Finnish wave technology provider Wello and the government-led Export Barbados (BIDC) have signed a commercial agreement for the deployment of a 5MW wave energy project in Barbados.

Menter Môn, the manager of the Morlais tidal energy project, has hired a Swansea-based company Juno Energy to assist it with the development of environmental support services for the scheme located off North Wales.

The European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has visited the Eastern Scheldt Tidal Power Plant in Dutch province of Zeeland, to get a glimpse of the future where tidal energy is an everyday part of EU citizens’ lives.

French company EEL Energy has tested its commercial-scale 50kW tidal energy turbine in the Port of Brest.

Menter Môn, the manager of the Morlais tidal energy project, has launched two tenders related to the procurement of environmental monitoring services for the scheme.

SIMEC Atlantis Energy has stepped up its efforts to redeploy three MeyGen tidal turbines, after a setback faced with the reinstallation of the first turbine to the Caithness site.

Scottish tidal energy company Nova Innovation has secured €2.5 million to build an upscaled tidal energy turbine, expected to further slash the cost of tidal power.

French start-up Guinard Energies has unveiled plans to deploy a hydrokinetic turbine in the river Marne that will power the newly-established centre for environmental protection and preservation of biodiversity.

The Welsh Government has given its consent for the development of the Morlais tidal stream energy project set to be located offshore Holy Island.

Two tidal energy projects, led by major companies Nova Innovation and Magallanes Tidal Energy, have been selected to receive a share of £116 million to drive forward green innovation in the UK.