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Scientists say newly announced devices to skim rubbish from the top of the world’s seas won’t have any significant impact in cleaning up pollution

That’s the conclusion reached in a new report from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the University of Plymouth, which suggests tyres are a previously largely unrecorded source of microplastics in the marine environment

A new study projects electricity demand in Faroe Islands will reach 600GW by 2030, allowing tidal energy to play a bigger role in its power generation

The 500kW project has been developed by Scottish firm Simec Atlantis Energy and boasts a rotor diameter of 18 metres

The DoE seeks to support research and development and testing infrastructure in ocean sciences and marine energy

Scientists say huge numbers of common murres died at sea and washed ashore from California to Alaska

Ocean Energy’s 500kW wave power generator is as tall as a three-storey building and more than 35 metres long

It will support industry-led solutions to increase hydropower’s ability to serve as a flexible grid resource

UK-based offshore energy specialist Simply Blue Energy and Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean claim they may have a solution

The funding will be provided over five years between 2020 and 2024