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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wave Farm’
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 »
FERC Issues GreenWave Wave Energy Permit
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Northern California, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sonoma County, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts of FRANK HARTZELL’s article, Mendocino Beacon, May 7, 2009
GreenWave Energy Solutions, an “alternative energy startup has been granted a three-year preliminary permit to study wave energy off Mendocino.
It’s locals’ first look at action by a newly recast Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is tasked by the Obama Administration to make a greater push [...]
Portugal’s Wave and Wind Energy Projects Dwindling
Posted in Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Aguçadoura, Economic Issues, EDP, Energy Research, Europe, Floating Foundations, Funding, Offshore Wind, Pelamis, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, WavEC, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PATRICK BLUM, International Herald Tribune, March 15, 2009
LISBON: Projects for wind and wave energy beset by technical snags and dwindling investment
In July, a Pelamis wave power generator, an articulated steel machine like a giant semi-submerged sausage, was towed into the deep Atlantic, off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal, and attached to a floating mooring.
By [...]
Pelamis P2 Powers On in Orkney
Posted in EU-15, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aguçadoura, Cornwall, E.On, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Enersis, England, Europe, Funding, Ocean Prospect, Orcadian Wave Farm, Orkney, Pelamis, Pelamis Wave Power, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Scotland, ScottishPower, UK, United Kingdom, Wave, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MaritimeJournal.com, February 12, 2009
Edinburgh-based Pelamis Wave Power has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.On for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P2.
The P2 will be built at the Pelamis Leith Docks facility and trialed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. This is the first time a [...]
Pentland Firth, the Saudi Arabia of Tidal Power, Growing Full Tilt
Posted in Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Concerns, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ocean Energy, Pentland Firth, Renewable Energy, Saltire Prize, Scotland, Scotland Crown Estate, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JENNY HAWORTH, Scotman.com, February 12, 2009
MORE than three dozen energy companies from across the world are hoping to install wave energy devices in a stretch of sea off the north of Scotland. The renewable energy firms all have their sights on the Pentland Firth, which is considered one of the best locations in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CETO Maker Sees Buoyant Future in Wave Energy
Posted in Australia, Biomimicry, Electricity Generation, England, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Thermal, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, UK, Wave Farm, CETO, Sea Turbine, Renewable Energy, Biopower Systems, CETO Wave Energy, Carnegie Corporation, Biomimicry, Wave Energy Blogger, Electricity Generation, Austraila, Wave Energy Device, Tidal Power, bioWAVE, Britain on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID FOGARTY, Reuters Climate Change Correspondent, February 5, 2009
For millennia, Australia’s rugged southern coast has been carved by the relentless action of waves crashing ashore.
The same wave energy could soon be harnessed to power towns and cities and trim Australia’s carbon emissions.
“Waves are already concentrated solar energy,” says Michael Ottaviano, who leads a Western Australian [...]
OPT Oregon Wave Energy May Roll In Soon
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Funding, Lockheed Martin, Obama, OPT, PowerBuoy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 4, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon — The jobs are coming, so Ocean Power Technologies insists.
OPT spokesman Len Bergstein said Monday the company wants to get stimulus funds from the federal government.
“We have a strong interest in presenting a project that would be jobs-ready right now,” Bergstein said.
OPT wants to get a [...]
Surprising Oregon Wave Energy FERC Permit Issued
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Improper Practices, Legal Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Comm. Terry Thompson, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Review Team, FINE, Fishermen, Gardiner, Ground Zero, Lincoln County, MMS, MOU, Newport, North Spit, OPT, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Rob Bovett, Southern Oregon, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 3, 2009
Coos Bay — The announcement came as a surprise to everyone.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Thursday order issuing a preliminary permit for a 200- to 400-buoy wave energy project off of Newport shocked Ocean Power Technologies leaders as well as the public.
“It’s a project, a site that is not [...]
Lockheed, OPT Going for Wave Energy in the West
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Iberdrola, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, Oregon, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Converter, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 31, 2009
On January 26, 2009, Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies agreed to work together to develop a commercial-scale wave energy project off the coasts of Oregon or California.
OPT is providing their expertise in project and site development as they build the plant’s power take-off and control systems with their PowerBuoy for electricity [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect.
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
Mendocino Files Powerful FERC Motion to Intervene
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
As the Monday, February 9, 2009 before 2 p.m. deadline for filing FERC Motion to Intervene papers regarding the Green Wave LLC wave energy preliminary permit off the Mendocino village coast approaches, locals, the City of Fort Bragg and fishing organization are participating and electronically filing their views with FERC.
Here’s the excellent [...]
Scaleback Urged for Coos Bay Wave Energy
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Coos Bay, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, ODFW, OPT, Oregon, Renewable Energy, SOORC, Surfrider Foundation, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Susan Chambers, The World, January 26, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon – Ocean Power Technologies is feeling pressure as local groups, the state and even the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urge the company to shrink its 200-buoy Coos Bay plan.
Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, as Ocean Power Technologies, filed its notice of intent and preliminary application document [...]
Scotland’s Siadar Marine Energy Project Given Go-ahead
Posted in Economic Issues, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Lewis Project, npower renewables, Oscillating Water Columns, Paul Cowling, Prof. Stephen Salter, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, University of Edinburgh, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wavegen on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
BBC News, January 22, 2009
One of the world’s largest wave stations is to be constructed in Scotland off the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles.
The station will create up to 70 jobs and advance Scotland’s bid to lead the world in renewable energy, First Minister Alex Salmond said.
Ministers have granted consent for an application [...]
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 [...]
PG&E, FERC Brief Fort Bragg on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, California Coastal Commission, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann Miles, California, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Tom Luster, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL’s article with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 15, 2009
After nearly two years of local pleas for specifics on the WaveConnect project, PG&E representatives surprised Fort Bragg and Mendocino County representatives with many new details.
Those included the promise by PG&E that all environmental studies would be public, not private information. In the recent past, PG&E had [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann F. Miles, California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
MIT with Portuguese Technology Institute Collaborating in Wave Energy Pilot
Posted in Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MIT, Massachusettts, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, Instituto Superior Tecnico, MendoCoastCurrent, MIT, Oscillating Water Columns, OWC, Porto Wave Energy, Portugal, Prof. Antonio Falcao, Prof. Antonio Sarmento, Prof. Chiang Mei, Prof. Luis Gato, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Science Daily, December 20, 2008
MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine.
Wave energy is a large, widespread renewable resource that is environmentally benign and readily scalable. In some locations [...]
Hawaii Poised to Become Leader in Wave Energy
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Green Recovery, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Better Place, Economic Stimulus Plan, Hawaii, Obama, Oceanlinx, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rep. Cynthia Thielen, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CYNTHIA THIELEN, The Star Bulletin, December 21, 2008
Rep. Cynthia Thielen represents the 50th District (Kailua-Kaneohe Bay) in the State House
An unusual consortium comprised of large utilities, environmental groups, energy think tanks and ocean energy developers has just written to President-elect Barack Obama about the tremendous potential of wave energy and the role it can play [...]
GreenWave Granted Wave Energy Permit in Mendocino
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, Pelamis, PG&E, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, December 11, 2008
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power [...]
SRI Tests Wave ‘Artificial Muscle’ Off Santa Cruz
Posted in Bay Area, Hydrokinetic Energy, Japan, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, SRI, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, EPAM, Hyper Drive, Japan, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Santa Cruz, SRI, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JESSICA LUSSENHOP, Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 9, 2008
“I hope I don’t get seasick,” says a Japanese translator as she and several visitors from the Tokyo-based company Hyper Drive prepare to board Velocity, a 60-foot Stagnaro whale-watching boat, to see the newest model of the company’s ocean wave-powered generator—which is at this very moment bouncing around in [...]
Wave Energy Pilot with Grays Harbor Off Rhode Island
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Massachusettts, New Jersey, New York, News, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Block Island, California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Governor Donald Carcieri, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Hawaii, Massachusetts, MMS, New Jersey, New York, Oscillating Water Columns, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TED NESI, Providence Business News, December 5, 2008
The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun reviewing a permit application from Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., a year-old company based in Seattle, to build 100 large towers that [...]
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 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Fish Technology Draws Electricity from Slow Water Currents
Posted in Biomimicry, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged Aeolian Tones, Bernitsas, Biomimicry, DOE, Economic Issues, National Science Foundation, Ocean Energy, U.S., University of Michigan, Vivace, Vortex Hydro Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 29, 2008
Ann Arbor, Michigan — Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power.
The machine is called VIVACE. A paper on [...]
Scientists Claim Ocean Currents Can Power the World
Posted in Biomimicry, News, U.S., Vivace, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Aeolian Tones, Biomimicry, Current Cylinders, Michael Bernitsas, U.S., University of Michigan, Vivace, Vortex Hydro Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JASPER COPPING, TELEGRAPH/U.K., November 29, 2008
The technology can generate electricity in water flowing at a rate of less than one knot – about one mile an hour – meaning it could operate on most waterways and sea beds around the globe.
Existing technologies which use water power, relying on the action of waves, tides or faster [...]
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 [...]
Frank Hartzell’s Coverage of Mendocino Wave Energy Wins Awards
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California Wave Energy, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Frank Hartzell, Ground Zero, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 9, 2008
MendoCoastCurrent applauds Frank Hartzell’s reporting in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News and the Mendocino Beacon, and in winning reporting awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest for work published in 2007. The awards were recently announced at CNPA’s annual awards luncheon in late October 2008.
Reporter Frank Hartzell’s on-going, in-depth and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Portugal Embraces Wave Energy
Posted in Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Portugal, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Europe, Pelamis, Porto, Portugal, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SIMON GOMPERTZ, BBC News, September 24, 2008
The beach at Agucadoura, just north of Porto, is where electricity from the world’s first wave farm is being cabled ashore. Five kilometres out to sea a Pelamis wave machine is gently riding the Atlantic swell, generating power for the Portuguese grid.
The wave farm has just been officially launched [...]
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 [...]
OPT Floats First PowerBuoy in Spanish Wave Farm with Iberdrola
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, New Jersey, News, Spain, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Iberdrola, New Jersey, OPT, PowerBuoy, Spain, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 23, 2008
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a New Jersey publicly-traded company deployed its first PowerBuoy with Iberdrola S.A, a Spanish renewable energy company, and its partners, at a site approximately three miles off the coast of Santoña, Spain.
As noted by Iberdrola, the deployment of OPT’s PB40 PowerBuoy is the latest milestone toward the building [...]
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 California, DOE, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Finavera, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, General Electric, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Farm 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 [...]
University of Hawaii Awarded Five-Year Project in Wave Energy Research
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOE, Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007, Funding, Hawaii, Maui, National Marine Renewable Test Center, Oceanlinx, Oregon State University, Power Grid Outlet, Research, UH, UH Marine Test Center, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wave Hub on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 19, 2008
The University of Hawaii (UH) has won an intensely sought-after award, being selected as one of two National Marine Renewable Test Centers, with Oregon State University as the other.
As a test center, UH will receive federal funding to study and encourage the implementation of wave energy systems in Hawaiian waters. The strong [...]
Fort Bragg Sues FERC Over Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Coastal Zone Management Act, Environmental Issues, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Oregon, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 9, 2008
Fort Bragg, California City Council has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Concerns escalated last August when FERC denied Fort Bragg’s second request for a rehearing on FERC’s national licensing policies for wave energy or hydrokinetic energy projects. The community stakeholders, [...]
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 [...]
US Wave Energy Having Temporary Setbacks
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, Finavera, Makah, MMS, OCS, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, Scotland, U.S., Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Platts/McGraw-Hill, August 2008
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is looking to generate power from Scottish waters as well. Nasdaq-listed OPT reported July 28 that it had signed a berth agreement with the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. OPT can, under the berth agreement, deploy and operate its unit as well as hook [...]
After Slow Start, European Wave Energy Surfs Forward
Posted in Europe, News, Portugal, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Breakwave, EDP, Eneolica, Generg, Martifer, npower renewables, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Scottish Briggs, Siadar, Tecdragon, Wave Dragon, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wavegen on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Platts/McGraw-Hill, August 2008
The burgeoning wave energy sector, which has endured ups and downs in recent years through initial testing of devices and uncertain government support, has recently set sail with new projects that have brought the industry to the brink of commercial development.
Portugal has established its role as a pioneer in wave energy development. Through [...]
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 [...]
Rubber Snake Could Help Wave Power Get a Bite of the Energy Market
Posted in Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Anaconda, Checkmate SeaEnergy, EPSRC, Funding, UK, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EPSRC in the U.K., July 3, 2008
A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.
Invented in the UK, the ‘Anaconda’ is a totally innovative wave energy concept. Its ultra-simple design means it would be cheap to manufacture and maintain, enabling it to [...]
Iberdrola & Tecnalia to Develop Basque Wave Energy
Posted in Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Spain, Wave Energy, tagged Basque Country, Funding, Iberdrola, Oceantec, Perseo, Spain, Tecnalia, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Datamonitor, June 16, 2008
Spanish utility major Iberdrola and diversified technology group Tecnalia Corporacion Tecnologica have announced an agreement to develop the Oceantec wave energy project in the Basque Country of Spain, with the goal of putting into operation a high-performance wave energy device at a competitive cost.
This initiative, which is expected to stimulate industrial development [...]
World’s Biggest Solar Farm at Centre of Portugal’s Ambitious Energy Plan
Posted in Climate Change, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Climate Change, Manuel Pinho, Pelamis, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN VIDAL, The Guardian, June 6, 2008
From a distance the bizarre structures sprouting from the high Alentejo plain in eastern Portugal resemble a field of mechanical sunflowers. Each of the 2,520 giant solar panels is the size of a house and they are as technically sophisticated as a car. Their reflective heads tilt to the [...]
Mendocino Responds to PG&E on Wave Energy Project
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Licensing, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rehearing, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: On May 21, 2008 FERC rejected the Requests for Rehearing from Fort Bragg, Mendocino County & FISH. The article below was written before that decision was handed down.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 6, 2008
On May 5, 2008, Mendocino County filed their response to PG&E’s comments related to Mendocino County’s Request for Rehearing on the Wave [...]
Green Wave Still Seeking Permits for Wave Energy Projects Off SLO & Mendocino Coasts
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Mendocino Wave Farm, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Whales on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Updates from Frank Hartzell’s article announcing FERC’s granting of GreenWave’s application:
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power plant, [...]
The Waves are Rolling for Wave Star Energy in Denmark
Posted in Denmark, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Wave Energy, tagged Denmark, Europe, MendoCoastCurrent, Nissum Bredning, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wave Star on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2008
Wave Star Energy in scale 1:10 has now been in operation and grid connected since April 2006 at Nissum Bredning in the North Western corner of Denmark.
Since then the company’s test machine has logged almost 4.000 operational hours in the first six months of daily operation, been through seven significant storms and [...]
Portugal Builds World’s First Commercial Wave Farm
Posted in News, Wave Energy, tagged Pelamis, Portugal, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
JORGE CHAPA, inhabitat.com, October 2007
What would you do if you ran out of land for wind farms to meet your ambitious renewable energy targets? Well, if you are Portugal, you get creative and build the world’s first wave farm off your coast. The intrepid country is poised to open what will be the world’s first [...]
File Your Comment on Mendocino Wave Energy Development at FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Comments, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, North Coast, Northern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please Take Action By MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 before 2:00 pm!
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
Just a couple of weeks ago, Ann Miles, Director of Hydropower Licensing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission visited the Mendocino coast. The centerpiece of her presentation on January 13, 2009 at Fort Bragg Town Hall was to explain the FERC Hydokinetic [...]
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