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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tidal Energy’
US Dept of Energy Investing in Small Business Renewable Energy Projects
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 »
Nature Inspired, Award Winning ECO-Auger Flows Forth
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 [...]
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 [...]
Maine Moving Forward in Tidal Energy with FERC
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 [...]
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 | 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 [...]
Massachusetts Proposes Master Plan for Ocean Energy
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ocean Energy Moving Toward Commercialization
Posted in EPRI, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy, tagged BP, Chevron, EPRI, Europe, Lockheed Marting, Marine Renewables, Ocean Current, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, Renewable Energy, River Hydrokinetics, Scottish Power, Shell, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PETER ASMUS, Pike Research, June 17, 2009
The earth is the water planet, so it should come as no great surprise that forms of water power have been one of the world’s most popular “renewable” energy sources. Yet the largest water power source of all – the ocean that covers three-quarters of earth – has [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Offshore Wind and Wave Energy DOI Regulations
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Atlantic Coast, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, MMS, Ocean Energy, OCS, OCS Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, AP/StarTribune, April 22, 2009
Washington D.C. — The Interior Department issued long-awaited regulations on April 22, 2009 governing offshore renewable energy projects that would tap wind, ocean currents and waves to produce electricity.
The framework establishes how leases will be issued and sets in place revenue sharing with nearby coastal states that will receive 27.5% [...]
Wave Energy Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Posted in Alaska, California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Edwin Feo, Electricity Generation, Energy East, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera Renewables, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Maurice Hill, MMS, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Palo Alto, Pilot Project Licensing Process, Renewable Energy, Roger Bedard, Socio-Economic Issues, Stanford University, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Geological Survey, Washington, Wave Energy on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COLIN SULLIVAN, The New York Times, April 14, 2009
Palo Alto — Technology for tapping ocean waves, tides and rivers for electricity is far from commercial viability and lagging well behind wind, solar and other fledgling power sectors, a panel of experts said last week during a forum here on climate change and marine ecosystems.
While the [...]
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 [...]
Carnegie Corp Now Licensed to Explore Wave Energy Off Australia
Posted in Australia, Energy Research, Geothermal Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Australia, Carnegie Corp. Carnegie, CETO, Geothermal Energy, Port MacDonnell, Premier Mike Rann, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL, The Advertiser, February 11, 2009
Wave energy company Carnegie Corporation has been licensed by the Australian state government to explore the seabed off the southeast coast. It is the first license issued in South Australia for a company to search for suitable sites for wave-harnessing technology.
Carnegie Corporation, which has demonstration wave energy projects operating in [...]
Push for Clean Energy Spurs Tidal Power Globally
Posted in EU-15, Electricity Generation, England, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy, tagged Wave Energy, U.S., Ireland, UK, Scotland, MCT, SeaGen, United Kingdom, Tidal Energy, OpenHydro, EU-15, Renewable Energy, Marine Current Turbines, European Marine Energy Centre, Europe, Strangford Lough, EU, England, Ocean Energy, Marine Energy, President Obama, International Energy Agency, Carbon Trust on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bloomberg via The Economic Times, February 2, 2009
LONDON: Three decades ago, engineer Peter Fraenkel created an underwater turbine to use river power to pump water in Sudan, where he worked for a charity. Civil war and a lack of funding stymied his plans. Now, his modified design generates electricity from tides off Northern Ireland.
“In the [...]
MCT Demonstrating Tidal Energy in Nova Scotia
Posted in Canada, Electricity Generation, England, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Nova Scotia, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Ireland, UK, Canada, MCT, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, In-Stream Tidal Energy, Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, Renewable Energy, Marine Current Turbines, Strangford Lough, England, Ocean Energy, Marine Energy, MBPP, Tidal Generator on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 23, 2009
Marine Current Turbines Ltd, the Bristol based UK tidal energy company, in now in partnership Canada’s Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Ltd to demonstrate and develop tidal power technology and facilities in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Limited (MBPP) of Hantsport, Nova Scotia is [...]
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 [...]
Environmental Defense Fund Briefs Obama on Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged DOE, DOI, EDF, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environmental Defense Fund, FERC, Jurisdictional Issues, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, OPT, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech/GigaOm, December 23, 2008
Ocean energy could have a big part to play under President-elect Barack Obama’s environmentally friendly administration, but a coalition that’s pushing for more wave and tidal power says change is needed to expand the number of projects in the U.S. Right now, there are only a handful of ocean energy projects [...]
Tidal Energy Limited Gets Boost from Propeller and Wind Technologies
Posted in Environmental Issues, Europe, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged BWEA, Converteam, DeltaStream, Eco2, Environmental Issues, Marine Current Turbines, Ocean Current Turbine, Pembrokeshire, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, Tidal Energy Ltd., Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ALOK JHA, Guardian UK, January 5, 2009
Propellers on ships have been tried and tested for centuries in the rough and unforgiving environment of the sea: now this long-proven technology will be used in reverse to harness clean energy from the UK’s powerful tides.
The tides that surge around the UK’s coasts could provide up to a [...]
Irish Tidal Turbines Now at Full Power
Posted in Europe, Ireland, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, tagged Commercial, Europe, Ireland, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BBC News, December 18, 2008
A tidal turbine near the mouth of Strangford Lough has begun producing electricity at full capacity for the first time. The SeaGen system now generates 1.2MW, the highest level of power produced by a tidal stream system anywhere in the world.
The system works like an “underwater windmill” but with rotors driven [...]
Capturing Ocean Energy
Posted in Australia, Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Europe, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, New York, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, AWS, Cornwall, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, Finavera, New York, OPT, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom, Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, Wind Energy on December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Guardian.co.uk, December 3, 2008
Way back in Napoleonic Paris, a Monsieur Girard had a novel idea about energy: power from the sea. In 1799, Girard obtained a patent for a machine he and his son had designed to mechanically capture the energy in ocean waves. Wave power could be used, they figured, to run pumps and [...]
$15 Million Ocean Energy Contest Launches in Scotland
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Saltire Prize, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
JAMES OWEN, National Geographic News, December 2, 2008
The race is officially on for a U.S. $15 million (10 million Euro) prize for harnessing the power of the oceans.
The winning marine renewable energy innovation would provide a serious energy alternative to burning fossil fuels, which contribute to global warming.
Details of the Saltire Prize Challenge were announced [...]
Obama Appointment Offers Another Green Signal
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Dept. of Energy, FERC, FERC Review Team, Green Recovery, Mendocino Wave Energy, Nevada, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rose McKinney-James, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KEVIN FERGUSON, The Information Week, November 24, 2008
Where is President-elect Barack Obama headed with environmental protection and renewable energy? The answer lies not so much in the encouraging but ultimately self-serving video posted on the transition team’s Web site, but rather on links elsewhere on the page. In particular, look at the appointment of senior transition [...]
Concerns Emerge About Environmental Effects of Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Applied Physics Lab, California, EMF, Environmental Issues, FERC, Finavera, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Makah, Oregon, Oregon State University, OSU, PG&E, Puget Sound, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., University of Washington, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHELLE MA, Seattle Times, November 17, 2008
What started out as a mad dash to extract energy from the ocean’s waves and tides has slowed to a marathoner’s pace — complete with a few water breaks and sprained ankles along the way.
In the past three years, more than 100 preliminary permits have been issued nationally for [...]
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 [...]
Race to Turn Waves, Tides & Currents into Electricity is On
Posted in California, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, U.S., Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Alaska, California, Chevron, DOE, EPRI, FERC, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Hawaii, MMS, Ocean Energy, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, OREC, Oregon, OSU, Peak Oil, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, Verdant Power, Washington, Wave Energy on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ISABEL ORDONEZ, Dow Jones News Service, October 6, 2008
Surfers aren’t the only ones itching to jump in the water and catch some big waves.
Dozens of companies, from oil giant Chevron Corp. to smaller firms like Ocean Power Technologies Inc., have invested in or are evaluating the potential of technology designed to harness electrical energy from [...]
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 [...]
New York Agency Approves Iberdrola Energy East Plan
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, New York, News, Spain, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, Issue, New York, Senator Schumer, Spain, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wind Energy on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, September 4, 2008
Albany — New York utility regulators have given the global energy company Iberdrola the go-ahead to buy Energy East.
The 4-0 vote by New York’s Public Service Commission yesterday clears the way for the $4.6 billion deal, which includes Energy East subsidiaries Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. and New York State Electric [...]
Air Force Dives into Wave Energy
Posted in Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged Aeronautics Dept., Cycloidal Propellers, Funding, Oregon, Oregon State University, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, Turbines, U.S., US Air Force, Wave Energy on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US Air Force Academy, Air Force Link, August 20, 2008
The next source of alternative energy could come from ocean waves, and Air Force Academy professors have been granted funding to dive into this research.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the Academy’s Aeronautics Department $285,619 to support a cyclodial propeller wave energy converter research project to [...]
NYC Calling for Renewable Energy Solutions
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, New York, News, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bloomberg, East River Project, Geothermal Energy, Landfill Gas Power, New York, Offshore Wind, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, Verdant Power, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EHRLICH, Cleantech Group, August 20, 2008
The Big Apple is looking for offshore wind, as well as bridge- and building-mounted turbines, and tidal, solar, geothermal, and landfill gas projects.
New York City has launched a request for renewable energy projects that could see the city’s skyline altered by wind turbines, solar panels and other clean technologies.
The [...]
Africa’s New Sweet Spot: Building from Day One with Renewables
Posted in Africa, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Stream, Wind Energy, tagged Africa, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, Wind Energy on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SAM AOLA OOKO, EcoWorldly, August 15, 2008
Watch this space: Africa is fast becoming an important player in cleaner energy sources. If only 0.3% of sunlight falling on the Sahara and Middle Eastern deserts can potentially provide all of Europe’s energy needs because of its intensity, according to a report, how about everything else?
How much wind [...]
US MMS Moving on OCS Alternative Energy Leases
Posted in California, Delaware, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, New Jersey, News, OCS, Research, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, Delaware, Environmental Issues, EPAct, Florida, Georgia, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Leases, MMS Nominations, New Jersey, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, Rulemaking, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GreenCarCongress.com, July 26, 2008
The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) 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 and technology testing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
MMS announced its interim policy in November 2007 to jumpstart basic [...]
Tidal Power Now Online Feeding Irish Grid
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, tagged Europe, Ireland, MCT, SeaGen, Strangford Lough, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, United Kingdom on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CLAIRE BATES, The Daily Mail, July 17, 2008
The first ever commercial electricity powered by the tides has been put on the National Grid, project managers said today.
The £10million SeaGen turbine based in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough generated enough green energy to supply 150 homes in a test. Full-blown production is expected in a few weeks’ [...]
Renewable Energy Centre Applauds Irish & Scottish Feasibility Study
Posted in Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Instruct, Ireland, News, Research, Scotland, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Europe, Funding, Ireland, Ofgem, Renewable Energy Centre, Scotland, Tidal Energy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
openPR.co.uk, July 23, 2008
Plans announced yesterday for a study into the feasibility of wind and wave farms off the coast of Northern Ireland and Scotland were heralded as a positive step forward by The Renewable Energy Centre
Costing 1.6 million and funded mainly by Inter-Reg, an EU (European Union) funded programme, the study will begin later [...]
EDF Developing Tidal Energy in France
Posted in France, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Tidal Stream, tagged EDF, France, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Environment-Expert.com, July 23, 2008
EDF shall build the first pilot tidal turbine system in France in order to produce electricity from the energy in tidal currents. By 2011 between three and six turbines, with a total capacity of between 4 and 6 MW, will be installed and linked to the grid off Paimpol (Côtes d’Armor, Brittany), [...]
Army Corps of Engineers Studying Tidal Energy in Cape Cod Canal
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Massachusettts, News, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wind Energy, tagged Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Tidal Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WickenLocal.com via Ocean Energy Council News, July 23, 2008
Consultants for the Army Corps of Engineers are conducting a study at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal to determine if it’s feasible to tap the famous waterway’s hydro-power.
The idea to harness rapid tidal flow to take advantage of alternative and renewable energy possibilities is [...]
World’s First Large Scale Wave Farm Aims to Lower Costs
Posted in Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Cornwall, E.On, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Fred Olsen, Funding, Ocean Prospect, Oceanlinx, OPT, Tidal Energy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, WestWave on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.org, Jul 22, 2008
Of all the renewable technologies, wave and tidal energy is currently the most expensive way of producing energy. But a project in the UK hopes to help this technology move along the learning curve and bring down costs.
When installed in 2010, Wave Hub will be the world’s first large-scale wave farm. Just [...]
Harnessing Energy from the Oceans
Posted in Australia, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, News, Nova Scotia, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Stream, U.S., United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, Clean Current PowerSystems, Cornwall, Environmental Issues, Finavera, Lunar Energy, Marine Current Turbines, Marine Energy, Ocean Current Turbine, Ocean Energy, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, Wales, Wave Energy on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GLOBE-NET NEWS, May 29, 2008
Forever moving – our restless oceans have enough energy to power the world. As long as the Earth turns and the moon keeps its appointed cycle, the oceans will absorb and dissipate vast amounts of kinetic energy – a renewable energy resource of enormous potential. But harnessing this resource has proven [...]
BERR Appoints Contractors in U.K. Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study
Posted in Environmental Issues, News, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, tagged BERR, Environmental Issues, SEA, Severn Estuary, Severn Tidal Project, Strategic Environmental Assessent, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, Wales on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Net News Publishers, May 6, 2008
Work to determine the potential of a tidal energy generator in the Severn Estuary is continuing with the appointment of a consortium led by consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff who will manage the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
The SEA is a major part of the Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study. It will [...]
DeltaStream Tidal Turbines in Welsh Waters
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, News, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged DeltaStream, Eco2, Funding, Ireland, Scotland, South Korea, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, UK, Wales on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Renewable Energy Development Blog, April 23, 2008
The latest Tidal Energy venture is a demonstration project in Welsh waters backed by renewable energy developer Eco2, investing £150,000 into Tidal Energy Limited as the company installs DeltaStream. The finance needed by Tidal Energy Limited, which was formerly known as Tidal Hydraulic Generators, will fund the prototype phase [...]
Tidal Stream Turbine Testing in Humber Estuary UK
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, tagged Funding, Humber, Pulse Tidal, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, UK on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
www.inthenews.uk.co, April 7, 2008
Planning permission has been granted by the Energy Secretary for a tidal stream generator to be tested in the Humber estuary, Stallingborough, United Kingdom.
When in the water the prototype model is estimated to generate up to 0.15MW and it will be one of the first tidal power machines to supply Great Britain’s [...]
New Zealand Tidal Turbine Trial Approved
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, New Zealand, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, tagged Cook Strait, Funding, Neptune Power, New Zealand, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ANTHONY DOESBURG, New Zealand Herald, April 28, 2008
An experimental turbine generating 1MW will be installed in Cook Strait off Island Bay Summer 2008, costing $10 million.
A prototype of what is likely to be the first turbine for tapping the tidal energy of New Zealand waters is sailing around Scottish seas bolted to a ship.
Christchurch company [...]
Nova Scotia Announces Tidal Energy Partners
Posted in Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Nova Scotia, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, tagged Bay of Fundy, Environmental Issues, Funding, In-Stream Tidal Energy, Nova Scotia, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nova Scotia Premier’s Office, January 8, 2008
Nova Scotia is one step closer to building North America’s first in-stream tidal technology centre to host some of the world’s leading devices to harness energy from the world’s highest tides.
Three candidates, representing technologies from Canada, U.S.A. and Ireland, have cleared the first hurdle in their bid to demonstrate [...]
Scotland’s Pentland Firth Tidal Energy Project
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, tagged Pentland Firth Tidal Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, Tocardo Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyDev.com, April 8, 2008
A Dutch tidal device developer has recognised the potential in the Scottish waters and is planning a new tidal energy power plant in the Pentland Firth, hoping to begin development as early as the end of 2008.
Tocardo has established a subsidiary company called Tocardo Tidal Energy with the plan to set up production, assembly and office [...]
Tidal Turbine Jobs in the U.K.
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged DeltaStream, Eco2, Jobs, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, United Kingdom, Wave Energy on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ocean Energy Council, April 23, 2008
A renewables company based in Cardiff is looking to make commercial waves from a marine energy venture.
Eco2 is the major shareholder and commercial driver of Tidal Energy which has developed an innovative technology to generate electrical power from tidal stream resources.
Its DeltaStream technology takes the concept of wind turbine and [...]
YouTubes on Wave Energy
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, tagged Hydrokinteic Energy, Tidal Energy, Turbines, Wave Energy on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1) From November 18, 2007, an NBC report on renewable energy focusing on energy generation from currents, tides and waves:
2) Recent wave energy and tidal power report from the History Channel:
Tidal Energy Comes of Age in NW Europe
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Ireland, npower renewables, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, UK, Wales on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tidal energy comes of age in NW Europe
Two new tidal energy schemes in Wales and Northern Ireland will showcase a novel technology that is being seen by many as the way forward for this form of renewable energy generation. Sean Ottewell reports
Plans to install the world’s first commercial scale tidal energy system in Northern Ireland’s [...]
South Korea Coast Tidal Energy Project
Posted in England, Environmental Issues, Event, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, South Korea, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, tagged Environmental Issues, Hyundal Heavy Industries, Korean Midland Power Company, Lunar Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Rotech Engineering, South Korea, South Korean Coast, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyDev.com, March 17, 2008
An agreement has been signed to develop a huge tidal power field off the South Korean coast. The joint venture between Lunar Energy of the U.K. and Korean Midland Power Company will develop the tidal power plant in the Wando Hoenggan waterway at a construction cost of £500 million.
The scheme will use power from [...]
World’s First Commercial Tidal Stream Project to Be Built on North Wales Coast
Posted in News, Tidal Stream, tagged MCT, North Wales, npower renewables, Ocean Current Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream on February 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
npower renewables, February 7, 2008
npower renewables and tidal power developers Marine Current Turbines (MCT) announced a pioneering partnership to capable of deliver 10.5 MW from tidal stream projects off the coast of Anglesey, north Wales.
npower renewables and Marine Current Turbines will take forward the project through a newly created development company, SeaGen Wales. Subject to [...]
Underwater Sea Turbines May Generate Renewable Energy
Posted in Florida, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, tagged Florida, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JORGE CHAPA, inhabitat.com, December 10, 2007
One the greatest untapped energy resources in the world is the motion of the ocean. And while floating wind turbines and wave energy generators are being explored throughout the world, there still remains one largely untapped power source, the underwater ocean currents. Well researchers at the Center of Excellence in [...]
Gulf Stream Turbines May Whirl Out Energy
Posted in Florida, News, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, tagged Florida, Ocean Current Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID ADAMS, tampabay.com, February 4, 2008
It’s free, has zero emissions and sits off the Florida coast just waiting to be tapped.
A boon to ship captains for centuries, could the Gulf Stream, which runs along Florida’s east coast before curving out across the Atlantic, also be a major source of clean energy for the state? [...]
