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Wales has created the perfect ‘ecosystem’ for tidal energy
By Abigail Beck, Communications Manager for Marine Energy Wales“Wales has done something that no one has done before,” Alejandro Marques de Magallanes says. His strong Spanish accent is softened by flawless business English. This is a man very much in demand at the...
STUDENTS TAUGHT TO RIDE THE WAVE OF AMBITION
Last week, our SELKIE project was delighted to have been involved in the Destination Renewables Session at Pembrokeshire College, ‘An Introduction to Marine Renewable Energy and Floating Offshore Wind’. Destination Renewables is a new pioneering programme preparing...
MEW visit to Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind (FLOW) Windfarm
By Tom Fabian, Marine Energy Wales FLOW Project Manager. Last week I was invited to visit the world’s largest FLOW windfarm, located 15km off the coast of Aberdeen. The Kincardine windfarm consists of five 9.5MW turbines anchored in water 60-80 metres deep and is...
why Tidal power matters
By Dr Danny Coles, Research Fellow at the University of PlymouthDuring Autumn 2021, rising global demand for natural gas increased its wholesale day-ahead price in the UK by approximately 100% over just one month. At the time, the UK was already heavily dependent on...
TIDAL WAVE TAPPING INTO FLOW OF CAPITAL
Blog post on insights gained from this year’s All Energy Conference in Scotland.
What the UK Energy Security Strategy means for wave and tidal stream energy
Blog post on what UK Energy Security Strategy means for wave and tidal stream.
“Watershed moment” for Wales says First Minister
Wales’ First Minister, Mark Drakeford, addressed 270 delegates at the Marine Energy Wales Conference, saying his Government backed renewable energy at a time when the world faced a ‘watershed’ moment in history.