Marine Current Turbines News

 

Going against the flow

Oct 30, 2017

Record numbers of marine energy devices are generating record amount of power in Scottish Waters, but the sector has been knocked back in its bid for support. Elaine Maslin reports. Timing is everything, they say. For the UK marine energy sector…

Rising tides

Jul 01, 2017

Elaine Maslin examines the market for wave and tidal, and reports on industry efforts to drive down costs and eventually scale up. A Tocardo device, supported on a Damen-built “UFS,” at Hatston Pier…

Altantis' AR1500 up and running

Feb 24, 2017

Tidal power firm Atlantis' first AR1500 tidal stream turbine deployed at its MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland, has successfully exported power to the grid and has operated at full power.  The AR1500 system was developed…

Green credentials

Feb 01, 2017

Norway already has strong green credentials, with 98% of its electricity coming from renewable energy sources, primarily hydropower. Elaine Maslin looks at initiatives to harness the power of the ocean and to help reduce offshore wind costs…

Atlantis secures funding for MeyGen Phase 1B

Jan 09, 2017

Tidal power firm Atlantis has been awarded €20.3 million in funding from the Horizon 2020 European Commission fund. The cash is for the firm's Demotide project, which will design, build and operate a 6 MW turbine array, also called MeyGen Phase 1B…

MeyGen phase 1b gets green light

Dec 15, 2016

Tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources is to go ahead with the second phase of its MeyGen tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth off Scotland, the firm announced this morning. The project, called Project Stroma, or MeyGen Phase 1B…

Software engineering

Nov 01, 2016

National Instruments’ Charlotte Nicolaou shows how software systems are helping to create installation tools as well as helping to design offshore wind systems in the renewables sector. Houlder’s pile gripper arms…

Scotrenewables installs tidal turbine at EMEC

Oct 13, 2016

The 2MW SR2000 tidal turbine, developed and manufactured by Scottish engineering company Scotrenewables Tidal Power, has been installed on its moorings for the first time at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney as part of site commissioning and testing…

Tidal on the rise

Jul 01, 2016

Tidal energy is moving up a gear, with arrays becoming real and a supply chain being put to the test. But, there’s still more to do. Elaine Maslin reports. An AR1500 generator and gearbox being assembled at OREC…

TPSL, ScottishPower Renewables team up

Dec 18, 2015

Atlantis Resources and ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) are teaming up to develop a joint portfolio of projects for the growing tidal sector, announced Atlantis.  Atlantis’s Scottish project development vehicle, Tidal Power Scotland Limited (TPSL)…

Current currency

Jun 08, 2015

The success of MeyGen will help lay the ground work for the future of the tidal power industry. The CEO of the company behind it, Atlantis Resources, believes he has the recipe for success. Elaine Maslin reports. Tim Cornelius…

Bureau Veritas publishes current, tidal turbine guidelines

May 28, 2015

International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide, known as The Marine Renewable Energy Guide to Certification…

Siemens sells Marine Current Turbines

Apr 29, 2015

Siemens is to sell its Bristol, UK-based tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines, to tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources.  Atlantis, which is behind the largest planned tidal development project in the world, says the move…

Wave and tidal projects under strain

Nov 26, 2014

Staff from a Scottish wave energy development firm which went into administration last week could now be given jobs at a new body set up to help develop renewable power from the ocean.  The formation of Wave Energy Scotland (WES) by the…

The Netherlands turns tide

Oct 30, 2014

A consortium of nine organizations including Bluewater Energy Services, Damen Shipyards Group, Van Oord and the Dutch Tidal Testing Centre have partnered to deploy a trial floating tidal energy platform in the Wadden Sea. It will mark…

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