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Work is to begin on the largest tidal energy project in Europe after the Scottish government granted permission. MeyGen is to install the tidal array in stages in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the Scottish mainland. It will begin with a 9MW demonstration project of up to six turbines, with construction expected to take…

Source: The Marine Energy Opportunity, Business Scotland, April 2013 page Story from: http://www.tenalpsebooks.com/ukbusinesstoday/BusinessScotland/issue15-2013/

The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has invested over £150 million from UK government, European Regional Development Funding and private sector sources over the last ten years in establishing world-leading open-access research and test facilities for the offshore renewable energy industry – wind, wave and tidal. Although perhaps best known for its work with the…

Atlantis Resources Corp., a London- based ocean-turbine maker, won $5 million from the Canadian government to build and install a machine at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy test site in the Bay of Fundy. Atlantis will work with Lockheed Martin Corp. and Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to build, install and monitor the 1-megawatt turbine,…

The indication of interest from the crown estate will be a major fillip to the marine energy sector, which suffered cuts in 2011 The crown estate owns the seabed around the UK and stands to benefit to a great extent from the expansion of marine power. Photograph: Handout/PA The UK’s fledgling wave and tidal power…

The Crown Estate, owner of the U.K. seabed, plans to offer about 20 million pounds ($32 million) of funding for two wave or tidal power projects to try to spur on an industry nearing its first commercial operations. The estate will invest in building the projects with their developers using grants from the government, it…

The UK is underestimating the amount of electricity that could be generated from tidal sources, new research says. The analysis says that estuary barrages and tidal streams could provide more than 20% of the nation’s demand for electricity. Despite high costs, experts say tidal power is more reliable than wind. The predictable nature of tides…

 World-class onshore facilities developed by Narec engineers provide a catalyst for the global scale-up of offshore wind and tidal energy technologies. The Duke of York visited the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) later today, to open two new facilities for the development of offshore renewable energy technologies. The new offshore wind turbine blade and tidal…