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
Scottish Water will undertake a £20million hydropower scheme that will use the flow in large water supply pipes to generate electricity and protect water treatment plants from power failures.
03 February 2012
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19 January 2012
Vattenfall has entered a partnership with ArcelorMittal, Rhodia and SNCF under the name Force Hydro, to bid for the hydropower concessions expected in France later this year.
11 January 2012
The Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) has proposed to include wind and solar in addition to hydropower into the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), to ensure greater access to electricity.
05 January 2012
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
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
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
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) says hydropower is contributing to water, energy and food security.
18 November 2011
Theodor Scheidegger is becoming the new CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy.
11 November 2011