Electric Light & Power, June 11, 2009
As the Obama administration shapes its policy on transmission planning, siting and cost allocation, the Large Public Power Council (LPPC) has sent a joint letter voicing its transmission policy views and concerns to Energy Secretary Chu, Interior Secretary Salazar, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, FERC Chairman Wellinghoff, White House Council on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Economic Issues’
Worldwide Investments Increasing in Tidal, Wave and Hydrokinetic Energy
Posted in Australia, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, 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, US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, 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 | 2 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 the [...]
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Wave Energy, Wind Energy, PG&E, U.S., FERC, Humboldt, WaveConnect, California, Maine, Hawaii, PowerBuoy, Fishermen, EPRI, Tidal Energy, Verdant, MMS, Minerals Management Service, Environmental Issues, New York, Economic Issues, Renewable Energy, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Dept. of the Interior, Offshore Wind, Electricity Generation, DOI, Offshore Renewable Energy, Ocean Renewable Power, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Surfers on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2009
Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, California, deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation’s first major wave energy project.
Like other renewable energy technology, ocean energy generated by waves, tidal currents or steady offshore [...]
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 floating mooring.
By [...]
UK Ocean Energy Quickly Churning Forward
Posted in Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Smart Grid, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aquamarine, Archimedes, AWS, Britain, Cornwall, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Europe, Hammerfest UK, IMechE, Marine Energy, OpenHydro, OreCon, Orkney, Oyster, Pelamis Wave Power, Pentland Firth, Renewable Energy, Saltire Prize, Scotland, Scotrenewables, Scottish Power, SeaGen, Smart Grid, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, UK, Undersea Grid, WATES, Wave Hub, Wavegen, William Banks on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PETER BROWN, EnergyCurrent.com, February 16, 2009
On a Monday morning in May last year, the Atlantic tide set a turbine in motion on the seabed off Orkney, and the energy captured was connected to the national grid. It was, said Jim Mather, Scotland’s Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, a “massive step forward”.
The amount of electricity [...]
Wellinghoff on Energy Stimulus Funds, Removing Renewable Energy Obstacles and FERC
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Research, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Smart Grid, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Demand Response, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Infrastructure, Energy Resarch, Energy Siting, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Bills, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent from Platts Energy Podium, February 12, 2009
The recently approved Economic Stimulus Plan includes expanding the US electric transmission grid and this may be the just the start of what will be a costly effort to improve reliability and deliver renewable energy to consumers from remote locations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Acting Chairman Jon [...]
Obama Enlists Silicon Valley Doerr and Phillips
Posted in Bay Area, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, President Obama, Silicon Valley, U.S., tagged Charles Phillips, Economic Issues, Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Economic Stimulus Plan, John Doerr, KPCB, Martin Feldstein, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Paul Volcker, President Obama, Robert Wolf, Silicon Valley, U.S. on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 11, 2009
President Obama chose two Silicon Valley notables as members of his new Economic Recovery Advisory Board. The 15-member board shall advise Obama on decisions about the US economy and announced to spur Congress into passing legislation for his economic stimulus plan.
President Obama said he created a panel of outside advisers to enlist [...]
Renewable Energy Now Looking for Economic CPR
Posted in Congress, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Funding, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, Issue, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Funding, Green Recovery, NextEra, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Tax Credis, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, T. Boone Pickens, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, February 4, 2009
Wind and solar energy have been growing at a blistering pace in recent years, and that growth seemed likely to accelerate under the green-minded Obama administration. But because of the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn, the opposite is happening: installation of wind and solar power is plummeting.
Factories [...]
US Wind Energy Generating Capacity Grows by 50% in 2008
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Funding, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged AWEA, DOE, Economic Issues, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 28, 2009
To Keep Momentum, AWEA Calls for Quick Approval of the Obama Stimulus Package
The massive growth in 2008 swelled the nation’s total wind power generating capacity by 50% and channeled an investment of some $17 billion into the economy, positioning wind power as one of the leading sources of new power generation in [...]
Scotland’s Siadar Marine Energy Project Given Go-ahead
Posted in Economic Issues, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Lewis Project, npower renewables, Oscillating Water Columns, Paul Cowling, Prof. Stephen Salter, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, University of Edinburgh, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wavegen on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
BBC News, January 22, 2009
One of the world’s largest wave stations is to be constructed in Scotland off the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles.
The station will create up to 70 jobs and advance Scotland’s bid to lead the world in renewable energy, First Minister Alex Salmond said.
Ministers have granted consent for an application [...]
Obama’s Clean, Green Energy Economic Recovery
Posted in Alaska, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Congress, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy, Event, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Economy, Green Recovery, MMS, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged American Recovery & Reinvestment Program, DOE, DOI, Economic Issues, Energy Technology, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 8, 2009
Key President-elect Barack Obama renewable energy quotes from his January 8, 2009 speech to the U.S. Congress and citizens, on his top economic priorities as he takes office.
“. . .the first question that each of us asks isn’t ‘what’s good for me?’ but ‘what’s good for the country my children will inherit?”
On [...]
Californians Filing Solar Rebate & Subsidy Applications Up Despite Recession
Posted in CPUC, California, Green Recovery, Issue, News, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California Solar Initiative, CPUC, Economic Issues, Rooftop Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, Solar Rebates, Solar Subsidies, Solar Tax Breaks, U.S. on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MARIA DICKERSON, the Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2008
At a time when many investors are sticking money in their mattresses, Californians are putting it on their roofs.
Applications for state rebates to install solar panels hit their highest level ever in December, one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy economy.
Residents filed a record [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann F. Miles, California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
U.S. Wave Energy Begins in Rough Waters
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Energy Commission, CPUC, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Jobs, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Ocean Protection Council, PG&E, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, December 15, 2008
A white paper commissioned by the state of California says that tapping the ocean for power should be done carefully.
The report for the California Energy Commission and the Ocean Protection Council looked at the possible socio-economic and environmental effects of the infant industry, including what it might mean for [...]
Capturing Ocean Energy
Posted in Australia, Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Europe, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, New York, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, AWS, Cornwall, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, Finavera, New York, OPT, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom, Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, Wind Energy on December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Guardian.co.uk, December 3, 2008
Way back in Napoleonic Paris, a Monsieur Girard had a novel idea about energy: power from the sea. In 1799, Girard obtained a patent for a machine he and his son had designed to mechanically capture the energy in ocean waves. Wave power could be used, they figured, to run pumps and [...]
Fish Technology Draws Electricity from Slow Water Currents
Posted in Biomimicry, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged Aeolian Tones, Bernitsas, Biomimicry, DOE, Economic Issues, National Science Foundation, Ocean Energy, U.S., University of Michigan, Vivace, Vortex Hydro Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 29, 2008
Ann Arbor, Michigan — Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power.
The machine is called VIVACE. A paper on [...]
Small Wind Now Available for Homesteads
Posted in Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Bergey Windpower, Economic Issues, Electrical Grid, Funding, Net Metering, Residential Wind Energy, Small Wind, Small-scale Wind Turbines, Southwest Windpower, Tax Credit, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BRYAN WALSH, Time, November 20, 2008
Doug Morrell had already installed solar panels on his house in Coopersville, Michigan, but he was eager to get a little bit greener. So the 52-year-old Navy veteran bought something that might seem more at home in the Dutch countryside than in a small town in western Michigan: a personal [...]
California Wave Energy Report: Socio-Economic & Environmental Effects
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Socio-Economic Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 18, 2007
Developing Wave Energy in Coastal California: Potential Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects, authored by a team of scientists from H.T. Harvey and Associates, UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Santa Cruz, the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, Planwest Partners and Humboldt State University, and jointly funded by the California Ocean Protection Council and the California [...]
Finavera Plans US $1M Private Placement
Posted in CPUC, California, Economic Issues, Funding, Humboldt, News, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged BC, California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, November 10, 2008
Finavera Renewables Inc. has announced that it plans to raise US $1,002,000 through a non-brokered private placement of 20,040,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable at $0.10 for 12 months from [...]
BP Scraps British Renewables Plan to Focus on US
Posted in Biofuel, Brazil, China, Economic Issues, England, Funding, News, Solar Energy, Turkey, U.S., US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Biofuel, BP, Brazil, BWEA, China, Economic Issues, England, Funding, Goldwind, India, Shell, Solar Energy, The Carbon Trust, Turkey, U.S., United Kingdom, Wind Energy on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TERRY MACALISTER, The Guardian/UK, November 7, 2008
BP has dropped all plans to build wind farms and other renewable schemes in Britain and is instead concentrating the bulk of its $8bn (£5bn) renewables spending programme on the US, where government incentives for clean energy projects can provide a convenient tax shelter for oil and gas revenues.
The [...]
What Obama Presidency Means for Clean Tech
Posted in Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Plug-in Hybrids, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged ACORE, Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Dan Farber, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Obama, Solar Energy, Solar Energy Industry Association, Tax Credit for Hybrid Cars, US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MARTIN LAMONICA, CNET, November 5, 2008
Energy and environmental policy is poised for dramatic change under an Obama administration even with a slumping economy.
With the incoming administration and Congress, renewable energy advocates and environmentalists said they anticipate a comprehensive national energy plan focused on fostering clean-energy technologies.
“The election is over. Now the hard work begins,” wrote [...]
California Rejects PG&E Contract for Wave Energy
Posted in California, Economic Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Eureka, Finavera, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2008
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected a Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy, saying the utility was going to pay too much for a technology that’s still largely experimental.
Last December, PG&E said it would be the first utility in the nation to get energy from [...]
Mighty Wind: How Long Will Economics Work in Favor of Clean Energy?
Posted in Delaware, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, MMS, News, OCS, Peak Oil, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bluewater Wind Park, Delaware, Delmarva, Economic Issues, MMS, Offshore Wind Farms, Peak Oil, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Keith Johnson, Environmental Capital in WSJ, September 15, 2008
Most of the renewable-energy business is busy fretting about the extension of federal tax credits, which expire at the end of this year. But the real story, it seems, is how clean energy’s biggest historical handicap is coming to be seen as one of its biggest selling [...]
Power From the Restless Sea Stirs the Imagination
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, New York, News, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Portugal, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Finavera, PG&E, U.S., Humboldt, Oregon, California, Funding, Portugal, Pelamis, Wave Farm, OPT, Fishermen, Tidal Stream, Tidal Energy, Mendocino Wave Energy, Verdant, East River Project, Environmental Issues, DOE, Economic Issues, General Electric, Ocean Thermal on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, September 23, 2008
For years, technological visionaries have painted a seductive vision of using ocean tides and waves to produce power. They foresee large installations off the coast and in tidal estuaries that could provide as much as 10% of the nation’s electricity.
But the technical difficulties of making such systems [...]
Colorado Renewable Energy Growth Presages National Debate
Posted in Coal-fired Power Plants, Colorado, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Issue, McCain, Natural Gas, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Coal-fired Power Plants, Colorado, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, McCain, Natural Gas, NREL, Obama, Renewable Energy, Rulemaking, Solar Energy, Vestas, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Xcel Energy on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PETER SLEVIN, The Washington Post, August 18, 2008
DENVER — When Colorado voters were deciding whether to require that 10% of the state’s electricity come from renewable fuels, the state’s largest utility fought the proposal, warning that any shift from coal and natural gas would be costly, uncertain and unwise.
Then a funny thing happened. The ballot [...]
World’s First Large Scale Wave Farm Aims to Lower Costs
Posted in Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Cornwall, E.On, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Fred Olsen, Funding, Ocean Prospect, Oceanlinx, OPT, Tidal Energy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, WestWave on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.org, Jul 22, 2008
Of all the renewable technologies, wave and tidal energy is currently the most expensive way of producing energy. But a project in the UK hopes to help this technology move along the learning curve and bring down costs.
When installed in 2010, Wave Hub will be the world’s first large-scale wave farm. Just [...]
NY Regulators: Make Iberdrola Commit to Wind Energy Development
Posted in Economic Issues, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Economic Issues, Energy East, Iberdrola, New York, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JIM STINSON, Gannett News Service, July 2, 2008
The staff of the state Public Service Commission has again advised its five-member board to disapprove the $4.5 billion sale of Energy East Corp. to Iberdrola SA, but staffers have added a big “however” on wind farms.
In a brief filed in the long-running case, the PSC staff has [...]
Bush Asks Congress to Clear Way for Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted in Alaska, China, Cuba, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Issue, McCain, News, Obama, Peak Oil, President Bush, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Alaska, ANWR, China, Cuba, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Green River Basin, McCain, Obama, Peak Oil, President Bush on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ED HENRY, RICHARD GREENE, BRIANNA KEILER, HUSSEIN SADDIQUE, ALI VELSHI, CNN, June 18, 2007
Washington — President Bush asked Congress Wednesday to permit drilling for oil in deep water off America’s coasts to combat rising oil and gas prices.
“There is no excuse for delay,” the president said in a Rose Garden statement.
Bush also renewed his demand [...]
Shell Pulls Out of Thames Estuary Wind Farm
Posted in Economic Issues, News, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Economic Issues, London Array, Shell, Thames Estuary, UK, Wind Turbines on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LEWIS PAGE, The Register, May 1, 2008
Oil giant Shell has pulled out of the world’s biggest wind farm project, in a move which has cast doubt over the scheme’s future. The £2bn London Array, intended to be built in the Thames Estuary, will need to find a new backer in order to proceed.
For the London [...]
OPT Claims Lead on Wave Energy Firms
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Oregon, Wave Energy, tagged Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, OPT, Oregon, Reedsport, SOORC, Wave Energy on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The World, Worldwide Ocean Energy News, April 12, 2008
Sport and commercial fishermen, members from related marine industries and Ocean Power Technologies representative Steve Kopf met again Wednesday — and made tentative progress on rebuilding trust.
A robust agenda that included discussing the difference between a traditional licensing process and an integrated licensing process — two different [...]
FISH Files FERC Request for Rehearing to Intervene
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC License, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
April 1, 2008
Interesting reading…A Request for Rehearing has been filed related to FERC’s Denial of FISH’s Motions to Intervene in PG&E’s Mendocino and Humboldt Wave Energy Projects (read Filing : fish-request-for-rehearing.pdf).
FISH, Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics, has become a steering committee led by Mendocino coast locals, John Innes and Jim Martin, as Co-Coordinators and Elizabeth [...]
Trust Main Issue in Wave Energy Development
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Oregon, Wave Energy, tagged Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, OPT, Oregon, OSU, Reedsport, Umpqua, Wave Energy on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Chambers, The World Link, March 21, 2008
REEDSPORT — Fishermen and port officials talked of trust Wednesday night at the Port of Umpqua commission meeting.
The meeting was an impromptu first battleground over what fishermen see as a violation of trust and wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies see as a business decision.
OPT filed a preliminary [...]
Oregon Marine Reserves, Wave Energy Debate Intensifies
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Oregon, Wave Energy, tagged Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, OPAC, Oregon, Wave Energy on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Chambers Staff Writer The World January 18, 2008
REEDSPORT — It’s all about balance in a growing debate about marine reserves and, to a lesser extent, wave energy.
Chip Terhune, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s chief of staff, opened the Reedsport marine reserves and wave energy discussion with about 75 people Thursday night at the Port [...]
Wave Energy Worries Fishermen
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Oregon, Wave Energy, tagged Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, OPT, Oregon, Whales on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Chambers The World April 10, 2007
A wave breaks off the southern Oregon Coast as wind blows some of the surf backward. That wave attraction is attracting power producers. To date, seven projects are proposed for the Oregon Coast, to tether power-generating buoys to the ocean floor to ride ocean swells. World File Photo
CHARLESTON – [...]
Wave Energy Buoy Sinks Day Before Its Removal
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Oregon, Wave Energy, tagged Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Finavera, Fishermen, Wave Energy on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finavera had been collecting data before the buoy took on water and bilge pump fails
LORI TOBIAS, The Oregonia, November 1, 2007
NEWPORT — The first wave energy test buoy deployed off the Oregon coast has sunk.
Engineers with the Canadian energy developer Finavera Renewables learned the $2 million buoy plunged to the ocean floor only a [...]
