Australia’s ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Spanish Global Project Development Company Elecnor SA. The MOU establishes a process for the two companies to work towards agreements for development of wave energy projects using BioPower’s proprietary bioWAVE™ technology in Elecnor’s core business regions; [...]
Oct 29 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and London Stock Exchange have signed a commercial engineering services agreement to develop OPT’s wave energy systems for use in future utility-scale power generation projects. Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin will provide its expertise in systems integration, lean manufacturing, and test and optimization analysis to enhance OPT’s innovative [...]
Oct 24 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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UW oceanographer is a lead scientist in largest airborne survey of polar ice During the next six years Operation Ice Bridge will use aircraft to conduct what NASA says is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at the Earth’s polar regions. Flights over Antarctica, with University of Washington oceanographer Seelye Martin as chief [...]
Oct 11 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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In a pilot project designed to harness the power of the ocean breezes along North Carolina’s coast, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke Energy announced they have signed a contract to place up to three demonstration wind turbines in the Pamlico Sound. The pilot project builds on a nine-month study completed [...]
Oct 10 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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The US Department of Energy, recognizing the important role that ocean power technologies can play in a comprehensive renewable energy strategy, has announced the following funding for ocean power research and development: Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA) will perform desktop and laboratory flume studies that will produce information needed to determine the potential [...]
Oct 10 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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HALIFAX ? Nova Scotia Power and its technology partner OpenHydro have unveiled a 1-megawatt (MW) tidal turbine which they will deploy in the Bay of Fundy this fall as part of Nova Scotia’s tidal power test facility. The Open-Centre Turbine was manufactured in Ireland by OpenHydro. The turbine will rest directly on the ocean floor [...]
Oct 3 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power was honoured with the ‘Best Green Industry SME Award’ at the Scottish Green Awards, held in Glasgow last night (1 October 2009). Aquamarine Power is developing the UK’s first nearshore wave energy converter, known as Oyster. Last month, Oyster moved a step closer to generating clean energy with the completion [...]
Oct 2 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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