Hydro and Marine Power 
Pelamis launch wave power plant in Portugal(0)
The worlds first commercial wave power plant will be opened today in Aguadoura, on the Portuguese coast. The project is a joint venture with 77% owned by a group of three promoters comprising global specialist asset manager, […]
Martin McAdam takes helm at Aquamarine Power
Edinburgh-based marine energy company Aquamarine Power has appointed Martin McAdam as its Chief Executive Officer.McAdam joins Aquamarine from wind farm developer and operator Airtricity where he was Chief Operating Officer. He founded Airtricity’s North American operations which were purchased in 2007 by Eon for £0.75 billion. Airtricity were acquired by Scottish and Southern […]
Aquamarine Power appoint COO from Shell
Marine energy firm Aquamarine Power has appointed former Shell WindEnergy manager Matthias Haag as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Haag will be responsible for the design, manufacture and deployment of Aquamarine’s marine renewable energy technologies including the Oyster® hydro-electric wave power converter and Neptune™, a 2.4MW tidal stream converter.
Thirty-eight year-old German-born Haag previously developed offshore wind […]
Tidal power reaches grid in Ireland
SeaGen, the world’s first commercial-scale tidal turbine, located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough and developed by British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines (MCT), has delivered electricity into the grid for the first time.
The tidal current turbine has briefly generated 150kW of power onto the grid as part of its commissioning work, ahead of it […]