STEPHEN IVALL, Falmouth Packet UK, June 27, 2009 The ambition for Cornwall to become a world-leading centre for wave energy has moved a step closer to reality with the launch of a two-tonne (2000kg) buoy off the coast of Falmouth. Developed by a team at the University of Exeter, the South Western Mooring Test Facility [...]
Archive for June, 2009
British Wave Energy Buoy Powers On
Posted in Britain, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Cornwall, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Funding, PRIMaRE, Renewable Energy, SWMTF, UK, United Kingdom, University of Exeter, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Hub on June 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
New England Tidal Energy Research Scores $950K Federal Grant
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Maine, Massachusettts, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Rhode Island, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Atlantic Ocean, ATMC, Cape Cod, Dartmouth, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Maine, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, MREC, MTC, New England, New England Renewable Energy Center, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Rhode Island, Tidal Energy, U.S., UMass, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GRANT WELKER, Herald News, June 25, 2009 A renewable energy consortium based at the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center has received a $950,000 federal grant to study the potential for a tidal-energy project between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, among other projects. The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center, which includes professors and students from the [...]
Zoi Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for EERE
Posted in Dept. of Energy, DOE, Energy Efficiency, EPA, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cathy Zoi, Dept. of Energy, DOE, EERE, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph Romm, ClimateProgress, June 22, 2009 On June 19th, the United States Senate, by voice vote, confirmed Cathy Zoi to be the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Cathy Zoi, CEO of Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, will now serve as Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) under Energy [...]
Senate Adopts Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act
Posted in Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Adaptive Management Program, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Marine Energy, Marine Renewable Promotion Act, MendoCoastCurrent, Ocean Energy, OREC, Renewable Energy, Sean O'Neill, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Senate, Wave Energy on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 19, 2009 The United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today adopted legislation to include key provisions of the Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act (Senate Act 923). In response, the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) commended Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for including the marine energy [...]
Obama Energy Officials Reveal New Western States Renewable Energy Initiatives and Strategies
Posted in ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, tagged ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, MOU, National Electricity Grid, Obama, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, Western States, Wildlife Data Systems on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 17, 2009 The West has been at the forefront of the country’s development and implementation of renewable energy technologies, leading the way in passing effective Renewable Portfolio Standards and harnessing the region’s significant renewable energy resources. The initiatives announced at the recent annual western governors’ meeting offered a collaboration of federal and state [...]
Ocean Energy Moving Toward Commercialization
Posted in EPRI, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy, tagged BP, Chevron, EPRI, Europe, Lockheed Marting, Marine Renewables, Ocean Current, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, Renewable Energy, River Hydrokinetics, Scottish Power, Shell, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PETER ASMUS, Pike Research, June 17, 2009 The earth is the water planet, so it should come as no great surprise that forms of water power have been one of the world’s most popular “renewable” energy sources. Yet the largest water power source of all – the ocean that covers three-quarters of earth – has [...]
John R. Norris Appointed to FERC Commission
Posted in FERC, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged FERC, John R. Norris, Jon Wellinghoff, Joseph Kelliher, Marc Spitzer, Philip Moeller, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Tom Vilsack, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: On October 14, 2009 John R. Norris’ FERC nomination received endorsement from the U.S. Senate Panel. MendoCoastCurrent, June 11, 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Iowa Democrat John R. Norris to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, filling the seat vacated by the resignation of former Chairman Joseph Kelliher, a Republican. Norris was most recently [...]
OPT Reaching Milestones with PowerBuoy in Scotland
Posted in Electricity Generation, EMEC, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, EMEC, Europe, European Marine Energy Centre, Manufacturing, Mark R. Draper, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EnergyCurrent, June 11, 2009 Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (OPT) has reached two major manufacturing milestones in the development of the company’s PB150 PowerBuoy, a wave energy converter that is to be ready for deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland by the end of 2009. The mechanical elements of the power take-off [...]
GE Energy Lands $500M in Bahrain Project
Posted in Electricity Generation, Funding, Natural Gas Turbines, News, Persian Gulf, Steam Turbines, tagged Al Dur Project, Bahrain, Electricity Generation, Funding, Gas Turbines, GE Energy, Natural Gas Turbines, Renewable Energy, Steam Turbines, Steve Bolze on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PAM ALLEN, The Business Review, Albany, June 11, 2009 GE Energy said today it has secured more than $500 million in contracts to supply advanced power generation equipment and long-term services for the Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project, the largest power plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain, an Arabic country in the Persian [...]
NextLight Inks Solar Energy Deal with PG&E
Posted in Arizona, Bay Area, California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Power Plant, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Southern California, U.S., tagged Agua Caliente, Antelope Valley, Arizona, AV Solar Ranch, California, Energy Capital Partners, First Solar, Frank De Rosa, Funding, NextLight, NextLight Renewable Power, OptiSolar, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Power Plant, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Southern California, SunEdison, SunPower, U.S. on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCILLA WANG, The Greentech Innovations Report, June 9, 2009 When Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced a deal to buy solar power from a proposed 230-megawatt project last Friday, it shone a spotlight on a two-year-old company with a different business model than many startups who have inked similar deals with the utility. The deal [...]
The Renewable Energy Vision of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff
Posted in Cap and Trade Policies, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Fossil Fuel, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Peak Oil, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Cap and Trade Policies, Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Coal-fired Power Plants, Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Electricity Generation, Electricity Grids, FERC, Grid Hacks, Jon Wellinghoff, Natural Gas, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2009 When giving his slide presentation on America’s new energy direction, Jon Wellinghoff sometimes sneaks in a picture of himself seated in a midnight blue, all-electric Tesla sports car. It often wins a laugh, but makes a key point: The United States is accelerating in a new [...]
Worldwide Investments Increasing in Tidal, Wave and Hydrokinetic Energy
Posted in Australia, California, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Eureka, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Hawaii, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Alstom, Australia, California, Canada, Chevron, Concepts ETI, Cost of Wave Energy, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Endesa, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Georgia Tech Research, Hawaii, Humboldt, Lockheed Martin, Northern California, Oceanlinx, OPT, Oregon State University, OTEC, OWC, Pacific Energy Ventures, PCCI, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Re Vision Consulting, Renewable Energy, RWE, SAI, Scotland, Siadar, Siemens, Snohomish PUD, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Verdant, Wave Energy on June 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
JAMES RICKMAN, Seeking Alpha, June 8, 2009 Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. As the world’s largest solar collectors, oceans generate thermal energy from the sun. They also produce mechanical energy from the tides and waves. Even though the sun affects all ocean activity, the gravitational pull of the moon primarily drives [...]
Obama on Beach at D-Day
Posted in News, Obama, President Obama, tagged Obama, President Obama on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OPT Leaving California for Oregon Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, MMS, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Wave Energy, California Wave Energy Partners, Cape Mendocino, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Humboldt, MMS, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OCS, OCS Renewable Energy, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, WaveConnect on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Mendocino Beacon, June 4, 2009 Ocean Power Technologies’ subsidiary California Wave Energy Partners in it’s “wave energy project proposed off Cape Mendocino has surrendered its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permit, making two major companies that have abandoned the area in the past two weeks. The moves [...]
Air Powered Cars May Fly
Posted in Auto Electrification, Compressed Air Cars, Electric Cars, France, News, Plug-in Hybrids, U.S., tagged Air Cars, Airpod, Chevrolet Volt, Compressed Air Car, Compressed Air Technology, Electric Cars, France, Fuel Efficient Cars, Guy Negre, Lithium-ion Batteries, MDI, Motor Development Int'l, Shiva Vencat, U.S., Zero Pollution Motors, ZPM on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Associated Press, May 25, 2009 Most car companies are racing to bring electric vehicles to the market. But one startup is skipping the high-tech electronics, making cars whose energy source is pulled literally out of thin air. Zero Pollution Motors is trying to bring a car to U.S. roads by early 2011 that’s powered [...]
California Forests Hold a Key to Climate Change
Posted in California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Credits, Carbon Market, Carbon OffSets, Carbon Tax, CO2, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Mendocino, News, Northern California, U.S., tagged Air Resources Board, California, California Forests, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Bonus, Carbon Market, Carbon OffSets, Carbon Tax, Climate Legislation, CO2, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Mendocino, U.S. on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MARGOT ROOSEVELT, The Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2009 Silvery light flickers through the redwood canopy of the Van Eck forest down to a fragrant carpet of needles and thimbleberry brush. A brook splashes along polished stones, through thickets of ferns. How lush. How lovely. How lucrative. This 2,200-acre spread in Humboldt County does well [...]
