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Tidal Today
Achim Woerner, CEO of Siemens Energy Hydro and Ocean Unit, chats with Tidal Today on the recently approved development of the Skerries Tidal Stream Array and what he expects to see accomplished by the end of 2013.
Narec
Today, the National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has announced that it will test the prototype power train for the SeaGen-S 2 megawatt (MW) device developed by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT).
North Wales Chronicle
A MAJOR tidal power scheme off the coast of Anglesey has taken a step closer to fruitition. First Minister Carwyn Jones announced today (Thursday, February 28) announced the Welsh Government’s approval of the Marine Current Turbines’ (MCT) Skerries Tidal Stream Array.
BBC News
Wales' first commercial tidal energy farm planned off the coast of Anglesey has won Welsh government approval. The £70m Skerries Tidal Stream Array is also being backed by £10m in UK government funding.
BBC News
The UK is underestimating the amount of electricity that could be generated from tidal sources, new research says.
The New York Times
Hopes of harnessing the churn and flow of the seas to generate power are pushing forward work in the small but growing tidal and wave energy industry.
Power Engineering
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) is the poster child of the UK's burgeoning tidal power industry. The company was founded in 1999 developing ideas for harnessing tidal stream currents to generate electricity via submerged turbines.
Belfast Telegraph
A tidal stream turbine in Strangford Lough has produced enough energy to meet the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households.
Renews
Northern Ireland environment minister Alex Attwood has paid tribute to Siemens’ 1.2MW SeaGen tidal turbine during a visit to Strangford Lough today.
Power Engineering Magazine
The UK saw the launch of the second marine energy park in July, which will help accelerate the commercialisation of marine power technologies and contribute to the nation's renewable energy and emission reduction targets.
Penn Energy
The potential for developing tidal power in North America - particularly in Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy - is tremendous. Researchers, the provincial government of Nova Scotia and marine energy generator manufacturers have teamed up to deploy turbines that can exploit strong ocean currents without disrupting the flow of water in the bay.
The Financial Times
One company is ahead of the pack. Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has had a device called SeaGen, one of the world’s first commercial tidal-stream generators, producing electricity in Strangford Lough, Northern Island, since 2008. It is now moving ahead with two much bigger projects, one in Scotland and the other in Wales, which will be based on SeaGen’s technology and should be functioning by 2015.
This is Cornwall
Regen SW members range from leading international firms such as Garrad Hassan and Arup to growing small businesses such as Marine Current Turbines, Sungift Solar and Falmouth Divers. Major local landowners such as the Duchy of Cornwall and local authorities such as Devon, Cornwall and Bristol councils have also signed up.
Bloomberg
The U.K. began a 20 million-pound ($32 million) funding program to support demonstration projects for groups of wave and tidal power turbines. Companies can bid for funding to test arrays of devices that have already been demonstrated individually until June 1, the Department for Energy and Climate Change said today in an e-mailed statement. The winners will be announced by year-end.
Swindon Business News
Regional renewable energy group Regen SW has hit a new milestone – 200 organisations have joined within just 15 months to support its mission to enable ground-breaking renewable energy projects and low carbon jobs.
Business Recorder
Europe's wave and tidal power technology is likely to disappoint EU expectations for 2020 and take over a decade to contribute to energy supply in a significant way, even though it is chalking up rapid growth and drawing in big industrial investors. The nascent industry has attracted a flurry of investor activity over the past year, securing an estimated few hundred million euros from companies such as Siemens and Vattenfall.
ReCharge
Siemens-owned UK tidal power technology outfit Marine Current Turbines (MCT) is to open its first satellite office, in Inverness, Scotland, to head upcoming development work in the region.
Reuters
Europe's wave and tidal power technology is likely to disappoint EU expectations for 2020 and take over a decade to contribute to energy supply in a significant way, even though it is chalking up rapid growth and drawing in big industrial investors.
Renews
Marine Current Turbines has set up shop in the Highlands to drive forward its tidal energy ambitions in Scottish waters. The Siemens company confirmed it will open its first satellite office in Inverness to spearhead its work in Scotland. The new office will be led by David Langston who joins MCT as head of business development from marine energy company Voith Hydro Wavegen.
The Oban Times
The Scottish Government is actively considering radical proposals which would see Glenelg and surrounding communities taking a stake in a tidal energy scheme proposed for the Kylerhea narrows, The Oban Times can reveal.
