Mocean’s Blue X wins OAA award

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Offshore Achievements Award 2024 win for Mocean Energy

We are delighted to share our Blue X wave energy technology has won Pre-Commercial Deployment Technology category at the The Offshore Achievement Awards. Not only has Blue X been able to demonstrate wave energy innovation, data capturing and scalability, but also celebrates collaboration and knowledge sharing. Blue X shines a light on a greener future. Congratulations to all OAA 2024 winners … Read More

Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project completes 12- month milestone

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Mocean Energy Blue X, RSP

Press release – 5th March 2024 A groundbreaking ocean energy project which has combined wave power with subsea energy storage to power subsea equipment has now completed a 12-month test programme at sea and will end this Spring. The final phase will commence shortly and will include removing all equipment from the site, ahead of inspection and clean down onshore … Read More

Shell joins Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project

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RSP programme

Press release – 5th February 2024 Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is currently powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage.    The £2million demonstrator initiative, which is currently nearing 12–months in the water, has connected the Blue X wave energy … Read More

Energy major TotalEnergies invests to join collaborative wave power subsea project

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Mocean Energy RSP

Press release – 11th December 2023 Energy major TotalEnergies has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is currently powering subsea equipment off the east coast of Orkney with wave power from Mocean Energy and intelligent subsea energy storage from Verlume.    The £2million demonstrator initiative, which is underway in the north of Scotland, has connected the … Read More

Mocean Energy heads to COP 28

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Mocean Energy’s Managing Director Cameron McNatt with Mocean Energy's Blue X wave energy converter at Forth Ports’ Rosyth Docks.

Scots ocean energy pioneer Mocean Energy is heading to COP 28 this week as part of a delegation of 19 leading companies seeking to showcase Scotland’s ambition and expertise in net zero. Company co-founder and Managing Director Cameron McNatt will take part in an intensive programme of events in the United Arab Emirates where he and other business leaders from … Read More

Mocean Energy raise £2.2million new equity plus £500,000 grant to drive commercialisation plans

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Mocean Energy Blue X

Press release – 13th November 2023 Wave energy pioneer Mocean Energy has raised £2.2million new equity alongside a £500,000 grant to drive the commercialisation of its wave energy technologies. The equity funds come from existing investors including Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital, the University of Edinburgh’s venture investment fund, alongside new shareholders Norwegian impact investors Katapult Ocean … Read More

Mocean Energy lands £3million for next generation wave machine  

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Mocean Energy Blue X

Press release – 5th September 2023 Wave energy pioneers Mocean Energy has secured over £3million EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney. The large-scale wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and will be deployed in a grid-connected berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney … Read More

Wave energy agreement targets stranded reserves and life extension

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Mocean Energy Blue X in operation at EMEC Scapa Flow wave energy test site

Press release – 24th August 2023 Aker Solutions Subsea and Mocean Energy will explore low-carbon solutions that increase the lifetime of brownfield energy infrastructure by using locally generated ocean power to tie-back stranded reservoirs. Wave energy could help tap new reserves from well-used oil and gas infrastructure under a joint-industry plan revealed today. Wave energy specialists Mocean Energy and offshore … Read More

Mocean hosted Orkney Industry Day

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On the 13th of June, we had the pleasure of welcoming guests for a first-hand look at  our collaborative Renewables for Subsea Power demonstrator project. We were joined by our project partners from Verlume, Transmark Subsea, Baker Hughes, and representatives from our sponsors Serica Energy, Harbour Energy and PTTEP who travelled all the way from Thailand for the occasion, as … Read More