Intelligence Brief

MCT reveals PIP at marine energy park launch

Companies mentioned: Marine Current Turbines, South West Marine Energy Park, DECC, Verdant, Consolidated Edison, New York Power Authority, and Royal Haskoning

25 Jan 2012

Companies mentioned: EMEC, Hammerfest Strom, Iberdrola, Scottish Power, Andritz Hydro, Statoil New Energy Masdar, US Department of the Interior, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Natural Currents Energy Services, and NARUC

10 Jan 2012

MeyGen on track for phase one

Companies mentioned: MeyGen, Morgan Stanley, International Power, Dunnet and Canisbay Community Council, Fundy Tidal, The Crown Estate, EU, MARINET, and Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC) at University College Cork in Ireland
 

21 Dec 2011

MCT set to start first tidal farm by 2013

Companies mentioned: Marine Current Turbines, Renewable Energy Team, Glaxosmithkline, Crown Estate, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, European Environmental Agency, Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN), Community Energy Contact Group, Minesto, Tidal Generation Limited (Rolls Royce), Scotrenewables Tidal Power, Bauer, Mojo Maritime, Voith, Bauer, and UoE

05 Dec 2011

Flumill to deploy full-scale prototype at EMEC

Companies mentioned: Flumill, European Marine Energy Centre (Emec), Sørkomp, Smart¬Motor, Scanmatic, Currie Brothers, ABPmer, Marine Scotland, BlueTEC, National Taiwan Ocean University and Taiwan’s National Science Technology Program for Energy

23 Nov 2011

Industry forecasters say a total of 150MW of wave and tidal current stream capacity is set to be installed in 2011-2015 with a lot riding on 2014 to be the year in which installations take off by more than 100 per cent.

22 Nov 2011

Siemens increases stake in MCT to spur more investor appetite
Companies mentioned include: Marine Current Turbines, Siemens, Crown Estate, FORCE, Thames Hub, Thames Hub, Halcrow, Foster + Partners, Estuary Airport, Rolls Royce, Tidal Generation and University of Queensland

08 Nov 2011

Companies mentioned: UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, European Marine Energy Centre, Scottish Development International, Siemens, Marine Current Turbines, Crown Estate, Skerries Tidal Stream Array, China Ocean Energy Resources Division.

26 Oct 2011

MCT secures site lease from Crown Estate
Companies mentioned include: MCT, RWE, Crown Estate, ABP Marine Environmental Research, Crest Energy Kaipara Harbour project, Aquatera, Energy North, Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN), VerdErg Renewable Energy, Central Cape Breton Community Ventures of Iona, Collective Wisdom Solutions, Maritime Tidal Energy, Renewables Training Network (RTN), RenewableUK and the National Skills Academy for Power

 

11 Oct 2011

Transmission charges could purge wave and tidal sector 

Companies mentioned include: Scottish Renewables, Ofgem, Aquaterra and Aquamarine. 

28 Sep 2011

Neptune gets parliamentary approval for tidal stream device

Companies mentioned include: Neptune Renewable Energy,DECC, Team Humber Marine Alliance, Point Engineering, umber Work Boats, EDF, OpenHydro, DCNS, STX (Lorient), Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC),Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Perry Marine, Morrison Manufacturing and CPM Constructors.

14 Sep 2011

New MOU signed for baseline assessment of Alaska’s Cook Inlet
Companies mentioned include: Alaska Energy Authority, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MREC, University of Hull and RusHydro

31 Aug 2011

Green Tide one step closer to Brazil JV

Companies mentioned include: Green-Tide Turbines, COPPETEC, Ocean Renewable Power Company, Atlantis Resources, European Marine Energy Centre, Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies, Scotrenewables, Natural Currents, Algarve University, Tidal Energy, Carbon Trust and IFREMER

17 Aug 2011

Foster + Partners and Halcrow fund study to produce tidal energy barrage

Companies mentioned include Foster + Partners, Halcrow, Ocean Renewable Power, Free Flow Power, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, FastCap Systems, Atlantis Resources, Ballast Nedam, Delta Energy, IHC Merwede and Royal Haskoning.

03 Aug 2011

£6.4m in EU funding accelerates DeltaStream installation trial
Companies mentioned inclucde: TidalEnergy, European Regional Development Fund, Carbon Trust, Aquarmarine Power, ABB Scottish & Southern Energy and Burntisland Fabrications

20 Jul 2011