Hydrokinetic projects are projects that generate electricity from waves or directly from the flow of water in ocean currents, tides or inland waterways. According to some in the industry they are seeing an increased inflow of capital to the sector from investors, utilities and applications for federal stimulus money. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [...]
President Barack Obama has proclaimed June 2009 as National Oceans Month. He has used this occasion to announce the enactment of a task force to draft the first ever United States National Policy for the Oceans, Coasts and Great Lakes. The Ocean Policy Task Force (Task Force), to be led by the Chair of the [...]
Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC (ORPC) is a Delaware limited liability company founded in 2004 for the purpose of generating reliable, competitive, emission-free electricity from the virtually unlimited energy resources of the world’s tidal, river and deep water ocean currents. ORPC has made great advances in the development of its proprietary ocean current generation (OCGen™) [...]
We want to thank Pelamis Wave Power for the following press release, announcing that the movie HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand will be available to view free on YouTube, but only until June 14th. The cinematography is excellent, it is beautiful to watch and very educational as well. The clip of the Pelamis P1-A machine appears [...]
Earlier this week, investigators said they had located pieces of the plane in the southern Atlantic Ocean, which might have given them clues to the origin of Air France Flight 447′s crash. But on Thursday, Brazilian officials said what they had found was nothing more than run-of-the-mill ocean trash. These events have highlighted the increasing [...]
According to conference organisers the 6th annual EnergyOcean conference is now established as the world’s leading event focusing on renewable and sustainable energy from the oceans. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about technological advances, investment opportunities, regulatory issues, and planned and implemented projects around the world. No other ocean renewables event provides such [...]
Every summer in Savannah, Georgia, the nearby Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) hosts its own Ocean Film Festival, a wildly popular affair that brings the ocean realm to the big screen for all to see. This year from June 11-14, 2009, several thousand residents, visitors, and filmmakers will gather in Savannah for the [...]
StatoilHydro has announced that it intends to build what will be the world’s first full scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, and test it over a two-year period. The company is investing approximately 400 million NOK. The HyWind-prototype will be situated 10 km off the west coast of Norway, offshore Karmøy.The rotor blades on the floating wind [...]
The large scale desalination plant being developed in Carlsbad, California by Poseidon Resources appears to have cleared its final regulatory approval hurdle. The Carlsbad project is scheduled to begin construction in 2009 and be operational by the end of 2011 producing 50 million gallons of purified water per day. In California alone, 20 desalination projects [...]
(Providence, RI) – Today hundreds of communities around the globe will celebrate World Oceans Day – an opportunity to learn about our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea, to raise awareness about the crucial role the ocean plays in our lives, and the important ways people can help to protect our shared [...]
Aquamarine Power which is considered to be one of the world’s leading wave energy companies recently announced the successful test results from its Oyster® wave energy converter (“Oyster®”). The device has now produced and exported electricity to the grid at the New and Renewable Energy Centre (“NaREC”) near Newcastle, for the first time. By producing [...]
Blue Energy Canada Inc. recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Energy Research to finance the company’s first 200 MW commercial tidal power project at a location yet to be announced. Global climate change, peak oil and soaring energy prices have made it imperative to find viable, large-scale renewable green energy [...]
EDF group is building the first pilot tidal turbine farm in France to produce electricity from the energy contained in tidal currents at Paimpol (Côtes d’Armor), in an area with some of the strongest currents in Europe. Irish company OpenHydro Group Ltd has been chosen to build the first underwater tidal turbinesat Paimpol-Bréhat (Côtes d’Armor). [...]
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