Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. “The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for the Solar & Hydro Division,” said Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. “We [...]
OpenHydro announced it was named Best Company in the ‘Other Renewable Energy’ category by the Global Cleantech Cluster Association http://www.globalcleantech.org/awards/ . Winning the GCCA Later Stage Award demonstrates OpenHydro’s significant success in the growing cleantech industry. OpenHydro was nominated for the GCCA Later Stage Award by GCCA Member Cluster An tSlí Ghlas, The Green Way – Ireland’s Cleantech [...]
British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%. “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative marine current power plants,” said Michael Axmann, CFO of the [...]
The Irish Crown Estate has given the go-ahead for an investigation into the possibility of locating up to six tidal turbines in the Irish Sea that would generate enough electricity to supply 2,700 homes. Two Scottish companies, Nautricity Ltd, a Scottish developer of tidal generation technology, and Argyll Tidal Ltd are behind the scheme. The [...]
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has announced that it has launched the development of a tidal energy power generation system. Kawasaki is looking to leverage experience in building ocean vessels, marine engines and structures along with their engineering expertise in high efficiency gas turbine power plants to harness the energy of tidal currents. The New [...]
The first grid-connected, commercial scale tidal turbine went into opertaion at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland last week. The 1MW device was developed by Atlantis Resources Corporation. The AR1000, as it is called, is a behemoth standing 73 feet off the seabed with an 18 metre rotor diameter. This is great news [...]
Key industry tidal energy experts are set to map out their plans to deliver large scale installation projects for tidal energy devices at the 5th Annual International Tidal Energy Summit and Awards this November. With demonstration tidal projects already producing energy in Europe, America and Asia and the first multi megawatt arrays in the pipeline [...]
According to Australia’s ABC news, eight years after it was abandoned due to cost overruns, the large scale tidal power plant in the Kimberley region is back on the agenda. The developer, Tidal Energy Australia, has reapplied for environmental approval for the project. The $400 million project would be the world’s third largest at a [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology today introduced a new database highlighting the energy potential available in the United States from ocean tides. This online database is an important step towards providing information that can improve the performance, lower the costs, and accelerate the deployment of innovative [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Renewables company, Sustainable Marine Technologies (SMT), is restructuring its operations to take on today’s greatest challenge to ocean renewable energy – the high costs of device deployment and maintenance access. The marine integration engineering company, which only last year was nominated for Best Newcomer in the international Tidal Awards, will now become a technology developer. [...]
This has been a great week for renewable energy! President Barack Obama delivered a much anticipated speech on energy yesterday, and the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa has the U.S. talking about energy security in a serious manner(for the time being, anyway).
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected to supply major elements of electrical equipment for a 1MW tidal turbine known as HS1000.
The Scottish Government this week (Thursday 17th March) approved ScottishPower Renewables’ plans to develop a 10MW tidal power array in The Sound of Islay on Scotland’s west coast. The project, the first of its kind in the world, envisages generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of the whole island. It is also the first [...]
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Ecotricity Enters Wave Energy Industry
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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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