Recently the Washington State government announced that it will be funding a 50 Mwatt demonstration wave energy plant along its coast. Wave Energy Developer Carnegie Corporation Limited (ASX:CNM) has advised the Western Australian State Government that it will receive $12.5 million from the State’s Low Emissions Energy Development (LEED) fund. The planned commercial demonstration Wave Energy project has the [...]
SDE’s patented method of producing electrical energy from the power of a wave consists of using sea wave motion to generate hydraulic pressure, which is then transformed into electricity. The system takes advantage of the wave’s speed, height, depth, rise and fall, and the flow beneath the approaching wave, thus producing energy. A full-scale model [...]
Renewable Energy Training. April 29th , 2009 Garrad Hassan is offerering a one day course entitled “Introduction to Wave and Tidal Energy Conversion. This one day course is for professionals who wish to increase their knowledge of the key issues associated with wave and tidal energy conversion technologies. A detailed overview of the fundamental principles behind [...]
What is Ocean Engineering? The name certainly sounds good but what is that trained ocean engineers do for a living? According to the experts at Florida Atlantic University, Ocean Engineering is defined as a multidisciplinary engineering field aimed at solving engineering problems associated with working in the ocean environment and wisely exploring and harnessing the ocean’s [...]
Pelamis Wave Power Ltd which is a manufacturer of a unique system to generate renewable electricity from ocean waves has recently announced the sale of one if its next generation wave power generators. According to the company they have recieved an order from E.on, one of the UK’s leading renewable generators, for the next generation of [...]
Last week and one week before earthday, a landmark finding was announced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. After a thorough scientific review ordered by the US Supreme Court in 2007, the EPA has concluded that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. The proposed finding, which now moves to a public comment [...]
The 2nd annual International Wave Energy Summit is bing held in London , England this year. The event is running from June 30th to July 1st. Organisers say that the main objective this year is to push the Wave technology industry forward by addressing the key challenges that will slow its development. These challenges include access to [...]
Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro has announced that it has secured a major contract to develop a tidal energy pilot project for a public utility provider in Washington State in the U.S. The announcement was made today at Stanford University in the U.S. where the Irish Technology Leaders Silicon Valley Awards are taking place. The [...]
Aquamarine Power Gets Green Light for 2.4MW Demonstration Project in Orkney
Ecotricity Enters Wave Energy Industry
Alstom and SSE Renewables Create Joint Venture to Co-Develop World’s Largest Wave Farm off the Coast of Scotland
Pelamis Wave Power Up for Sale
Major New Green Energy Fund Acquires Stake in Aquamarine Power
Eco Wave Power Company is Taking the Fast Track to Success
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