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By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) Since MPS launched its new tech offerings, DualSub and WindSub in April, we’ve witnessed a series of unprecedented events in the world of climate, politics and green business. From climate protests led by Extinction Rebellion which have pushed climate change right up the news […]

By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) Following National Grid’s announcement that 2018 was the first year UK renewable energy capacity surpassed that of fossil fuels, there’s been a something of a shift in the perceived relationship between renewables and fossil fuels.  This was compounded by the release of BP’s annual […]

By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) In this blog our CEO Gareth Stockman considers a bold climate action to emerge from the USA before charting MPS’s progress and looking ahead to the next few months. Last month, our Chief Technical Officer Graham Foster wrote on this blog about climate change […]

By Dr Graham Foster, Chief Technical Officer, Marine Power Systems The summer of 2018 has been like no other. Record-breaking highs. A stalled jet stream. Sweltering temperatures from France to Finland. Wildfires in Sweden, Greece, electricity rationing in California. A ‘natural disaster’ declared in Japan. Is this simply an anomaly, or a clear example that […]

By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) Following the news that the WaveSub was successfully launched in January, we’ve been busy working through a suite of initial tests to confirm the device is absolutely ready to move into the next phase of testing at FaBTest. The outcome of these tests has […]

By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) As February drew to a close, the first snowflakes of the infamous ‘Beast from the East’ arrived at the Marine Power Systems HQ. The snow also hit RenewableUK’s Wave & Tidal conference in Glasgow at which we were present, making it – I assume […]

By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) Without dispute, 2017 was a landmark year for the UK’s renewable energy industry. Enjoying its first 24 hours without coal in March, history was made in September when two developers agreed to build offshore wind farms at a record-low strike price of £57.50 per […]

It has been quite a year. Within the last 12 months Marine Power Systems have surged forward towards its long-term ambition to unleash the energy generation potential of the ocean’s waves. Last December Welsh Minister Jane Hutt joined us to deliver the announcement that MPS had reached a significant milestone with the build stage of […]

By Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Power Systems (MPS) Today we unveil our quarter scale WaveSub prototype. It is a momentous day for the company and all those who were involved in the project over the last nine years of its creation. As we prepare for the unveiling, we take a moment to […]

By Dr Graham Foster, Chief Technology Officer,  Marine Power Systems (MPS) In this month’s blog, CTO Graham Foster takes some time to consider the challenges of energy generation at sea and explains how the unique mechanics of the WaveSub device address them. How do you successfully generate energy from moving water? This question has occupied the […]