Press release: New report highlights promising tidal energy cost reduction pathway
Tidal stream energy could plummet below £80 per MWh by 2035 if current opportunity is realised, a new industry-leading report has predicted. The ‘Cost Reduction Pathway of Tidal Stream Energy in the UK and France’ report, produced by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult as part of the Interreg FCE funded TIGER project, documents the Read More »
Press Release: Ambitious wave energy project sets course for EMEC demo
A €19.6 million partnership project aiming to be the stepping stone towards large scale wave energy commercialisation, will be launched this week at the International Conference on Ocean Energy in San Sebastian, Spain. WEDUSEA is a pioneering collaboration between 14 partners, spanning industry and academia from across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain. It Read More »
Press release: EMEC concludes concept design on 100 MW floating wind test site
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, Scotland, has concluded concept design for a new 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site. As the world’s leading, and only accredited, ocean energy test facility EMEC is aiming to secure a lease for a site ~20 km west of Orkney, further out to Read More »
Consultation: EMEC Fall of Warness Section 36 extension
EMEC is requesting an extension to its Section 36 consent to operate at the Fall of Warness tidal test site. The current Section 36, granted in March 2016, expires in March 2023. EMEC has requested a variation to extend the consent to March 2026. The application documents are available to download below. Statutory body responses, Read More »
Press release: Public support investment in renewables to lower energy bills
Polling published today by Survation, commissioned by RenewableUK, shows that there is overwhelming public support for building new wind and solar farms to tackle the cost of energy crisis, and that the Conservatives risk losing voters if they fail to support renewables. 77% of people throughout the UK think the new Government should use new Read More »
