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Finance

South West RDA commissions £100,000 study

A project to map offshore renewable energy potential around the coast of South West England has been announced.

11 Mar 2010

Siemens Energy acquires stake in MCT

Engineering firm Siemens has chosen to invest in Bristol, England-based Marine Current Turbines (MCT).

11 Mar 2010

EMEC prepares for marine power development

EMEC has shared that is gearing up for the arrival this year of more devices capable of generating electricity from waves or tidal currents.

11 Mar 2010

Canada supports expansion of tidal energy research capacity

A project that harnesses the natural assets of Nova Scotia’s Fundy Region to build international profile for the region is now underway.

26 Feb 2010

Acciona heads multidisciplinary pan European consortium

Energy major Acciona is heading a European R&D consortium of 17 companies, universities and technology centres from 12 countries to establish a technological basis to ensure the viable and comp

26 Feb 2010

Tidal energy in the Solway Firth needs financial support

Tidal energy in the Solway Firth needs significant financial support to proceed, according to a study co-ordinated by Scottish Enterprise, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Northwest Re

26 Feb 2010

Carbon Trust to back six technologies with £22m funding

Six marine energy technologies including ones from Atlantis Resources, Hammerfest Strom UK, Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and Voith Hydro are to share £22 million funding from the Carbon Trus

11 Feb 2010

Conclusions of the first stage of the development of N-RIP out

A new report has outlined how Scotland can capitalise on its offshore wind and tidal resources to develop a sustainable and long term industry for the future.

11 Feb 2010

New £4.4 million marine lab opened

A £4.4 million new facility for marine research, Oceanlab 2, has recently been officially opened by the Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead.

11 Feb 2010

GS Engineering bags contract worth $3.47b

GS Engineering and Construction has reportedly bagged a contract worth $3.47 billion to build one of the world’s largest tidal power stations in Korea.

11 Feb 2010