A tidal power scheme in the Mersey Estuary in the UK, could deliver enough electricity to meet the average needs of over 200,000 homes but the high construction costs mean that it is unlikely to go ahead without a change in the way we value renewable energy and security of supply. Following many months of [...]
Leading offshore wind developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced its Board level membership of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition in the U.S. The company, which is already actively developing over 7,600MW of offshore wind projects in Europe, recently expressed an interest in developing a major wind farm as part of New Jersey’s offshore wind program. [...]
(Inverness) AWS Ocean Energy has today received additional funding support to develop its new wave energy device. The Highlands company and its project partner, the University of Strathclyde, have received £350,000 from the Technology Strategy Board, which is sponsored by the UK Government to promote and support innovation and technology. The Technology Strategy Board funding [...]
An international panel of marine experts warns in a report released today that the world’s ocean is at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history. The preliminary report arises from the first ever interdisciplinary international workshop to consider the cumulative impact of all stressors affecting the ocean. [...]
Hydro Green Energy, LLC (HGE), a renewable energy company with proprietary hydropower technology, has announced that it has moved its corporate headquarters from Houston, TX to Westmont, IL. The company also announced that it has officially begun the process to obtain federal approval to install and operate seven hydropower projects on the Mississippi River. “Hydro Green [...]
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took the first step towards installation of its second full-scale Oyster wave energy converter last week [15 June] with the arrival of the „Excalibur‟ jack-up barge in Orkney. The vessel is now stationed at the European Marine Energy Centre‟s (EMEC) Billia Croo site, where the Oyster will be installed later [...]
The findings are being published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), was conducted by Andrew Kemp, Yale University; Benjamin Horton, University of Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Donnelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Michael Mann, Pennsylvania State University; Martin Vermeer, Aalto University School [...]
The Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxic zone is predicted to be the largest ever recorded due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University and the University of Michigan. The forecast is based on Mississippi [...]
Baryonyx Corporation has applied to construct offshore wind farms on 67,500 acres of leased land off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. They have selected two locations, the Mustang Site near Corpus Christi, and Rio Grande North & South off the coast of Brownsville.
The Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones, announced this week that it will launch a major $37.9 million project to grow the Wales’ marine sector.
Ocean Renewable Power Company’s 35-ton research vessel and tidal power unit arrived in Portland for the EnergyOcean International Conference, which is expected to draw more than 400 people this week. Christopher Hart, offshore wind manager with the U.S. Department of Energy, delivered the keynote address.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is hiring! Director Michael R. Bromwich announced that the bureau will begin to use multiple-person inspection teams for offshore oil and gas inspections. This internal process improvement will improve oversight and help ensure that offshore operations proceed safely and responsibly. The new process will allow [...]
Oil has been found in the pre-salt formation off the Gabon Coast in central west Africa. The beautiful coastline will be marred and face environmental degradation from the continuing search for fossil fuels. While many would argue that it is good for the Gabon economy, this has not been proven to be true. More than [...]
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth realm made up of itself and six smaller islands at the southern end of the windward islands in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. While Grenada is known as the island of spice due to the production of nutmeg and mace, it could be called the “island of undersea treasures”.
Siemens Energy has installed the first prototype of its next generation offshore wind turbine in Høvsøre, Denmark, and has today initiated the first trial operation. The new SWT-6.0-120 wind turbine with a power rating of 6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 metres uses the innovative Siemens direct drive and proven rotor technology. [...]
When NASA’s Aquarius mission launched this week, its radiometer instruments will take a “skin” reading of the oceans’ salt content at the surface. From these data of salinity in the top 0.4 inch (1 centimeter) of the ocean surface, Aquarius will create weekly and monthly maps of ocean surface salinity all over the globe for [...]
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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