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 [...]
Crest Energy Limited has been granted consents to construct a marine tidal turbine power station in the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour in Northland, northern New Zealand. The project comprises up to 200 completely submerged marine tidal turbines with a maximum generating capacity of around 200MW, located invisibly underwater.
Drammen, NO — Draka Offshore has announced The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has once again selected Draka as their subsea power cable provider with a further purchase of cables and logistical solutions.
The Canoe Pass Tidal Energy Consortium is proposing to construct and operate the Canoe Pass Tidal Energy Project at a site located about 14 kilometres (km) north of Campbell River, British Columbia (BC), Canada. The Project will involve the installation of two 250 kilowatt (kW) vertical-axis hydrokinetic turbines in a new pile-supported turbine support structure constructed in the narrow channel between Quadra and Maud Islands. The Project also involves the re-establishment of natural tidal flow through the channel by removal of fill from an existing man-made causeway constructed in the 1940s
Chief Minister of the State of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, has approved a 50MW tidal power project to be constructed in the Gulf of Kutch in the Indian State of Gujarat. The ceremony was also attended by Minister of State, the Honorable Saurabhbhai Patel. The MoU was signed as part of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2011, coined ‘Davos [...]
Bord Gáis Energy has committed €2million to OpenHydro Plans for Ireland’s first tidal energy farm OpenHydro, the Irish tidal renewable energy company and Bord Gáis Energy have concluded an agreement for Bord Gáis Energy to become a shareholder in OpenHydro. In addition to the investment, OpenHydro and Bord Gáis Energy have formed a joint venture focused on the development of a utility scale tidal farm off the coast of Ireland.
BOEM Seeks Input on an Environmental Assessment for Ocean Current Technology Testing Offshore Florida
UK Opens a £20Million Marine Energy Grant Opportunity
U.S. DOE to Fund One Wave Energy Project for One Year
Norway’s Wello Will Deploy Wave Energy Converter at EMEC by the end of the Month
Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended January 31, 2012
Ocean Renewable Power Company Receives Permit for Tidal Energy Project in Bay of Fundy
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