DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 2009
The waves off of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast could one day generate electricity, if Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has its way.
The utility reported Friday that it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to study the area’s potential for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Humboldt’
PG&E, Air Force Sign Wave Energy Pact
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Feasibility, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Air Force, US Energy Policy, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, WaveConnect on December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
OPT Leaving California for Oregon Wave Energy
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 come at [...]
California Forests Hold a Key to Climate Change
Posted in CO2, California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Credits, Carbon Market, Carbon OffSets, Carbon Tax, 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 | 1 Comment »
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 by [...]
PG&E Cancels Mendocino WaveConnect Project
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, FISH, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Humboldt Wave Energy, Humboldt WaveConnect, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Mendocino WaveConnect, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, WaveConnect on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editors Note: On June 9, 2009, PG&E filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a petition to release the Mendocino WaveConnect preliminary permit.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 11, 2009
In early May 2009, PG&E’s WaveConnect team decided to cancel the Mendocino WaveConnect project because the Noyo Harbor didn’t pass muster and was deemed insufficient in several engineering aspects, [...]
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 California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, Fishermen, Hawaii, Humboldt, Maine, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Minerals Management Service, MMS, New York, Northern California, Ocean Renewable Power, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, PG&E, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Surfers, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Verdant, Wave Energy, WaveConnect, Wind Energy 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 | 1 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 [...]
Legislators Push Ban on California Coast Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Del Norte, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Rep. Mike Thompson, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBS 5 with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 8, 2009
New legislation may prevent oil drilling off the California coast in Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
Growing concern about the nation’s reliance on foreign oil has led to rekindled enthusiasm in some quarters for coastal oil drilling, and renewed efforts to protect the Northern California coast.
Two bills [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Joseph T. Kelliher, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Rhode Island, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 7, 2009
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher today issued the following statement:
Today I announce my intention to step down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), effective January 20, 2009. Although my term as commissioner does not end until 2012, I will also immediately begin to recuse myself from [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mendocino County Granted FERC Role as FERC Asserts Position in Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOI, Eureka, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 16, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) claimed that it has jurisdiction over hydroelectric projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), pointing to laws that define its role.
FERC addressed the jurisdictional question, raised by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Management Service (MMS), in the context of a rehearing order on [...]
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 [...]
PG&E Awarded $1.2M by DOE for Mendocino & Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOE, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News, September 18, 2008
PG&E “expects to be granted $1.2 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to study wave energy off Fort Bragg and Eureka” and is seeking “the new money earlier this summer to move its local wave energy study under a Federal [...]
Making Wave Energy on Sonoma & Marin Coasts?
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GABE MELINE, Bohemia.com, September 3, 2008
While presidential candidates call for alternative forms of energy and “sustainable” is the word of the year, the idea of ocean-wave buoys along the Sonoma and Marin coast continues to attract attention as a potentially viable form of energy.
Though no firm proposal is in place, the wheels have been turning [...]
Mendocino Coast Wave Energy Plans Continue to Raise Concerns
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Elizabeth Mitchell, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Jim Martin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MADDALENA JACKSON with MendoCoastCurrent edit, The Sacramento Bee, August 11, 2008
Oil companies, some politicians and commuters paying $4 for a gallon of gas might look at California’s coast and think of crude oil pooled below the sea floor.
California’s North Coast, however, holds promise of another energy bounty.
In less time than it would take to fire [...]
Northern California Wave Energy Authorization Inches Forward
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged FERC, Fishermen, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Lease Program, NEPA, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, July 24, 2008
The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has cleared another hurdle toward developing wave energy projects off the Humboldt and Mendocino county coasts.
Recently the U.S. Minerals Management Service announced that it would go forward with analyzing limited leases for alternative energy projects on the outer continental shelf. It follows a [...]
Feds Press Congress to Lift Oil Drilling Ban
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Leases, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Schwarzenegger, U.S. Congress, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2008
The U.S. Interior Department ratcheted up the pressure on Congress Wednesday to open more of the country’s coastline to offshore oil drilling, a move petroleum companies have sought for decades.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said his department will lay the groundwork for selling undersea oil-drilling leases on [...]
MMS Leasing Outer Continental Shelf for Wind & Wave Energy
Posted in California, Delaware, Environmental Issues, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, New Jersey, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged California, Delaware, Dept. of the Interior, EPAct, Florida, Georgia, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MMS Lease Program, MMS Nomination, NEPA, New Jersey, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 8, 2008
Act Now! Related ‘MMS Rulemaking’ Public Review & Comments Accepted Thru September 8, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – The Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced today that it is proceeding with the consultation and analyses necessary to move toward the issuance of limited leases under its interim policy for authorizing alternative energy data collection [...]
Finavera Renewables Updates at Mid-2008
Posted in BC, British Columbia, California, Canada, Environmental Issues, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Oregon, Patents, Research, U.S., Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, Ireland, Oregon, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 27, 2008
Finavera Renewables CEO Jason Bak provides this overview of 2008 activities to date and an outlook for the remainder of the year.
“The first half of 2008 has been an exciting period for Finavera Renewables,” commented CEO Jason Bak. “Our strategy [in] wind projects is to develop an approximate one gigawatt pipeline with [...]
MMS Now Driving Wave Energy on Northern California Coast
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Marine Sciences, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Leases, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, Village Green/SFGate.com, July 23, 2008
Drilling for undersea oil along the east and west coasts has quickly turned into one of America’s loudest political fights, as anyone reading the comments on SFGate can attest. But it’s not the Bush administration’s only plan for offshore energy.
For the past few years, the administration has been [...]
CPUC Offers Only Partial Funding to PG&E Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, ERRP, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Intellectual Property, Mendocino Moratorium, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Conversion, WEC on May 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
April 29, 2008 – CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION’S DRAFT INTERIM OPINION AUTHORIZING EMERGING RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROGRAMS
Excerpts of CPUC Decisions RE PG&E Wave Energy Conversion Project Funding
Summary — Today’s decision authorizes Emerging Renewable Resource Programs (ERRP) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) (Joint Applicants). The adopted ERRP [...]
FERC Grants Rehearings in Mendocino & Humboldt Coast PG&E Wave Energy Projects
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, FISH, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: On May 21, 2008 FERC Rejected Mendocino’s Request for Rehearing so the granting of the Rehearing was short-lived and only because FERC required more time to consider the rehearing further. Interesting that FERC doesn’t suffer from ‘out of time’ issues!
MendoCoastCurrent, May 1, 2008
Learned today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted [...]
Minerals Management Service Nomination on April 18, 2008
Posted in California, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Nomination, OCS, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MMS nominated both Humboldt and Mendocino lease areas last Friday. See following for full details, emphasis added.
Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service – Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0020
Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of Coordination and [...]
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 [...]
It Came From the Sea–Renewable Energy, That Is
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, New York, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Finavera, PG&E, FERC, Humboldt, Makah, Pelamis, Verdant, East River Project, Tidal Turbines, E.On, Pelamis Wave Power, New York, Aguçadoura on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LARRY GREENEMEIER, Scientific American, March 10, 2008
Thirty feet (nine meters) below Manhattan’s East River, next to Roosevelt Island, six turbines—each 16 feet (five meters) in diameter, churning at a peak rate of 32 revolutions per minute—stand at attention on the riverbed. The turbines—which belong to New York City-based Verdant Power, Inc., —are built on a [...]
Hydrokinetic Permits Abound Despite Objections
Posted in Alaska, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, tagged California, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Permit, Wave Energy on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, February 27, 2008
The nation’s first hydrokinetic pilot project proposal has come in an unexpected place — the Yukon River.
When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed a special expedited pilot license last summer, it recieved significant support from industry developers for the idea of a license that would allow devices to get [...]
NY Company Buys First Californian Forest Carbon Credits
Posted in California, Carbon Credits, Carbon OffSets, Climate Change, New York, News, tagged Carbon Credits, Carbon Market, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Humboldt, Natsource, New York, Pacific Forest Trust, PFT on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 2008
NEW YORK – US carbon asset manager Natsource LLC said on Monday it has invested in the first forest-based greenhouse gas emissions reductions under California rules.
Natsource paid a private owner of a redwood forest in Humboldt County represented by nonprofit group the Pacific Forest Trust for [...]
Finavera Granted FERC Prelim Permit for Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, FERC License, Finavera, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finavera Renewables, Vancouver, Canada, February 15, 2008
Finavera Renewables is pleased to announce it has been issued a Preliminary Permit for its proposed 100MW Humboldt County, California wave energy project. The permit approval was granted by the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”).
The preliminary permit is valid for a period of three years, and allows [...]
PG&E to Invest in Wave Energy
Posted in California, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, Finavera, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MATT NAUMAN, Mercury News, December 18, 2007
UTILITY WILL BUY 2 MEGAWATTS FROM FACILITY BY 2012
PG&E will become the first U.S. utility to agree to buy energy from the ocean when it announces a deal today to get 2 megawatts of power by 2012 from the cold, choppy waters off the Northern California coast.
The deal, with [...]
Wave Energy Goes Commercial
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Oregon, Wave Energy, tagged California, Finavera, Humboldt, Oregon, PG&E, Wave Energy on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MARIANNE LAVELLE, U.S. News & World Report, December 18, 2007
The idea of harnessing energy from ocean waves to produce electricity for U.S. homes and businesses takes a giant leap forward today as the nation’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, announces the first commercial agreement to purchase power generated with this cutting-edge technology.
PG&E signed the [...]
Sonoma Wave Energy Proposal Assures Local Control
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, Humboldt, Mendocino, Northern California, PG&E, Sonoma, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Whales on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sonoma County Press Release, November 5, 2007
Santa Rosa, CA– The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will consider taking action to secure and protect local control of offshore wave energy projects at their regular board meeting on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. If approved, the board would direct staff of the Sonoma County Water Agency to [...]
PG&E Initiates Wave Energy via WaveConnect
Posted in Fort Bragg, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy Blogger, WaveConnect on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Summary from Argentco.com, April 2007
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s wave energy project, “WaveConnect,” has become the first project of its kind in North America to help accelerate the development of wave energy technology.
With the filing of two preliminary permit applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, PG&E plans to study whether it would be environmentally [...]
Offshore Oil Drilling on the North Coast of California?
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Let Your Voice Be Heard by March 23, 2009
by MendoCoastCurrent and pointarenabasin
Beginning January 22, 2009 and ending on March 23, 2009, a 60-day Public Comment Period opened regarding new offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in the pristine waters off northern California.
And while this is a multi-step process and before things are cast in stone, NOW [...]
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