Globe.Net, October 27, 2009
President Barack Obama has announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will create tens of thousands of jobs, save energy and allow consumers to cut their electric bills.
Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
Pelamis Wave Energy Device Testing Again
Posted in EMEC, Economic Issues, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Orkney Islands, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged AW-Energy, E.On, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Funding, Iberdrola, P2, Pelamis Wave Power, Scotland, Sea Snake, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, WaveRoller on October 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
NAO NAKANISHI, Reuters, October 5, 2009
A first attempt fell victim to the crisis: now in the docks of Scotland’s ancient capital, a second-generation scarlet Sea Snake is being prepared to harness the waves of Britain’s northern islands to generate electricity.
Dwarfed by 180 metres of tubing, scores of engineers clamber over the device, which is designed [...]
WaveRoller Signs $4.4M Demonstration Project in Portugal
Posted in EU-15, Energy Research, Europe, Finland, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged AW-Energy, CALLFP7, Electricity Generation, EU, Europe, Finland, Funding, John Lilejlund, MendoCoastCurrent, Peniche, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, WaveRoller on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 2, 2009
AW-Energy, a Finnish renewable energy company developer of WaveRoller, a patented wave energy technology, has signed a $4.4M (3 million euros) contract with the European Union to demonstrate its technology.
The contract between AW-Energy and the EU is the first one under the “CALL FP7 – Demonstration of the innovative full size systems.” [...]
American Progress Publishes Investment Plan for Low Carbon Economy
Posted in Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Clean Energy, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cap and Trade Policies, Center for American Progress, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, Funding, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Low Carbon Economy, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PODESTA, GORDON, HENDRICKS & GOLDSTEIN, Center for American Progress, September 21, 2009
With unemployment at 9.5%, and oil and energy price volatility driving businesses into the ground, we cannot afford to wait any longer. It is time for a legislative debate over a comprehensive clean energy investment plan. We need far more than cap and trade [...]
U.S. Dept of Energy to Fund 22 Ocean Energy Projects with $14.6M
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydro Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, EPRI, Funding, Hydro Research Foundation, Hydropower, Marine Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 21, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that it is providing $14.6 million in funding for 22 water power projects to move forward in the commercial viability, market acceptance and environmental performance of new marine and hydrokinetic technologies as well as conventional hydropower plants.
The selected projects will further the nation’s supply of [...]
Obama Grants $2.4 billion for Electric Cars
Posted in Electric Cars, Funding, Hybrid Vehicles, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., tagged Electric Battery, Electric Cars, Funding, Hybrid Vehicles, Obama, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, U.S. on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grist via Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2009
President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a $2.4 billion funding boost for the development of new generation electric vehicles and slammed critics of his economic rescue plans.
The president traveled to a jobs crisis blackspot in the economically struggling midwestern state of Indiana to announce a plan he said would create [...]
U.K. Funding Massive Marine Energy Project
Posted in Britain, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Cornwall, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, RDA, Renewable Energy, Severn Tidal Project, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.K., Wave Energy, Wave Hub on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EMMA WOOLLACOTT, TG Daily, July 15, 2009
The world’s largest wave farm is to be built off the coast of south-west England under plans announced today. Pledging an investment of £9.5 million ($15.6 million), Business Secretary Lord Mandelson dubbed the region the first “Low Carbon Economic Area”.
The Wave Hub project – a giant, grid-connected socket on [...]
U.S. Treasury, DOE Offer Cash including Ocean and Hydro Renewable Energy Projects
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydro Energy, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Dept of Treasury, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, Energy Research, Funding, Hydro, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hydro Review with edits, Pennwell, July 9, 2009
The U.S. Treasury and the Department of Energy are now offering $3 billion in government funds to organizations developing renewable energy projects including hydropower and ocean energy projects.
The funds, from the economic stimulus package passed by Congress in February, support the White House goal of doubling U.S. renewable [...]
DOE Awards $153 Million to State Energy Programs
Posted in ARRA, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Arkansas, ARRA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, Georgia, Kentucky, Local Energy Strategies, Mississippi, Montana, New York, Renewable Energy, SEP, State Energy Programs, Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy, Virgin Islands on July 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 06, 2009
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $153 million in Recovery Act funding to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Under the Dept. of Energy’s State Energy Program (SEP), states and territories have proposed statewide [...]
DOE Secretary Chu Heralds $32 Million to Modernize Hydropower
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydro Energy, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydro Energy, Hydropower, MendoCoastCurrent, Pumped Storage Technology, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 30, 2009
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is making available over $32 million in Recovery Act funding to modernize the existing hydropower infrastructure in the U.S., increase efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
His announcement supports the deployment of turbines and control technologies to increase power generation and environmental stewardship at existing non-federal hydroelectric [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
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 (SWMTF) buoy [...]
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 University of [...]
Senate Adopts Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, 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 provisions to [...]
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 efforts [...]
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 Gulf.
The [...]
NextLight Inks Solar Energy Deal with PG&E
Posted in Arizona, Bay Area, CPUC, California, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Power Plant, 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 also raised [...]
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 [...]
Obama Moves to Cut Wave Energy Funding
Posted in DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Budget Cut, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Obama, Port Townsend, President Obama, Puget Sound, Renewable Energy, Snohomish PUD, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Navy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
LES BLUMENTHAL, The Bellingham Herald, May 30, 2009
The Obama administration has proposed a 25% cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest – wave and tidal energy. At the same time the White House sought an 82% increase in solar power research funding, [...]
Molten Salt Technology Sheds New Light on Solar Energy
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Molten Salt, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, U.S., tagged Aerospace, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Mirrored Heliostat Arrays, Molten Salt Technology, Renewable Energy, Rocketdyne, Solar Collector, Solar Energy, SolarReserve, U.S. on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The mineral is a key part of a Santa Monica firm’s proposed alternative energy project in the desert. The technology was proven workable in a pilot project near Barstow in the 1990s.
PETER PAE, The Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2009
Just past Barstow on Interstate 15, Las Vegas-bound travelers can eye a tower resembling a lighthouse [...]
Sonoma Funds First AB 811 Loan
Posted in AB 811, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, tagged AB 811, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Tax Credits, Funding, Homeowner Funding, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Photovoltaic, Sonoma County, U.S., US Energy Policy on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OurGreenJourney, May 20, 2009
Sonoma County has funded its first clean energy loan secured by a lien on property taxes. As we have posted before, the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program is California’s first county wide energy efficiency financing district, authorized by AB 811.
The loan of $25,500 went to homeowners and paid for a 5 [...]
Mendocino Energy Launches
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, SRI, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Stanford, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOD, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, Mendocino Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, NOAA, Northern California, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy Incubator, Renwable Energy, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, May 20, 2009
At this core energy technology incubator, energy policy is created as renewable energy technologies and science move swiftly from white boards and white papers to testing, refinement and implementation.
The Vision
Mendocino Energy is located on the Mendocino coast, three plus hours north of San Francisco/Silicon Valley. On the waterfront of Fort Bragg, utilizing [...]
BrightSource, PG&E Strike Up Largest Solar Deal Ever
Posted in Arizona, California, Electricity Generation, Funding, Israel, Nevada, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, U.S., tagged Arizona, Arnold Goldman, BrightSource, California, Funding, Ivanpah, Nevada, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S. on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TRACY SEIPEL, MercuryNews.com, May 15, 2009
Declaring it a record total, PG&E on Wednesday announced an expansion of solar-power contracts with Oakland’s BrightSource Energy for a total of 1,310 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 530,000 California homes.
The power purchase agreements, which will now include seven power plants, add to a previous contract the two [...]
US Senate Bill May Boost Ocean Energy Research
Posted in Alaska, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, California Wildfires, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Funding, Marine Energy, Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Senate, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SustainableBusiness.com News, April 30, 2009
A bill introduced in the Senate aims to encourage development of renewable ocean energy.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the legislation as a companion to a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Jay Inslee, (D-Wash.), that would authorize as much as $250 million a year to promote [...]
AB 811 Workshop in Sacramento on April 29th
Posted in California, California Energy Commission, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Event, Funding, News, Northern California, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Small Wind, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Mendocino, California, Funding, DOE, Renewable Energy, Northern California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Economic Stimulus Plan, AB 811, Caifornia Energy Commission, ARRA on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 26, 2009
The California Energy Commission is conducting a workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Sacramento, to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provisions related to funding for energy projects.
The workshop will focus on Assembly Bill 811 (Levine, Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008) that finances the installation of energy efficiency improvements, [...]
California AB 811 to Finance Local Renewable Energy?
Posted in California, Carbon Emissions, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, Southern California, Sustainable, U.S., tagged AB 811, California, Funding, Mendocino, Napa, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, U.S. on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JEFF QUACKENBUSH, North Bay Business Journal, October 6, 2008
Santa Rosa – Sonoma County governments have aggressive goals and strategies for curbing gases blamed for climate change, and they now have a new tool for enticing owners of existing commercial and residential structures into reducing emissions via energy-efficient upgrades.
Several North Bay local governments have put in [...]
Scottish Oyster Installing at EMEC
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, 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 »
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 Oyster has [...]
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 the funding [...]
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 [...]
Secretary Salazar: Renewable Energy Now Top Priority
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, 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 grow [...]
WhalePower Turbine Blades Improve Power by 20%
Posted in Biomimicry, Canada, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Biomimicry, Canada, Energy Research, Funding, Renewable Energy, Toronto, WhalePower, Wind Energy, Wind Energy Institute, Wind Farms, Wind Turbine Blades, Wind Turbines on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TYLER HAMILTON, CleanBreak.ca, February 17, 2009
Toronto-based WhalePower, maker of the tubercle-lined turbine blades inspired by humpback whale flippers, got the results back from its first independent study in the field.
The blade design was tested on a 25-kilowatt Wenvor Technologies turbine at the Wind Energy Institute of Canada. The institude found that annualized energy production from [...]
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 [...]
Pelamis P2 Powers On in Orkney
Posted in EU-15, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aguçadoura, Cornwall, E.On, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Enersis, England, Europe, Funding, Ocean Prospect, Orcadian Wave Farm, Orkney, Pelamis, Pelamis Wave Power, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Scotland, ScottishPower, UK, United Kingdom, Wave, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MaritimeJournal.com, February 12, 2009
Edinburgh-based Pelamis Wave Power has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.On for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P2.
The P2 will be built at the Pelamis Leith Docks facility and trialed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. This is the first time a [...]
Pentland Firth, the Saudi Arabia of Tidal Power, Growing Full Tilt
Posted in Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Concerns, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ocean Energy, Pentland Firth, Renewable Energy, Saltire Prize, Scotland, Scotland Crown Estate, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JENNY HAWORTH, Scotman.com, February 12, 2009
MORE than three dozen energy companies from across the world are hoping to install wave energy devices in a stretch of sea off the north of Scotland. The renewable energy firms all have their sights on the Pentland Firth, which is considered one of the best locations in the [...]
Finavera Sinks their own Wave Energy Projects
Posted in BC, British Columbia, CPUS, California, Canada, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy Research, Eureka, FERC, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, CPUC, DOI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, Makah, MMS, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, Wave Farm, Wind Energy on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: Feb 09, 2009 – Not only has Finavera surrendered their Makah Bay license noted below, they also announced surrendering the Humboldt County, California Preliminary Permit to explore wave energy:
“Finavera Renewables has filed applications to surrender its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for the Makah Bay Wave Energy Pilot Project in Washington and the [...]
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 [...]
OPT Oregon Wave Energy May Roll In Soon
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Funding, Lockheed Martin, Obama, OPT, PowerBuoy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 4, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon — The jobs are coming, so Ocean Power Technologies insists.
OPT spokesman Len Bergstein said Monday the company wants to get stimulus funds from the federal government.
“We have a strong interest in presenting a project that would be jobs-ready right now,” Bergstein said.
OPT wants to get a [...]
Auto Electrification: Making It Happen
Posted in Auto Electrification, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hybrid Vehicles, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Auto Electrification, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, FERC, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Schwarzenegger, Secretary Jon Wellinghoff, Smart Grid, Superhighway, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
At his first White House press conference, President Obama declared “the days of Washington dragging its heels are over” and ordered an immediate review of the Bush administration’s refusal to give California authority to enforce tougher emission and fuel efficiency standards on gas and diesel automobiles.
For more than two years California [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect.
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
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 [...]
Mendocino Energy
Posted in Biomimicry, Bioremediation, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Green Economy, Green Recovery, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Here’s the post from MendoCoastCurrent in the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, et [...]
Competition to Climate Proof California Bay Area
Posted in Bay Area, California, Climate Change, Funding, Issue, News, Northern California, Research, U.S., tagged Bay Area, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, California, Climate Change, Competition, Environmental Issues, Funding, Northern California, U.S. on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN KING, The San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2008
The impacts of climate change are a hot topic among scientists and environmental activists. Now the Bay Conservation and Development Commission wants to hear from another perspective: the design community.
The state agency is preparing to launch a $125,000 competition that will invite architects, planners and engineers to bring innovative proposals [...]
Australia Unveils A$500 Million Renewable Energy Fund
Posted in Australia, Biofuel, Carbon Market, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, tagged Australia, Biofuel, Carbon Market, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Kevin Rudd, Kyoto Protocol, MendoCoastCurrent, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 14, 2008
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for a “solar revolution” on Sunday as he unveiled plans to bring forward a A$500 million (US$329 million) fund promoting renewable energy in a bid to stimulate the economy.
Speaking just a day before a key announcement on Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions targets, Rudd said the fund’s [...]
EnXco Secures Wind Turbine Funding for Shiloh II
Posted in Bay Area, California, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Bay Area, California, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Electricity Generation, EnXco, Funding, Northern California, PG&E, Renewable Energy, REpower, Shiloh II, Solano County, Tristan Grimbert, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SolanoCountyBusinessNews.com, November 27, 2008
Escondido-based EnXco, a subsidaiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Co., recently announced that it has closed on the project financing for the Shiloh II Wind Energy Project under construction in the Montezuma Hills area of Solano County, California.
Lenders to the projects are Nord/LB as lead administrative agent, Dexia and Credit Industriel et Commercial; [...]
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 [...]
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 Wind Energy, U.S., Shell, Funding, Biofuel, United Kingdom, Economic Issues, Solar Energy, China, BP, BWEA, India, Turkey, Goldwind, Brazil, The Carbon Trust, England 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 [...]
A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt
Posted in Biofuel, Funding, News, Peak Oil, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Acciona, Biofuel, Daniel M. Kammen, Funding, Maytag, Peak Oil, Rust Belt, Saudi Arabia Wind, Solar Cell, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Spain, T. Boone Pickens, TPI Composites, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Xunlight on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PETER S. GOODMAN, The New York Times, November 2, 2008
Newton, Iowa – Like his uncle, his grandfather and many of their neighbors, Arie Versendaal spent decades working at the Maytag factory here, turning coils of steel into washing machines.
When the plant closed last year, taking 1,800 jobs out of this town of 16,000 people, it [...]
Feds Award Grant for National Wave Energy in Oregon
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Funding, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOE, EISA, Floating Test Berth, Funding, Hawaii, Lincoln County, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Oregon, Oregon State University, OSU, OWET, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, U.S., University of Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
TERRY DILLMAN, South Lincoln County News, September 23, 2008
Oregon’s emergence as a national leader in developing wave energy technology crested Thursday, when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced grant support to establish the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) in Newport.
The agency selected 14 research [...]
