regional and national funding has been confirmed for the Plymouth Science and Innovation Programme (PSIP).

 

The break-up is as follows:

 

£10 million Saltire Prize open for applications

Scotland’s £10 million Saltire Prize is now open for applications, marking a significant move towards speeding up the commercial development of marine energy.

 

ScottishPower Renewables places order for P2 machine

Edinburgh, Scotland-based Pelamis Wave Power has secured an order for its Pelamis P2 wave energy converter from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR).

 

PRESS RELEASE: Crown Estate Leasing round results released

Today The Crown Estate announced the names of the successful bidders for the world’s first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for 10 sites in Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney

PRESS RELEASE: Pelamis Wave Power celebrates Orkney Waters leasing agreement

Pelamis Wave Power Ltd (PWP), the Edinburgh based developers of the Pelamis wave energy converter, have been named as the technology supplier for three major offshore wave energy projects in the wo