Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Blue Whales, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fish-friendly, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Obama, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Thermal, Ocean Zoning, Offshore Energy Plan, Pacific Ocean, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whales, California, Coast Guard, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, Mendocino, Nancy Sutley, National Ocean Council, NOAA, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Energy, Ocean Research, Ocean Zoning, Renewable Energy, U.S., Whale Death on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, Mendocino Beacon, December 17, 2009
The Obama administration has launched a new “zoning” approach that puts all ocean activities under the umbrella of nine regional planning bodies.
Public comments are being accepted through Friday, Feb. 12.
The approach is more local and integrated than the current strategy, which puts separate functions under different federal agencies. But [...]
Posted in Battery Recharging, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., Wind Energy, Zero Emission Vehicle, tagged Battery Recharging, Electric Battery, Electric Car Recharging Network, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Nissan Leaf, Renault-Nissan, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., Zero Emission Vehicle on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
TAYLOR JOHNSON, SmallWindTips, December 16, 2009
I have been somewhat intrigued by the topic of wind power charging the electric cars of the future as of late. After reading through a number of blogs and different Q&A areas on the internet, I decided to take the question of feasibility into my own hands, so that I [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Distribution, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Hedonic Modeling, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ALLAN CHEN & RYAN WISER, Lawrence Berkeley Nat’l Lab, December 2, 2009
Home sales prices are very sensitive to the overall quality of the scenic vista from a property, but a view of a wind energy facility does not demonstrably impact sales prices.
Over 30,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity are installed across the United States and [...]
Posted in Aerospace, Biomimicry, Cycloidal Turbines, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Feedback Flow Control, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, U.S., US Air Force, Wave Energy, tagged Aerospace, Biomimicry, Cycloidal Propellers, Cycloidal Turbine, Electricity Generation, Feedback Flow Control, National Science Foundation, Ocean Energy, Oregon State University, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Air Force, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Scientific Computing, Advantage Business Media, November 2009
The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency and the need to be tethered to the seafloor. Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that keep [...]
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, New Jersey, News, Ocean Energy, Ohmsett Renewable Energy Facility, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Able Technologies, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Funding, Linda Rutta, New Jersey, Ohmsett Renewable Energy Facility, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
CAROL FLETCHER, The Record, November 29, 2009
Linda Rutta says she has a “tiger by the tail” with a renewable energy device she and her husband, Stanley, invented that can convert the power of ocean waves into electricity.
Now the research and development team needs funding to analyze five days of data from a landmark test of [...]
Posted in Biomimicry, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Fish-friendly, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Biomimicry, Energy Efficiency, Energy Flow, Energy Research, Renewable Energy, Schooling Fish, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on November 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
JESSICA MARSHALL, Discovery.com News, November 30, 2009
The patterns that schooling fish form to save energy while swimming have inspired a new wind farm design that researchers say will increase the amount of power produced per acre by at least tenfold.
“For the fish, they are trying to minimize the energy that they consume to swim from [...]
Posted in ARRA, Clean Energy, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged ARRA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Funding, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Heat Exchange, Ocean Thermal Energy, Renewable Energy, Secretary Steven Chu, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wave Energy on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
RenewableEnergyFocus.com, November 25, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund $18 million to support small business innovation research, development and deployment of clean and renewable energy technologies, including projects to advance wave and current energy technologies, ocean thermal energy conversion systems, and concentrating solar power (CSP) for distributed applications.
The funding will come from the [...]
Posted in Biomimicry, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Montana, News, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., tagged Biomimicry, Bionic Car, Energy Research, Janine Benyus, Passive Cooling, Renewable Energy, Research, Termites, U.S. on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
WENDEE HOLTCAMP, National Wildlife, December/January 2010
Frank Fish was browsing in a Boston sculpture shop a few years ago when he noticed a whale figurine. His first thought was, “This isn’t right. It’s got bumps on the leading edge of its flipper. It’s always a straight edge.”
Fish, a West Chester University professor specializing in the dynamics [...]
Posted in CPUC, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Southern California, Space Solar Energy, U.S., tagged California, CPUC, Electricity Generation, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solaren, Space, Space Energy, Space Solar Energy, U.S. on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
CASSANDRA SWEET, Dow Jones Newswires, November 20, 2009
California regulators have proposed approving a long-term contract between PG&E and Solaren, developers of a speculative technology that would beam 200 megawatts of solar power to earth from outer space.
Under the 15-year contract, Solaren Corp., of Manhattan Beach, Calif., would ship 850 gigawatt-hours of solar power a year [...]
Posted in Biomimicry, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Feasibility, Fish-friendly, Hydro Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Nearshore Wave Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, U.S., Hydrokinetic Energy, Tidal Energy, Alaska, Renewable Energy, ConocoPhillips, Biomimicry, Electricity Generation, ECO-Auger, W.S. Anderson, Kenai River, Double Helix, Bi-directional, Hydraulic Pump, Penn State University, Fish-friendly on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 16, 2009
For centuries humanity has gazed at the sea, rivers and rambling brooks in awe of water currents and the energy potential they hold. With increasingly critical demand for safe renewable energy solutions, our ability to capture water power has been an abstruse, distant choice for mitigating our dependence on fossil fuels.
Now with [...]
Posted in AWAE, Electricity Generation, Florida, Net Metering, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged AWAE, Electricity Generation, Florida, Net Metering, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s Note: They’ve got it going on!
LISA BULE, St. Petersberg Times, November 7, 2009
This is Bob Lyon’s version of a midlife crisis sports car.
“This is the craziest thing I’ve done in my life,” the 47-year-old commercial painter joked Friday after a crane lowered a 19-foot, 1-ton wind turbine onto a pole behind his waterfront vacation [...]
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Nearshore Wave Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aquamarine Power, Electricity Generation, Martin McAdams, Near-shore technology, Oyster, Renewable Energy, Scotland, U.K., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Device on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 30, 2009
Just last week in Scotland the Oyster from Aquamarine Power passed a crucial test and is no longer in locked-down position on the seabed. Now the Oyster moves back and forth in the ocean waves, pumping high-pressure water to its onshore hydro-electric turbine as it readies for full-commissioning.
The Oyster captures energy found [...]
Posted in Australia, Bay Area, California, Electricity Generation, Feasibility, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Australia, Biopower Systems, bioWAVE, California, Electricity Generation, Feasibility, Renewable Energy, San Francisco, SFPUC, Tim Finnigan, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Farm on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UPI, October 23, 2009
Australian ocean energy company BioPower Systems announced it reached an agreement with the city of San Francisco to explore wave energy technology.
“The feasibility of ocean waves as an energy source is being considered and this could lead to further project development,” said John Doyle, acting manager of infrastructure at the San Francisco [...]
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Hydrokinetic Energy, Japan, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tokyo Wave Power Initiative, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Japan, Japan Wind Development, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., OPT, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Tokyo Wave Power Initiative, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 8, 2009
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. has signed an exclusive agreement with three Japanese companies to develop a demonstration wave energy station in Japan. Idemitsu Kosan Co., Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. and Japan Wind Development Co. comprise this consortium and have invited OPT to become a member of this Tokyo Wave Power Initiative.
This [...]
Posted in California, Economic Issues, Incentives, News, Price Issues, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, China, Electricity Generation, Energy Tax Credits, Evergreen Solar, First Solar, Incentives, Price Issues, Renewable Energy, Residential Solar Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Photovoltaic, SolarCraft, U.S., US Energy Policy on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, August 27, 2009
When Greg Hare looked into putting solar panels on his ranch-style home in Magnolia, Tex., last year, he decided he could not afford it. “I had no idea solar was so expensive,” he recalled.
But the cost of solar panels has plunged lately, changing the economics for many [...]
Posted in California, Energy Research, Nevada, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Power Plant, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, Water Issues, Water Rights, tagged Amargosa Valley, BrightSource, California, Dry Cooling, Electricity Generation, FPL, Ivanpah, Nevada, NextEra Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Mellennium, Solar Millenium, Solar Thermal, Southwest, Tessera Solar, VantagePoint Venture, Water Issues, Water Rights, Wet Cooling on October 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
TODD WOODY, The New York Times, September 30, 2009
In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of salvation seemed to arrive last year. A German developer, Solar Millennium, announced plans to build two large solar farms here that would harness the sun to generate electricity, creating hundreds of jobs.
But then things [...]
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.” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, MMS, NOAA, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Coast Guard, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Transportation, Ecosystem Approach, Environmental Issues, NOAA, Obama, Ocean Energy, Ocean Research, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, Stewardship, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on September 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2009
With demands on US ocean resources control growing quickly, the Obama administration today outlined a new comprehensive ocean management plan to guide federal agencies in restoring and protecting a badly stressed US coastal and ocean environment.
Today’s policy shift proposed by the president’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force [...]
Posted in Congress, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, tagged Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Weatherization on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: From 1970 to 1980, Senator Kennedy was our single-best crusader from Congress in supporting my family’s attempts to learn the truth about the Kent State Massacre where my protesting sister, Allison Krause, was murdered. We grieve for Senator Kennedy and deeply thank him for always listening to our pain and working alongside my [...]
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, News, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Offshore Wind, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Excerpts from Environmental Leader, April 10, 2009
US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told participants at a summit meeting “that U.S. offshore areas hold enormous potential for wind energy development in all coastal metropolitan centers, and the wind potential off the coasts of the lower 48 states could exceed electricity demand in the U.S.
The [...]
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Maine, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., tagged Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, FERC, Maine, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S. on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JACKIE NOBLETT, Mass High Tech, August 18, 2009
Maine and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will cooperate on the application, review and permitting process for tidal energy projects after signing a memorandum of understanding Wednesday.
The MOU calls for the entities to notify each other when a tidal developer applies for a preliminary permit, pilot project license [...]
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, EMEC, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Nearshore Wave Energy, Ocean Energy, Orkney Islands, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aquamarine Power, California, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Martin McAdams, Near-shore technology, Orkney, Oyster, Renewable Energy, Scotland, U.K., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hydro Review, August 18, 2009
Off the north coast of Scotland in waters 10 to 12 meters deep, ocean energy developer Aquamarine Power Ltd. has bolted its Oyster wave energy converter to the ocean floor and expects to be generating power by year’s end.
A team of offshore professionals eased the 194-ton converter into the sea at [...]
Posted in Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, U.S., Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, July 22, 2009
Some North Carolina politicians consider this type of thing an aesthetic blight — and want to ban it from the state’s peaks and ridgelines.
A furious battle over the aesthetics of wind energy has erupted in North Carolina, where lawmakers are weighing a bill that would bar giant [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Biomimicry, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, News, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, tagged Biomimicry, Car Charging Network, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Neville Mars, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Forest, Solar Photovoltaic on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MIKE CHINO, Inhabitat, July 27, 2009
Although electric vehicle use is on the rise, we’re certainly not out of the woods yet in terms of providing them with a steady supply of clean energy – that’s why designer Neville Mars has conceived of an incredible EV charging station that takes the form of an evergreen [...]
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, EMEC, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Nearshore Wave Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Orkney Islands, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aquamarine Power, Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Hydraulic Oscillator, Near-shore technology, Orkney, Oyster, Queen's University, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Array, Wave Energy Device on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, August 4, 2009
Oyster nearshore wave energy technology from Aquamarine Power is in the process of being placed on the seabed in the Atlantic off the coast of the Orkney Islands, Scotland for trials in autumn 2009.
The Oyster is based on a large, hydraulic oscillator fitted with pistons and activated by waves. The oscillation pumps [...]
Posted in Carbon Emissions, Electricity Generation, Energy Footprint, Energy Research, Energy Sprawl, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Carbon Emissions, Energy Footprint, Energy Sprawl, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Impact, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Noise, Wind Turbines on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CATHY PROCTOR, Denver Business Journal, July 31, 2009
Wind farms and solar power plants may offer free fuel costs and no carbon-dioxide emissions, but don’t assume there’s universal support from environmentalists, according to industry observers.
“The world is changing,” said Andrew Spielman, a partner at the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson LLC who works on renewable [...]
Posted in Arizona, Australia, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., tagged Arizona, Australia, Electricity Generation, EnviroMission, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Tower, U.S. on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 2, 2009
EnviroMission Ltd. recently filed two land applications in the United States for two prospective Solar Tower power station developments.
Melbourne, Australia-based EnviroMission Limited, also opened operations in Phoenix, Arizona, and established a 100% owned subsidiary, EnviroMission (USA) Inc., to lead Solar Tower development in the American market.
The drive for Solar Tower development in [...]
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Carbon Emissions, Colorado, Congress, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Geothermal Energy, Green Collar Jobs, Greenhouse Gas, New Mexico, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Wind Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Colorado, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Geothermal Energy, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, New Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, President Obama, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, July 26, 2009
Just north of the Colorado-New Mexico border, in the sunny expanses of my native San Luis Valley, America’s clean energy future is taking root.
Under President Obama’s leadership, four tracts of land in southern Colorado and two dozen tracts across six Western states may soon be supplying [...]
Posted in Coal-fired Power Plants, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Wyoming, tagged Wind Energy, U.S., Wind Turbines, Renewable Energy, US Energy Policy, Wind Farm, Electricity Generation, Wyoming, Glenrock Wind Farm, Rocky Mountain Power, Coal Mine, Reclamation, Wind Tracking on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DANIEL TERDIMAN, CNET, July 23, 2009
Wyoming — Walking across the former site of the Dave Johnston Mine here, about half an hour outside Casper, you’d never know that over the course of 42 years, 104 million tons of coal was taken out of the ground.
But now, instead of having a heavy carbon footprint–and coal certainly [...]
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 [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Massachusettts, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Massachusetts, OCS Leases, Outer Continental Shelf, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCILIA WANG, GreenTechMeida, July 1, 2009
The draft plan covers how the state would plan and oversee all sorts of projects located within the state waters, including wind, tidal and wave farms.
Massachusetts released a draft of a plan Wednesday that would govern the permitting and management of projects such as tidal and wave energy farms.
Touted by [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPA, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cathy Zoi, Dept. of Energy, DOE, EERE, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph Romm, ClimateProgress, June 22, 2009
On June 19th, the United States Senate, by voice vote, confirmed Cathy Zoi to be the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Cathy Zoi, CEO of Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, will now serve as Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) under Energy Secretary Steven [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in EPRI, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy, tagged BP, Chevron, EPRI, Europe, Lockheed Marting, Marine Renewables, Ocean Current, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, Renewable Energy, River Hydrokinetics, Scottish Power, Shell, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PETER ASMUS, Pike Research, June 17, 2009
The earth is the water planet, so it should come as no great surprise that forms of water power have been one of the world’s most popular “renewable” energy sources. Yet the largest water power source of all – the ocean that covers three-quarters of earth – has [...]
Posted in FERC, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged FERC, John R. Norris, Jon Wellinghoff, Joseph Kelliher, Marc Spitzer, Philip Moeller, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Tom Vilsack, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: On October 14, 2009 John R. Norris’ FERC nomination received endorsement from the U.S. Senate Panel.
MendoCoastCurrent, June 11, 2009
President Barack Obama nominated Iowa Democrat John R. Norris to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, filling the seat vacated by the resignation of former Chairman Joseph Kelliher, a Republican.
Norris was most recently chief of [...]
Posted in EMEC, Electricity Generation, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, EMEC, Europe, European Marine Energy Centre, Manufacturing, Mark R. Draper, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EnergyCurrent, June 11, 2009
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (OPT) has reached two major manufacturing milestones in the development of the company’s PB150 PowerBuoy, a wave energy converter that is to be ready for deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland by the end of 2009.
The mechanical elements of the power take-off system of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Cap and Trade Policies, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Fossil Fuel, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Peak Oil, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Wind Energy, U.S., FERC, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Coal-fired Power Plants, Cap and Trade Policies, Natural Gas, US Energy Policy, Smart Grid, Electricity Generation, Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Reliability Issues, Cybersecurity, Grid Hacks, Cyberattack, Electricity Grids on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2009
When giving his slide presentation on America’s new energy direction, Jon Wellinghoff sometimes sneaks in a picture of himself seated in a midnight blue, all-electric Tesla sports car.
It often wins a laugh, but makes a key point: The United States is accelerating in a new energy direction [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
