The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the Canadian Federal Fisheries Department to pay Ecojustice (formerly the Sierra Legal Defense Fund) $80,000 Cdn in court costs in a case in which the Canadian Government was found to be negligent in protecting critical habitat of resident killer whales. This habitat protection by the federal government is [...]
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT), a leading wave energy technology company, announced today that it is awarding four major new contracts to Oregon companies in connection with the manufacture of its PB150 PowerBuoy(R) wave energy generating device, and its deployment off the coast of Reedsport, Oregon.
A site has been selected near Newport, Ore., for a new wave energy test program, the first of its kind in the United States and the closest one this side of Scotland.
Departments of Energy and Interior Announce $26.6 Million in Funding to Develop Advanced Hydropower Technologies Washington, D.C. – U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced $26.6 million in funding for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology, including pumped storage hydropower. This funding [...]
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has approved a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted for the Cape Wind Energy Project, which is required before construction may begin on the generation facility planned in Nantucket Sound.
Indian trial of a unique Australian solar system will move it towards full production Australian solar power company Sunengy Pty Limited has entered into a partnership with India’s largest integrated private power utility, Tata Power that will allow it build a pilot plant for its low-cost, floating-on-water, solar technology in India by the end of [...]
Kyle Rhea Tidal Energy Project: Marine Current Turbines meets the Highland Council’s leader Inverness: Martin Wright, Chief Executive of Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today (Tuesday, April 12th) met with Dr Michael Foxley, the Leader of The Highland Council’s Administration and senior officers of the Council to discuss the company’s proposed tidal energy farm at Kyle [...]
OceanGen™ power units to be jointly manufactured by Levant and Battelle to address challenges to ocean instrument power sources Columbus, OH –– Battelle and Levant Power Corporation jointly announced today the two companies plan to develop and commercialize wave energy harvesting technology for ocean systems. Providing consistent, uninterrupted power to sensors, vehicles and communications systems [...]
NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued new rules today on vessel traffic, aimed at protecting Southern Resident killer whales in Washington’s Puget Sound. These charismatic marine mammals, popular with tourists, whale-watch operators and the general public, were added to the Endangered Species list in late 2005.
A consortium of marine energy industry leaders and academic institutes are taking part in a new project aimed at accelerating the marine energy industry. The Hebridean Marine Energy Futures Project will focus on identifying and characterising wave energy sites off the coast of the Outer Hebrides and will examine the potential environmental impact of wave [...]
Wave Rider Energy is looking to harness the wave energy on the Eyre Peninsula’s West Coast with a $2.5 million pilot plant 800 metres off Lock Wells south of Elliston.
Researchers in Hawaii have been conducting simulations of ocean currents that which have led them to believe that islands of debris containing houses, chemicals, trees, tires, etc.. will travel across the Pacific and hit the U.S. Coast.
Vestas has developed a prototype offshore wind turbine that will bring the offshore wind industry to the next level. This turbine is simply massive . Each blade is the length of 9 London double decker buses line up bumper to bumper(80m). It stands 105m tall. But size is not the only impressive thing about this turbine, the power [...]
The truth is that the area designated as critical is really what was left over after the economic interests of oil companies and other businesses were protected. If NOAA deems its mission is to protect business before endangered species, they should have the guts to say so. Or did it let the right wing political agenda of the state of Alaska influence their decision. Here are some interesting facts regarding this habitat designation:
(as of 6:00 pm, April 9) All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down.
The waters of Whiting Harbor near Sitka, Alaska, are icy this late winter morning, but “ROVer” doesn’t mind, it doesn’t even shiver. The remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, from NOAA’s Auke Bay Laboratories is on a mission: Find “rock vomit.” Lesser known as Didemnum vexillum, rock vomit is an invasive sea squirt discovered in Alaska [...]
Aquamarine Power Gets Green Light for 2.4MW Demonstration Project in Orkney
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
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