Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 January, 2012: I am pleased to be with you for this Assembly at the beginning of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Abu Dhabi, home to IRENA and host of the [...]
In a major legal victory today for Cape Wind, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in two decisions unanimously upheld the long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between Cape Wind and National Grid. “This decision provides a big boost for creating up to 1,000 jobs and providing Massachusetts with cleaner air, greater energy independence and a [...]
The offshore marine energy project in Cornwall, which allows developers to test new wave energy technology, will be taken on by the Government to secure its future as a vital part of the UK’s green energy sources. Wave Hub provides a shared offshore infrastructure for the demonstration and proving of arrays of wave energy generation devices [...]
Against what many would call astronomical odds, a small midwestern U.S. company, Tremont Electric, has been granted US Patent 8,022,563 for the nPower® Wave Energy Converter (WEC), a commercial scale application of Tremont Electric’s nPower® kinetic energy harvesting technology. We are proud to put Cleveland, Ohio at the cutting edge of clean energy technology with [...]
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took another major step towards the commercialisation of its Oyster technology with the announcement today of £7 million of new funding and a commitment of further investment in the company from its existing shareholders over the next two years. The company has closed a funding round of £7 million comprising [...]
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) a leading wave energy technology company, is pleased to announce the deployment for sea trials of a unique autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the expansion of the Company’s PowerBuoy product line. “This is a significant achievement for Ocean Power Technologies in the development and commercialization of its [...]
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 [...]
Contracts have been awarded to the New England Aquarium and the College of Staten Island to collect migratory and habitat usage data on marine wildlife to help the evaluate sites for future wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Massachusetts. The contracts were awarded by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center [...]
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing this week to explore the roadblocks to the development of renewable energy projects on public lands. Dan Reicher, Executive Director of the Steve Taylor Center for Energy Policy & Finance at Stanford University gave a compelling testimony.
Lee Crockett, director, Federal Fisheries Policy for the Pew Environment Group, released the following statement in response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) announcement regarding the listing of Atlantic bluefin tuna under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
A collaborative project bringing together three of Europe’s leading utilities and wave energy technologies provided by Aquamarine Power and Pelamis has been selected by the UK Government for a major European funding bid.
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy (ASX: CWE) is pleased to advise that its commercial scale CETO 3 unit has successfully completed its primary offshore testing phase with sufficient data collected to allow the finalisation of the design for a grid connected commercial demonstration project.
$6 million invested in local economy, creating or saving up to 100 jobs Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT), (“OPT” or the “Company”), 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, [...]
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 is focused on development of innovative technologies that can produce power more efficiently, reduce costs and increase sustainable [...]
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne today welcomed a £3 million marine renewable energy contract between Edinburgh-based wave energy developer Aquamarine Power and Falmouth-based marine drilling specialists Fugro Seacore (Seacore).
Unveiling a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced major steps forward in support of offshore wind energy in the United States, including new funding opportunities for up to $50.5 million for projects that support offshore wind energy deployment and several high priority wind energy areas in the mid-Atlantic that will spur rapid, responsible development of this abundant renewable resource.
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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