MendoCoastCurrent, March 25, 2009 Aquamarine Power has signed a $2.7 million contract with Fugro Seacore to install their wave energy generator, the Oyster, at the European Marine Energy Center. Aquamarine’s Oyster converter is designed for waters that are from 26-52 feet deep with anticipated installation 550 yards offshore in the second half of 2009. The [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Scottish Oyster Installing at EMEC
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aquamarine Power, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Europe, Fugro Seacore, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Ocean Energy, Oyster, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FERC Proposes Smart Grid Energy Policy & Invites Comments
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Electricity Generation, FERC, Interoperability Standards, Mendocino Coast Current, MendoCoastCurrent, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 20, 2009 Yesterday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), led by Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, filed this FERC Smart Grid Policy Statement introducing a proposed Smart Grid, interoperability standards with an interim period rate plan. FERC has invited comments by May 1, 2009. FERC offered this summary: This proposed policy statement and action plan provides [...]
Wellinghoff Now FERC Chair with Kelly Nominated – Updated
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, FERC, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s Note: On September 21, 2009 FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly declined a nomination to serve a second term on the panel. Kelly, a Democratic commissioner nominated by President Obama, said she was leaving her post for the private sector. A FERC spokeswoman said Kelly would remain in her seat until Congress adjourns later this year. [...]
Queen’s University Ireland Creating NextGen Wave Energy
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aquamarine Power, EMEC, Energy Research, Generate Electricity, Ireland, Marine Power, Oyster, Prof. Trevor Whittaker, Queen's University, Renewable Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Device on March 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
EMMA JACKSON, UniversityWorldNews, March 15, 2009 A research team at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland has renewed a relationship with Aquamarine Power, a leading marine technology energy company. Together they may create the next generation of wave power converters that could some day be an alternative source of power for European maritime states. This [...]
Interior and FERC Announce Agreement on Offshore Renewable Energy Development
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, Marine Energy, MMS, News, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, FERC, FERC Licensing, MMS, MOU, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Permitting Issues, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Flux, Wind Energy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cherry Creek News Staff, March 17, 2009 WASHINGTON, DC – In a joint statement issued today Secretary of the Interior (DOI), Ken Salazar and Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Jon Wellinghoff announced that the two agencies have confirmed their intent to work together to facilitate the permitting of renewable energy in [...]
Center for Ocean Energy Tech Funding Ocean Turbine Studies
Posted in Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Florida, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged COET, Commercialization, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, FAU, FERC, Florida, Funding, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaTech, Susan Skemp, Turbines, U.S., US Energy Policy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ocean Energy Council, March 17, 2009 Researchers in Dania Beach, Fla., landed almost $1.2 million in a federal grant to continue working on an underwater turbine prototype that will use ocean currents to generate power. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) joined Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fla., today to announced [...]
Wave Energy Flux Around the World
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, Map, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Flux on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 17, 2009 Here’s a map indicating the measurement of wave energy flux around the world: From March 2009 Greentech Innovations Report.
Surf Battle Generates Fear of Ocean Squatting
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, Marine Energy, MMS, New Jersey, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Carol Browner, Deepwater Wind, DOI, East Coast, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Federal Power Act, FERC, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Leasing Issues, MMS, New Jersey, Obama, Permit Flipping, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EVAN LEHMANN, The New York Times, March 17, 2009 The oceans might not be big enough for sharp-elbowed renewable energy developers. Aspiring power producers are claiming sweeping stretches of sea along the East Coast, sometimes overlapping each other and igniting modern-day allegations of “claim jumping.” Open water miles from shore is the newest frontier for [...]
Oceanlinx with ABB Builds Wave Energy OWC Prototype
Posted in Australia, Desalination, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged ABB, Australia, Desalination, Oceanlinx, Oscillating Water Columns, OWC, Port Kembla, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PaceToday.com, March 16, 2009 AUSTRALIA: ABB has helped Oceanlinx to construct a 250kW Wave Energy Conversion unit – a full-scale prototype designed to extract energy from ocean waves and convert it to electricity or to convert ocean water to clean water. The Wave Energy Conversion unit was completed at the ABB Performance Service Centre located [...]
MMS and FERC Rivalry Stalls Wind Energy
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, DOI, FERC, Marine Energy, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, FERC, MMS, Obama, OCS, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Offshore Wind Farms, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, The Associated Press, March 16, 2009 While the Obama administration has touted offshore renewable energy development, a turf fight between two federal agencies has stymied the government’s ability to issue rules needed to approve wind energy projects off America’s coasts. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday the infighting has got to stop. “It will be [...]
Portugal’s Wave and Wind Energy Projects Dwindling
Posted in Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Aguçadoura, Economic Issues, EDP, Energy Research, Europe, Floating Foundations, Funding, Offshore Wind, Pelamis, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, WavEC, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PATRICK BLUM, International Herald Tribune, March 15, 2009 LISBON: Projects for wind and wave energy beset by technical snags and dwindling investment In July, a Pelamis wave power generator, an articulated steel machine like a giant semi-submerged sausage, was towed into the deep Atlantic, off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal, and attached to a [...]
Kelliher Leaves FERC
Posted in FERC, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged FERC, FERC Leadership, FERC Restructuring, Joseph T. Kelliher, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CHRIS NEWKUMET, Platts.com, March 9, 2009 US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Joseph Kelliher on Monday said he will leave the agency March 13. Kelliher was chairman of FERC from July 9, 2005, until January 22, 2009, and has served at the commission since November 20, 2003. Just before the inauguration of President Barack Obama, [...]
Secretary Salazar: Renewable Energy Now Top Priority
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, MMS, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Biomass, BLM, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy and Climate Change Task Force, Environmental Issues, EPA, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 11, 2009 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he has just signed his first order establishing renewable energy generation as the top priority of the Department of the Interior. Following President Obama’s lead in steering the United States into this new energy path, he said this agenda would create jobs and [...]
