Australian hydrokinetic power developer Carnegie Wave Energy has completed a year-long study that demonstrates the viability of a commercial ocean power project in Bermuda.

The Nova Scotia Department of Energy has established a goal of replacing 10% of the province's power supply with forms of tidal energy by the end of the decade.

Ocean power developer Hydro Alternative Energy Inc. has announced its plan to develop a 1-MW hydrokinetic project with South African municipality eThekwini.

Carnegie Wave Energy has secured a $10.3m grant from the federal government to support its $32m grid-connected CETO wave energy project which will be located at Garden Island, near Perth in Western Australia.

Independent power provider Hydro Alternative Energy Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with renewable energy developer Energreen, SA de C.V of Mexico to partner in developing hydrokinetic projects

The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved the primary contract terms of a power purchase agreement with tidal energy producer Ocean Renewable Power Company.

GL Renewables Certification will certify a Kawasaki Heavy Industries tidal energy converter prototype, the consulting group announces.

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd. received a contract to conduct underwater noise studies for an offshore renewables project that could eventually lead to 400MW being installed in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth.

The United Kingdom will fund up to two pre-commercial ocean power devices as part of its US$32 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator Scheme, with a deadline of April 20 to register for a pre-submission briefing.

Green energy advocate RenewableUK says the United Kingdom and Scotland must increase their investments in wave and tidal power in order for the energy sector to ever reach its full potential, according to a recent release.

The Isle of Wight Council wants to construct a multi-million dollar tidal energy facility off St. Catherine's Point, the BBC reports.

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) announces that the last remaining berth at its wave energy testing site has been taken.

Representatives from the Basse-Normandie Region, the Ports of Normandy Authority and naval technologies manufacturer DCNS have signed a memorandum of understanding that allocates areas of the Port of Cherbourg for tidal turbine operations.

Wave energy company Eco Wave Power will soon begin tests of a medium-scale power plant on a pier in the Black Sea.

Rolls-Royce subsidiary Tidal Generation Limited has surpassed the 200-MWh mark of electrical power generated and fed into Scotland's national grid with its 500-kW tidal turbine prototype.