1.2 GW of wave and tidal across 10 sites in Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney waters have been announced in the Crown Estate’s first wave and tidal energy leasing round. 16 March 2010
Marine energy such as wave and tidal could provide up to 16,000 jobs in the UK, according to the UK Government’s new Marine Energy Action Plan. 15 March 2010
Ocean Power Technologies reported a third quarter (Q3) net loss of US$5.7 million, a 58% deepening from the same period ending 31 January 2009. 12 March 2010
The European Union will surpass its target to consume 20% of its energy from renewable energy sources by 2020, according to national forecasts submitted by its member states. 12 March 2010
The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation (MICINN) has granted €2.1 million for the development of the Wave Energy Lift Converter Multiple España (WELCOME) wave power generator project. 11 March 2010
The Government of Australia has released its first national Energy Resource Assessment, concluding that wind energy and other renewable energy sources are expected to become increasingly significant. 10 March 2010
An organisation to progress policy towards construction of a pan-European offshore supergrid, Friends of the Supergrid, has been set up. 08 March 2010
RenewableUK (formerly BWEA) says 2 GW of wave and tidal could be installed in the UK by 2020, but that further Government investment is needed. 05 March 2010
The first full Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for wave and tidal energy in Wales and England has been outlined, says the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. 05 March 2010
The Mersey Tidal Power project has completed the first stage of a major feasibility study designed to select a preferred tidal power scheme for Mersey Estuary, North West England. 05 March 2010
Ocean Power Technologies Inc has been awarded €2.2 million under the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for a wave energy project in Spain. 04 March 2010
Targets for climate change are ambitious but are achievable if the Scottish Government considers support for green heat and other non-traded energy. 01 March 2010
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) says Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in its tidal current energy turbine, to help deploy Britain’s first commercial tidal energy farm in UK waters within the next two years. 26 February 2010
Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured £2 million from Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund and the Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V., an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell. 15 February 2010
Wave and tidal could receive £12 million from the UK Technology Strategy Board in 2010 to develop “the wave and tidal technologies of the future.” 11 February 2010
Interested in financial renewable energy news and stocks? Renewable Energy Focus has launched a finance section with real-time financial data and news. 10 February 2010
Hawaii has introduced legislation to create a green jobs sector through the establishment of a ‘Hawaii Clean Energy Investment Bonds’ programme for renewable energy. 09 February 2010
Marine energy will be ready for mass scale deployment by 2020, says the Carbon Trust. 08 February 2010
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has secured £5.1 million Government funding to make its second generation wave energy device, Oyster 2. 05 February 2010
Ocean Power Technologies Inc has deployed one of its PowerBuoys wave energy devices at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii USA. 04 February 2010
The US federal budget proposes that the USA should be “the global leader in the new energy economy by developing new ways to produce and use clean and renewable energy.” 02 February 2010
The UK Government has announced its feed-in tariffs for small scale renewable and low carbon electricity starting from 1 April. 01 February 2010
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) calls on the UK Government to consider a raft of immediate measures to deliver the UK’s 2020 renewable energy targets. 01 February 2010
Toyota Motor Corporation has been awarded the 2010 Zayed Future Energy Prize for its third-generation Toyota Prius, the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. 20 January 2010
The government of Canada will invest C$146 million to support 19 clean and renewable energy projects which include solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. 13 January 2010
A study commissioned by the Scottish Government highlights Scotland's location, natural resources, research and manufacturing bases as key advantages for developing renewable energy resources. 12 January 2010
The marine energy industry is at a relatively early stage of development and maturity when compared to other renewable energy technologies, but the US Department of Energy (DoE) will help speed deployment of the technologies, according to testimony before a federal subcommittee. 12 January 2010
The US$2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy manufacturing is being allocated on a competitive basis. 11 January 2010
The siging of a political declaration in early December last year will see the countries cooperate on the development of a North Sea supergrid joining up clean energy projects scattered in and around the North Sea. 07 January 2010
Plans for a line of giant electricity pylons from the Scottish Highlands to central Scotland have been approved by the Scottish government. 07 January 2010
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is changing name to RenewableUK to reflect the increasing amount of renewable energy the organisation covers. 22 December 2009
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A project which could considerably reduce the cost of cabling from offshore wave and tidal farms to the shore has been announced by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). 15 December 2009
The United States remains the most attractive country overall for renewable energy, but China has moved ahead of Germany to take second spot in the rankings released by Ernst & Young. 07 December 2009
Pulse Tidal, a tidal power developer based in Sheffield, England, is receiving a €8 million grant from the EU’s technology research and development fund (Framework Programme 7) to enable Pulse Tidal to begin work immediately on developing its first fully commercial tidal energy generator. 07 December 2009
Wave energy developer Orecon, based in the South West of England, has hit stormy waters and is looking for investors or a new owner. 03 December 2009
SeaRoc, a marine, engineering and offshore, is joining Natural Power, to form a renewable energy consultancy capable of providing end-to-end services globally for the industry both onshore and offshore. 01 December 2009
Helene Pelosse, interim Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is confirmed as one of the guest speakers for Renewable Energy Focus’ next interactive webinar taking place on Wednesday 9 December (10.00 EST/15.00 GMT/19.00 UAE), in association with the World Future Energy Summit. 25 November 2009
The wave energy device Oyster from Aquamarine Power was officially launched on 20 November at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. 20 November 2009
The best prospects for large-scale renewable energy production and net-energy performance remain wind and certain forms of solar, according to a study released by two California-based think tanks. 18 November 2009
The provincial power utility in Nova Scotia, Canada, and its Irish partner OpenHydro report a successful deployment of the first commercial scale in-stream tidal power turbine in the Bay of Fundy. 17 November 2009
Men are more likely to say they support the use of renewable energy than women, according to an opinion survey conducted by the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change. 16 November 2009
Construction starts this month on the Wave Hub project wave energy project in South West England. 13 November 2009
Wave and tidal energy companies are to be asked for their views on the future development of the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). 12 November 2009
Four renewable energy projects will receive AU$235 million from the federal government in Australia, including a 19 MW wave farm off the coast of Victoria. 11 November 2009
The wave energy tanks are being funded by the South West RDA (Regional Development Agency) as part of the Agency’s three-year £7.3 million investment in the Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE), and will be located at the University of Plymouth, UK. 06 November 2009
Ocean Power Technologies has completed trials of its Underwater Substation Pod (USP) product in Spain, which is designed to facilitate the collection, networking and transforming of offshore power and data generated by up to 10 of its wave power device, PowerBuoy, for transmission to a shore-based electricity grid by one subsea power cable. 03 November 2009
At the Lisbon Ocean Power Conference, Peter Fraenkel of Marine Current Turbines has revealed details of the company's SeaGen tidal turbine operating performance. 03 November 2009
Minesto, a Swedish and UK based company, is developing a new technology for electricity generation from slow water currents that could raise the tidal power potential in the UK from 22 TWh to 40 TWh. 02 November 2009
An £8 million project that will produce tools capable of accurately estimating the energy yield of major wave and tidal stream energy has been approved by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). 30 October 2009
Renewable energy could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 2741 Mt by 2030 under accelerated environmental policies, according to the International Energy Agency. 26 October 2009
The New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in the UK is helping the country reach its 20/20 targets for renewable energy with offshore marine and wind energy research and testing. 26 October 2009
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. will develop a demonstration wave power station in Japan together with a consortium of the three Japanese companies Idemitsu Kosan Co., Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., and Japan Wind Development Co. 13 October 2009
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Wave and tidal developers can now bid for £22 million in government funding to accelerate the commercial development of marine energy in the UK, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced. 01 October 2009
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will receive more than US$6.8 million over three years to advance the production of renewable power from marine and hydrokinetic projects. 15 September 2009
The organisers of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is seeking entries from "inspirational and innovative" local sustainable energy programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America. 12 September 2009
Organisers of the prominent global renewable energy awards report that nominations are reflecting the structural changes to clean energy markets… 10 September 2009
Scotland’s Hydro Group, a solutions provider of optical and electrical products in the subsea technology industry, is exhibiting it Hydro Bond Renewable Connector (HRC) for connecting wave or tidal power to seabed cables at the BWEA31 conference and exhibition in Liverpool in October. 09 September 2009
The US$2.2 million Zayed Future Energy Prize awarded every year for innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy and technologies is open for nominations until 16 October 2009. 04 September 2009
David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University and author of the influential book ‘Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change. 03 September 2009
Hydro Group plc will be presenting its new product for speeding up subsea connections within marine environments - the Hydro bond Renewable Connector (HRC) - at the BWEA31 renewable energy conference in Liverpool, taking place on 20-22 October. 01 September 2009
Norwegian wave power system provider Langlee Wave Power has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Turkish energy company Ünmaksan to build a 24 MW wave power facility worth approximately NOK1 billion following pilot facility testing. 28 August 2009
The UK government has spent 20 times more on subsidising the coal industry than on investment in marine renewable energy, says UK main opposition party, the Conservatives. 25 August 2009
Following a recent agreement with Portuguese developer Eneolica to develop a 4.5 MW wave energy site, Orecon has signed a letter of intent with the local shipyard Estaleiros Navais Do Mondego. 19 August 2009
Oyster, a near shore wave energy converter being developed by Aquamarine Power, has completed the first phase of its deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) at Billia Croo in Orkney, Scotland. 14 August 2009
A combined wave and tidal flume at the UK's University of Manchester can now be hired by engineering companies and consultancies looking to conduct physical tests of nearshore structures or renewable energy devices. 10 August 2009
The companies will provide consulting, engineering, turbine design, certification, measurement, project management, strategic advice, inspection services and software products for renewable energies. 07 August 2009
The UK wave energy project, Wave Hub, has placed a £1 million contract for electrical equipment installation and commissioning to link the wave energy project to the National Grid. 05 August 2009
UK-based Pulse Tidal says its shallow water tidal device can produce predictable, low cost renewable energy at the same time as reducing the large investments required to install, connect and maintain devices in remote offshore locations. 31 July 2009
UK-based Marine Current Turbine’s SeaGen tidal power system has been accredited by the UK energy regulator OFGEM for Renewable Energy Certificates (ROCs) meaning SeaGen will receive payment for the power it is generating. 09 July 2009
Some – most notably Al Gore - are hailing the decision as the most important legislation Congress will ever pass. It sees the US pledging to cut emissions by 17% (below 2005 levels) by 2020, and 83% by 2050. 01 July 2009
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Speaking at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York City, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, said that renewable energy sources have a "key role to play with respect to both energy security and climate change". 29 June 2009
An extra 25GW of offshore wind energy could be accommodated around the UK’s shores, in addition to the 8GW already built or planned, UK Energy Minister Lord Hunt says. 25 June 2009
The UK Crown Estate has received a total of 42 applications from 20 bidders for wave and tidal energy leases for the Pentland Firth Strategic Area – the world’s first large scale commercial wave and tidal energy leasing round. 10 June 2009
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s bid to host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is a major boost for the developing world in the global quest for a sustainable future, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. 05 June 2009
The wave energy device developer Orecon and Portuguese developer Eneólica are establishing a joint ventures (JV) company to build and deploy Orecon’s first full scale 1.5 MW MRC wave energy buoy. 27 May 2009
Environmental organisations say the shortlist of five potential tidal power schemes for the Severn Estuary announced earlier this year, is “seriously flawed” at the same time as the journal ICE Maritime Engineering say a Severn barrage would increase biodiversity and improve water quality. 22 May 2009
The Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 looking at the development of marine and hydrokinetic energy resources has been introduced in the US House of Representatives and the companion legislation has been introduced in the US Senate. 13 May 2009
A snake-like 200 m rubber tube with a hydraulic turbine driving an electric generator could produce 1 MW of wave energy, according to British Checkmate Seaenergy. 08 May 2009
A study will look into the potential for wave, tidal stream and tidal range technologies around the English and Welsh coastlines, according to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). 01 May 2009
E.ON and Ocean Prospect are withdrawing from the Wave Hub wave power project off the north Cornish coast in the UK. 30 April 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a list of the USA’s top green power purchasers. 28 April 2009
US President Barack Obama has announced that the Department of the Interior has finalised a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 27 April 2009
The UK's wind power industry has given a thumbs up to a £525 million support package in Budget 2009, and believes that this will enable the industry to unlock up to £10bn of private sector investment in wind and marine energy projects over the coming few years. 24 April 2009
How has the industry reacted to the 'low carbon', renewable energy provisions in the UK's Budget 2009? 23 April 2009
Energy consultancy TNEI and Aquamarine Power are cooperating to identify the most viable marine energy sites around the UK and Irish coastlines for deployment of Aquamarine’s Oyster® wave energy converter. 20 April 2009
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Building on its experience in the marine and wind energy sectors, composite materials supplier Gurit is expanding its interests into the emerging ocean energy (wave and tidal power) market. The strength and corrosion resistance of composite materials are expected to be key to the success of these devices operating in the harsh marine environment. 15 April 2009
A £500,000 fund has been launched to help environmental entrepreneurs and small businesses develop ideas to generate renewable electricity from the River Severn's tidal power. 15 April 2009
Ocean Power Technologies Inc has received additional funding of US$1.1 million for its on-going project with the US Navy to demonstrate the PowerBuoy® wave power system off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. 14 April 2009
Marine and offshore renewable technologies will now receive financial support in the UK after an overhaul of the system for supporting renewable energy. 09 April 2009
Aquamarine Power has appointed geotechnical drilling and marine construction contractors, Fugro Seacore, to install its Oyster Wave Energy Converter off the UK coast. 08 April 2009
Electricity supply from renewable energies including wind and hydro in the UK rose by 11.7%, or 2.2 TWh, to 20.7 TWh in 2008. 07 April 2009
Norwegian utility Statkraft has invested approximately NOK 45 million in tidal power developer Atlantis Resources. 07 April 2009
3B has been awarded an Environment & Energy award for its ocean wave energy converter at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, France in March. 06 April 2009
Aquamarine Power has decided to focus its efforts on the development and commercialisation of its Oyster® Wave Energy Converter abandoning further development of the tidal stream device Neptune™. 06 April 2009
Aquamarine Power has appointed geotechnical drilling and marine construction contractors, Fugro Seacore, to install its Oyster® Wave Energy Converter. 02 April 2009
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will work together to facilitate the permitting of renewable energy in offshore waters. 31 March 2009
Insufficient knowledge, funding issues, political will and general uncertainty trouble the wave energy market according to a survey conducted by Seaview Sensing, a UK company specialising in software providing real-time, met-ocean information on wave, wind and currents. 27 March 2009
Orecon Ltd has joined the UK Wave Hub wave energy project to be built off the coast of South West England with completion scheduled for August 2010. 20 March 2009
The International scientific congress Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions has voiced the possibility of 40% of the world’s power coming from renewable energy by 2050 with adequate financial and political support. 20 March 2009
Ontario, Canada, is proposing sweeping new legislation to attract new investment, create new ‘green economy jobs’ and better protect the climate. 09 March 2009
Marine Current Turbines has won the Rosenblatt 2009 New Energy Rising Star Award. 04 March 2009
Voith Hydro and RWE Innogy are forming a joint venture (JV), Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies, to accelerate the development, manufacture and marketing of ocean current technologies. 03 March 2009
Aquamarine has signed a development agreement with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)’s renewable energy division, Airtricity, aimed at developing sites capable of hosting 1 GW of marine energy in the form of wave and tidal power by 2020. 02 March 2009
The UK Crown Estate plans to match fund option fees paid by developers in order to de-risk and accelerate the development of tidal and wave energy projects in the Pentland Firth Strategic Area. 27 February 2009
As part of its approach to develop the potential of marine energy, E.ON will buy, install and test a wave power device in UK waters. 18 February 2009
The US$789 billion economic stimulus bill, which includes provision for renewable energy, has been passed by the US Congress and endorsed by President Barack Obama. 17 February 2009
Green Ocean Energy Ltd has developed a wave power machine which attaches to an offshore wind turbine thereby giving combined wind and wave power from one installation. 13 February 2009
Irish energy infrastructure company, Imera, plans a pan-European offshore electricity network connecting key markets and offshore wind farms. 09 February 2009
Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of a utility scale wave power generation project in North America. 02 February 2009
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has agreed a partnership with Canada’s Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company (MBPP) to demonstrate and develop tidal power technology and facilities in Nova Scotia, Canada. 30 January 2009
The Scottish Government has granted consent for the Siadar wave energy project on the Scottish island of Lewis. 28 January 2009
A proposed shortlist of schemes for tidal power in the Severn estuary, UK, including barrages and lagoon schemes, has been unveiled by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). 27 January 2009
ABB Ltd has secured an order in excess of £2 million for the engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of an electrical generating system for two tidal turbines, rated at 2.4 MW. 21 January 2009
As 2009 gets underway, all eyes are turned towards the US, a market poised to begin a dramatic transition in energy and climate policy, but facing decisions still steeped in political wrangling, according to analyst Emerging Energy Research. 19 January 2009
Four projects have been given the go-ahead as part of a potential £1.1billion fund from the UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to promote renewables. 19 January 2009
Vattenfall has acquired 51% of Irish site development company for ocean energy, Pandion Ltd, for €500,000. 16 January 2009
Elsevier is launching a ‘one-stop’ site for energy researchers covering all aspects of energy including renewables. 16 January 2009
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES09) will see 132 solar-related companies exhibiting on January 19-21, 2009. 14 January 2009
Clean energy shares have been benefiting from an 'Obama Bounce', surging from their lows in November last year, according to leading analysis company New Energy Finance. 13 January 2009
Recruitment company Resourcing Solutions predicts the renewable energy industry will have a growing importance in the UK job market. 12 January 2009
In a speech on 8 January, President-elect Barack Obama made it clear renewables would play an important part in saving the US economy. 09 January 2009
Fourth quarter data from Greentech Media show that venture capital (VC) investment in green technologies exceeded US$2.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, down 1.4% from Q3. 08 January 2009
Aquamarine Power has made a “significant investment” in Ocean Flow Energy, to secure a new technology to produce energy from deep water tidal resource. 06 January 2009
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