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UK announces £50m Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

The Carbon Trust, National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) and Ocean Energy Innovation has been selected by the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to set up the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
09 February 2012

Atlantis moves tidal testing to Narec, UK

Atlantis Resources Corporation is moving its AR1000 tidal turbine to continue its testing programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, UK.
06 February 2012

FERC approves 1 MW tidal project in NY

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Pilot commercial license to construct, operate, and maintain Verdant Power's 1 MW Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project in New York City, USA.
26 January 2012

SeaGen tidal turbine gets environmental 'thumbs up'

SeaGen tidal turbine from Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, has been found not to have any major impact on the Lough’s marine life.
20 January 2012

Renewable Power Generation - 2010 figures

Missed our report into 2010's renewable power generation figures? Catch up here...
19 January 2012

Alstom and SSE form JV for 200 MW wave power project

Alstom and SSE Renewables have formed a joint venture to develop the 200 MW Costa Head Wave Project north of mainland Orkney, Scotland.
18 January 2012

Hammerfest Strøm installs tidal power turbine in Orkney

Hammerfest Strøm has installed its 1 MW HS1000 tidal turbine 100 ft under water at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, UK.
02 January 2012

UK opens up Northern Ireland to offshore wind and tidal UK opens up Northern Ireland to offshore wind and tidal

The UK's Crown Estate has launched offshore wind and tidal stream leasing rounds to select developers to take forward up to 800 MW of projects in Northern Ireland waters.
15 December 2011

EU funds marine renewables test centre network

The Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network (MaRINET) is a €9 million, EU-funded initiative to provide access to test facilities in specialist marine renewables energy centres across Europe.
14 December 2011

EU needs to back ocean energy in Europe

Ministers from Ireland, the UK, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey have called on the EU to give its full backing to the development of ocean energy.
08 December 2011

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