The team at Marine Current Turbines (MCT), a UK-based developer of tidal current energy turbines, has had a busy year to say the least, including selling just under a 10% stake in the business to Siemens Energy--a sector precedent for the rest of the ocean power market, which by some estimates has the potential to generate up to 200 gigawatts of power worldwide by 2025. Martin Wright, managing director of MCT chats with Tidal Today on the company’s recent financing, how ROCs are the way forward and if he thinks the government will always have the final say on tidal energy’s future popularity among energy sources and consumers.

23 Jun 2010

Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro and energy utility partner, SSE Renewables (SSE), have today been awarded exclusive rights to develop a 200MW tidal energy farm in the Pentland Firth off the northern coast of Scotland.

16 Mar 2010

Marine Current Turbines Ltd has secured approval for a lease from The Crown Estate to deploy its award-winning SeaGen tidal current technology off Brough Ness, on the southern most tip of the Orkney Islands (South Ronaldsay) and north east of John O’Groats.

16 Mar 2010

Today (16/03/2010) The Crown Estate announced the names of the successful bidders for the world’s first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for 10 sites in Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney waters.

16 Mar 2010

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) recently showcased its tidal energy underwater electric generator and its Turbine Generator Unit (TGU) support structure in Bangor.

11 Mar 2010

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

11 Mar 2010

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

11 Mar 2010

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

UK-based engineering consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff has been commissioned to explore options for tidal energy generation across the Duddon Estuary in South Cumbria.

11 Mar 2010

A world-leading test centre is expanding its workforce to meet demand from companies developing machines that harness energy from the sea. EMEC, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre, is gearing up for the arrival this year of more devices capable of generating electricity from waves or tidal currents.

26 Feb 2010