Wave energy potential and policy without boundaries: An interview with Portugal’s Secretary of State for Energy, João Galamba
João Saldanha de Azevedo Galamba was born in Lisbon in 1976. He has been Portugal’s Secretary of State for Energy since October 2018. “Wave energy systems are emerging technologies with very strong potential. Some estimate, if we could harness this type of energy, it could supply at least 10 percent of the world’s energy […]
Read MoreCorPower to present at World Maritime Week
CorPower is gearing up to make a series of presentations at World Maritime Week 2021. The international event runs from October 05-07 in Bilbao, Spain, including five separate congresses – Sinaval, EuroFishing, FuturePort, Oil & Gas Conference and the Ocean. Commercial Director Kevin Rebenius will join the ‘Harnessing Wave Power’ panel discussion at the Ocean […]
Read MoreCorPower Portugal Manager Miguel Silva offers exclusive Q&A ahead of flagship HiWave-5 Project
CorPower Ocean is currently laying the foundations for its flagship HiWave-5 Project in northern Portugal, representing the firm’s first commercial-scale deployment. In a recent Q&A Portugal Country Manager Miguel Silva helps set the scene from base camp in Viana do Castelo. A hive of activity since a 16MEUR investment in summer 2020, the site […]
Read MoreCorPower named finalist in Sweden’s largest energy business award E-Prize 2021
CorPower is an official finalist in Sweden’s largest energy business award, E-Prize 2021. The exclusive event is delivered by energy company Eon, Aktuell Hållbarhet and Dagens industri. Now in its 13th year, it recognises the nation’s smartest new energy solutions with a focus on climate-related innovations. An expert jury has whittled a long list of […]
Read MoreA short history of wave energy
The production of energy, in particular through the burning of fossil fuels, accounts for an estimated three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. Widely recognised as a key driver of climate change, global superpowers are now uniting to mastermind an energy transition moving rapidly towards green, renewable forms of power production. Wave power is set to […]
Read MorePortugal’s green energy stature grows with ‘world-first’ EU SCORES Project
Portugal’s stature as a leading force in green energy grew further this month with the arrival of the €45m EU SCORES Project – paving the way for the world’s first hybrid offshore energy park. The European SCalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (EU-SCORES) Project will be partly located off the coast of Viana do Castelo, capitalising […]
Read More€45million EU-SCORES Project aims to deliver ‘world-first’ bankable multi-source offshore marine energy parks
A new €45million marine energy project – European SCalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (EU-SCORES) – is paving the way for bankable multi-source offshore parks across Europe by 2025. EU-SCORES brings together leading wave energy and offshore solar PV technology providers, CorPower Ocean and Oceans of Energy, major project developers RWE, EDP, ENEL Green Power, Simply […]
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