Australian ocean energy company, BioPower Systems has announced that it had secured land access, onshore development rights and project intellectual property for a commercial-scale wave energy site located near the town of Port Fairy, Victoria. The site offers unobstructed exposure to the immense wave power resource produced by the Southern Ocean. “This stretch of coastline [...]
The loss of human life yesterday at SeaWorld was tragic. The appropriate response to this tragedy would be to end the captivity of Killer Whales and the inexcusable exploitation of them by the entertainment industry.
A STUDY is underway to explore options for tidal energy generation across the Duddon Estuary in South Cumbria. Tidal barrages, fences, reefs and other innovative technologies will all be considered along with the potential for a road link between Barrow-in-Furness and Millom at the southern tip of Britain’s Energy Coast™.
IBERDROLA RENOVABLES, through its ScottishPower Renewables subsidiary, and Vattenfall have set up a 50/50 joint venture, East Anglia Offshore Wind, to develop this project off the coast of East Anglia. Over the past 12 months, both companies have worked with the Crown Estate in assessing the zone. Studies have revealed the significant energy potential of [...]
Australian Wave Energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, recently announced the formal launch yesterday of its Perth Wave Energy Project. The announcement was made by WesternAustralian Minister for Energy the Honorable Peter Collier at Carnegie’s Wave Energy Research Facility in Fremantle, Western Australia. Stage one of the project, which has already commenced, involves the deployment of a [...]
Clipper Windpower Marine Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Clipper Windpower, Inc. (‘Clipper’) has announced the groundbreaking of its offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Neptune Estate, Tyne, UK. The new factory, a 4000 m2 facility, is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2010. The site is owned by the City [...]
OPT is developing the first commercial wave park on the West Coast of the United States located 2.5 miles offshore near Reedsport, Oregon. The wave park will consist of ten (10) PB150 PowerBuoys, an undersea substation to collect the power, and a submarine cable to deliver the renewable power to the Pacific Northwest electric grid. [...]
Oregon State University (OSU) and University of Washington (UW) are partnering to develop the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) with a full range of capabilities to support wave and tidal energy development for the United States. NNMREC activities are structured to close key gaps in understanding, inform regulatory and policy decisions, and facilitate [...]
SeaGen, the world-leading prototype commercial tidal energy turbine designed and deployed by Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) has exceeded 1000 hours of operation in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) will unveil the tidal energy company’s underwater electric generator and its Turbine Generator Unit (TGU) support structure in Bangor on Thursday, Feb. 18
Six most promising technologies selected and funded to spearhead UK’s marine drive Marine energy will be ready for mass scale deployment and an important new commercial UK industry by 2020 says the Carbon Trust, as it announces the six most promising technologies that will today receive new funding to speed up the deployment of full [...]
The generation of commercial quantities of electricity from Irish wave power has moved a step closer with the signing of an agreement by Ireland’s leading wave energy development company, Ocean Energy Limited with one of the world’s leading turbine manufacturers, US multinational Dresser-Rand. The move endorses Ocean Energy’s technology and also boosts the Government’s alternative [...]
AREVA, via its German subsidiary Multibrid, has successfully installed and commissioned the first six M5000 turbines for the Alpha Ventus project, the first German offshore wind park located in the North Sea, 45 kilometers off the island of Borkum. The group is creating a reference in the offshore wind industry with its 5 MW turbines [...]
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. recently announced the successful deployment of one of its PowerBuoys(R) at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii. The Company has also been awarded $380,000 in additional funding for the PowerBuoy’s commissioning and in-ocean operation. Building, deployment and operation of this PowerBuoy is part of a program with the US Navy to [...]
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
UK Government Steps in to Assure Future of Cornwall Wave Hub Site
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