Press Release. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday, his approval of Cape Wind with a favorable Record of Decision for the project to be constructed on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. “Secretary Salazar’s decision today to approve Cape Wind has launched the American offshore wind industry. It [...]
Press Release – The response to BP/Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon incident continues as responders have scheduled a controlled, on-location burn to begin at approximately 11 a.m. CDT today—a strategy designed to minimize environmental risks by removing large quantities of oil in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20 explosion. Part of a coordinated response combining tactics [...]
Press Release. The Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) announced the release of the Utility Market Initiative (UMI). The UMI, conducted on behalf of OWET by Pacific Energy Ventures (PEV) – a renewable energy consulting and business development firm – was designed to offer electric utilities strategies and technical tools to guide the integration of wave [...]
Update: The Deepwater Horizon oil rig which exploded into flames on April 20th and sank in the Gulf of Mexico on April 23rd, is currently leaking oil at a rate of 42,000 barrels per day. The platform was operated by Transcocean of Houston for BP. BP is in charge of cleanup. Executive Doug Suttles said [...]
The oil rig explosion Tuesday night, and fire that continues burning 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana is a tragedy. Several workers are in critical condition and 11 are still unaccounted for. The environmental effects of the disaster are not yet known and may not be known for some time.  The rig, named the [...]
The wait is almost over! Disney Nature announced on Earth Day last year, that they would release their “Oceans” movie on Earth Day 2010, and it is finally almost here. Now don’t get me wrong, their movie “Earth” , released last year at this time was very good, but we are a little biased towards the [...]
(BUSINESS WIRE) –Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) (“OPT” or the “Company”) announces that it has won a $1.5 million award from the US Department of Energy (“DoE”) for the development of OPT’s next generation PowerBuoy(R) wave power system. The DoE grant will be used to help fund the [...]
Australian authorities are racing to prevent a Chinese bulk coal carrier from breaking apart and causing an environmental disaster to the Great Barrier Reef, one of the wonders of the natural world and a designated World Heritage Site. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the Chinese-registered Shen Neng 1 was off course and travelling at full [...]
Funded by a U.S. Department of Energy award of $1 million, the Hydro Research Foundation is establishing a competitive Hydro Fellowship Program to award two-year fellowships for up to 26 graduate and doctoral level students to conduct relevant research in the field of hydropower-related engineering, environmental and biologic sciences, analysis, or economics. These fellowships will [...]
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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