tidal power

Inyanga Marine Energy Group and Verdant Morlais have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a major tidal energy project in Wales.

A £8.8 million (€10 million) project funded by the European Union and UK Research and Innovation was launched yesterday (17 January) to maximise tidal energy generation by developing the “world’s largest tidal turbine blades”.

A 1.8MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) has been installed and energised at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) test site in Scotland’s Orkney Isles.

​All of the contracts awarded as part of the most recent round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction have now been signed and returned to Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC).

​Almost 11GW of onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, tidal energy and other forms of renewable energy has secured contracts in what has been the biggest Contracts for Difference (CfD) ever.

​Support for renewables has continued to grow, with 87% of people in the UK now supporting the technologies.

​Tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has confirmed it will qualify multiple applications for submission into the fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) round, which opened this week.

​The fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction has opened, with a target of 12GW of electricity capacity set to gain £285 million of funding.

​A new proposal has been unveiled for a Swansea tidal lagoon, which could see the 320MW generator developed using private funding.

​The world’s most powerful tidal turbine has begun generating power off the coast of Orkney, Orbital Marine Power has announced.