Media Coverage

Marine Power Systems in the Newspapers

Ingenious floating platforms, developed by green engineer Marine Power Systems (MPS) to harvest the oceans’ wind and wave energy, aim to be the renewables sector’s next big breakthrough as they head for commercial roll-out. Flexibility and competitive pricing for extracting energy are the cornerstones of the Swansea-based company’s high-performance technology that has now produced its[…]

A Front Cover for DualSub

Through modular and flexible platform design it is possible to both drive down the cost of ownership and support the colocation of wind and wave energy generation technology. Marine Power Systems (MPS) is revolutionising the way we harvest energy from the world’s oceans. The company is on track to be a world leader in the supply[…]

MPS Appoints Commercial Director

Marine Power Systems continue to expand their team and have appointed Dr Martin Carruth as Commercial Director. The appointment comes at an exciting time for Marine Power Systems. Now working at megawatt scale to prove their grid connected technology, with a number of projects in the pipeline, Martin will be responsible for developing the commercial[…]

MPS appoints LOC Group for design support

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed LOC Group to support the detailed design of its modular platform that will support both wave and wind power generation technologies. Marine and engineering consulting firm LOC Group, part of AqualisBraemar since December 2020, will deliver a work package related to the integration of wind turbine technology on MPS’[…]

London Marine Consultants Scores Double WaveSub Work

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has selected London Marine Consultants for the delivery of two packages of work supporting the first stage of WaveSub full-scale prototype development. The platform package involves the overall design of the floating structure integrating the various subsystems, while the deployment package focuses on the connection of the platform to the mooring[…]

Welsh Business Hires Scottish Wave Energy Power Take-off Unit

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has selected Quoceant as a contractor for the delivery of the first stage of WaveSub energy device’s power take-off design. Under the stage one design workload, the Scottish engineering consultancy Quoceant will work to deliver an overall power take-off (PTO) system design with all major risks addressed ahead of detailed manufacturing designs that[…]

Marine Power Systems On Track to Build a Full-scale Demonstrator Device in Wales

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and obtaining funding from WEFO, MPS is set to build their first commercial demonstrator device in Wales. Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) reached a £1.5m crowdfunding target in just two weeks after launching and then moved into overfunding, now at over £2m. They have also successfully obtained support from WEFO[…]

PTO Search Begins as Wave Energy Developer Advances to Full-scale Device

Swansea-based company is developing a flexible ocean energy extraction technology that can harness wave energy, wind energy and combined wind and wave energy at grid scale. All the machines share a common floating platform technology said to have cost and deployment advantages over other floating platform approaches. The company behind the above-mentioned developments is Marine[…]