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ORE Catapult is looking for partner for offshore innovation center
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is looking for a collaboration with a UK university to create a new research hub. The projected center would combine academic and industry skills to hasten electrical infrastructure research and expansion activities linked to offshore green energy technologies.
read more... 19/01/2018
Nova Innovation receives funds for tidal energy in North Wales
UK tidal energy generator Nova Innovation has been awarded £265,000 for the development of a tidal project at Bardsey Sound in north Wales.
read more... 11/08/2017
UK: Oil and gas production up, investments and exploration down
According to Oil & Gas UK annual latest report, published yesterday, the production of oil and gas in the UK increased by more than 10% in 2015 for the first time in 15 years. The increase was due to a succession of new projects in the North Sea along with developments of technological innovations in order to get the best out of the extraction from the existing fields.
read more... 28/09/2016
Nova Innovation has marked a new era in tidal energy
The Edinburgh-based company Nova Innovation has announced it has installed the first offshore tidal turbines in the world which are already delivering electricity to the grid. The company has installed the fully operational array of tidal power turbines in the Bluemull Sound in the north of Shetland, where the North Sea encounters the Atlantic. This project marks a big step forward in using tidal energy as a reliable source of renewable power. Once finished it will supply enough electricity for about 300 households.
read more... 31/08/2016
EU might turn into global climate leader
The EU can turn its climate leadership into a global competitive advantage by putting innovation at the center of its energy policy, as stated in a report by the Industrial Innovation for Competitiveness (i24c), which declared the Energy Union can make certain Europe is the world leader in the shift to a low carbon economy.
read more... 30/05/2016