Article Archive for March 2010
The UK Government today welcomed Siemens plans to invest £80million in the UK for offshore wind production facilities, following the Government’s Budget announcement of £60m for a competition to develop manufacturing and assembly sites sites …
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and US Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the two agencies, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, will cooperate more closely and align priorities to support …
The Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd (SIEC), a subsidiary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shanghai Sub-council, have …
Oregon Wave Energy Trust has announced the release of the Wave Energy Infrastructure Assessment in Oregon, completed by Advanced Research Corporation, an expert in the areas of marine studies and applications, including renewable energy technology …
Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables have been awarded the rights to develop a major offshore wind farm off the east coast of England in the North Sea. Fully utilised, it has potential to meet the equivalent …
More than 275,000 people and leading scientific and conservation organisations from the UK and around the world have called on the UK government to establish a protected area in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), …
BWEA, the trade body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries, recently welcomed The Prime Minister’s announcement of the next generation of offshore wind farms. The industry body called on the Government to ensure …
Vattenfall recently presented plans for the first wave power plant outside the Shetland Is-lands in the eastern Atlantic. The project could achieve installed capacity up to 20 MW as early as 2014, and it can …
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has announced the award of EUR 2.2 million under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme, by the EC Directorate responsible for new and renewable sources of energy, energy efficiency and innovation.
The …
The latest future concept from industrial designer Yanko Design is a wave powered warning system for ocean or river navigation. The designer envisions using these devices to warn boaters of shallow waters, icebergs or other …
A small British-based tidal energy company has won a landmark contract to attempt to harness the power of the sea around India for the first time.
Atlantis Resources has forged a deal with the western state …
