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Dual boost to marine energy industry aims to promote best practices

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Crown Estate and Energy Technologies Institute both debut new services designed to help reduce cost of marine energy developments

24 Apr 2013

Glosten climbs aboard UK floating offshore wind project

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Belfast's Harland and Wolff to build PelaStar tension leg platform as part of £4m contract awarded to Glosten Associates

25 Mar 2013

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From Fairtrade success to a banking bonus we can all get behind, we run down the top stories from the past seven days

01 Mar 2013

Scotland offers flood of support for wave and tidal power

European Marine Energy Centre gets £4m for new test berth and vessel project, as ETI surveys environmental impact of tidal turbines

28 Feb 2013

Breaking: SeaGen and Meygen swim away with £20m tidal power pot

Greg Barker unveils winners of government's marine energy array demonstration fund at Renewable UK wave and tidal conference

27 Feb 2013

Is marine energy about to go mainstream?

With Blue Chip investors backing marine energy projects, Dr Stephen Wyatt reckons the costs of wave and tidal power could soon plummet

27 Feb 2013

Industry warns financial support needed if UK marine energy is to make waves

RenewableUK argues wave and tidal project will need strike prices of between £280 and £320/MWh if UK is to retain global lead

27 Feb 2013

Crown Estate unveils £20m investment plan to power up UK wave and tidal industry

Two demonstration projects could benefit from funds, as new report shows UK could be underestimating marine power potential

16 Jan 2013

Severn's renewable energy capacity could be larger without a barrage

Combined approach using a range of green technologies could provide 14GW of capacity, report says

27 Nov 2012

Report: Marine renewables could help wildlife

New briefing paper shows marine renewables would have little negative impact on wildlife and could lead to net benefits

21 Nov 2012

Innovation could halve cost of UK wave power

Carbon Trust report highlights hot spots for ideal development of wave power

18 Oct 2012

Crown Estate identifies potential for 180GW of marine power

New report designed to inform development of wave and tidal projects

11 Oct 2012

Could wave power boost US security surveillance?

Ocean Power Technologies signs deal with US Department of Homeland Security and bags $75,000 research grant

05 Sep 2012

Scotland plunges £8m into wave and tidal power

WATERS grant funding awarded to five developers, including Scotrenewables Tidal Power and AWS Ocean Energy

30 Aug 2012

Orkney, leader in green energy, launches wave power competition

Community of 20,000 expected to met 85% of its electricity needs by next year

29 Aug 2012

Scotland's first marine energy park to set sail

Climate Change Minister Greg Barker to launch Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park

30 Jul 2012

Crown Estate seeks to create new leasing round for marine power

Organisation calls on developers to suggest where and when they would like to build new wave and tidal projects in UK waters

26 Jul 2012

BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2012: David Green puts EcoIsland on the map

Sustainbility Executive of the year outlines how the Isle of Wight can become self-sustaining for energy, food, fuel, and waste by 2020

10 Jul 2012

Government reveals surge in UK renewable energy generation

Increase in wind, hydro and biomass power ensures more than a 10th of electricity provided by renewables

28 Jun 2012

Isle of Wight seeks government funding for tidal power centre

Council bids for £1m to build Solent Ocean Energy Centre, as Scotland updates marine power action plan

22 Jun 2012

UK and South Korea aim to cement status as offshore renewables pioneers

New pact to promote collaboration between two countries’ emerging marine and offshore wind sectors

13 Jun 2012

Scotland launches £18m marine energy fund

Fund open for bids as Alex Salmond talks up Scotland's marine energy potential

23 May 2012

Updated: Vattenfall sets sail with marine energy joint venture

Engineering firms team up to launch Nautimus wave and tidal energy support firm

09 May 2012

Fred Olsen's wave energy plan surges forward in Falmouth Bay

Company becomes first to deploy wave energy converter at WaveHub nursery site

13 Apr 2012

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