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EU Biomass Subsidies Contribute to Forest Destruction

A new report has found EU subsidies for biomass energy channel nearly €7bn per year into unsustainable and destructive energy sources.

Nova Innovation Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Fast Track Tidal Technology

Tidal energy company Nova Innovation is looking to crowdfund £500,000 on investment platform Seedrs, offering 1.74% equity, in order to support its tidal energ…

Critics Set to Unload on Trump Administration Biofuel Proposal

Representatives of both the oil and corn industries are poised to sound off against the Trump administration’s proposed biofuels plan for next year during a pu…

CorPower And Simply Blue's Plans to Develop UK Wave Energy

The latest attempt at unlocking the potential of wave energy in the UK is a Strategic Collaboration Agreement between UK-based offshore wind and wave energy spe…

Learning from the World's Oldest Tidal Project—La Rance

La Rance tidal power station in Brittany, France is the oldest tidal installation in the world. Opened in November 1966, it was the first operation to deploy ti…

New Technology

Orbital Marine Power Partners with SKF to Develop the World's Most Powerful Tidal Turbine

Orbital has announced a strategic contract with SKF for the supply of the fully integrated power trains on its upcoming O2 2MW floating tidal turbine, which wil…

Advanced Biodiesel Knowledge You Need

Want to learn more about biodiesel? Read Biodiesel 201 for a closer look at this in-demand fuel.

Biofuel Backers Pressuring EPA to Rewrite Latest RFS Rule

Biofuel producers and farmers are pressing the Trump administration to rewrite its proposed fix to the Renewable Fuel Standard — and threatening legal action i…

Tidal Energy Project Will Be Used in English Channel Regions

Interreg France (Channel) England Programme has approved the biggest ever Interreg project that will prove to be game-changing for the European tidal stream ene…

ExxonMobil Collaborated With Indian Institute of Technology on Biofuels for Low-emmissions Research

US-based energy company ExxonMobil has signed agreements with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) locations in Madras and Bombay to expand its research collabo…

​EMEC Continues Support for Korean Wave Energy Test Site

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed a deal to support the ongoing development of a wave energy test site in South Korea, thus continuing a three…

New Technology

Out of the Blue: Making Fuel From Air and Sunlight

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a technology capable of producing liquid hydrocarbon fuels from just sunlight and air. At their solar mini-refinery, th…

Nova Innovation Applies to Develop Tidal Project in Canada

Tidal energy company Nova Innovation is planning to build a tidal energy array in Petit Passage, in the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia, Canada.

SIMEC Atlantis Announced Its Plans for A Tidal-powered Data Centre in Scotland

UK-based global energy project developer SIMEC Atlantis has announced its plans for a tidal-powered data centre in the Caithness region of Scotland.

Orbital Choose Texo to Build O2 Tidal StreamTurbine

Scottish company Texo Group has been awarded a “multi-million pound” contract by Orbital Marine Power to manufacture to latter’s 2MW O2 tidal stream turbine.…