DOE to fund wave energy at U.S. Navy test site
05/18/2012
The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) announced $500,000 available in 2012 to support a project to deploy and test a wave energy conversion device for one year at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site on the island of Oahu. |
Renewable Energy Industry Leaps Into Mainstream Power Generation
02/29/2012
This year, 2012, Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo is moving to Orlando to run alongside the world’s largest conference and expo for the traditional power generation industry. |
Wave energy tests show buoy can provide constant electricity
02/07/2012
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. said its PowerBuoy is able to provide consistent power for offshore equipment for the U.S. Navy. |
Tidal power project in New York receives FERC license
01/24/2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Jan. 23, 2012, issued its first pilot project license for a tidal energy project in New York City’s East River. |
DOE: U.S. wave and tidal energies have potential to power 1,420 TWh
01/18/2012
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the West and East coasts could generate up to one-third of the nation’s electricity usage per year. |
Analyzing and Improving Control Loop Performance
11/01/2011
Power plants—especially coal-fired boilers—pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. |
Wave energy system to be built by Lockheed Martin
09/13/2011
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. is collaborating with Lockheed Martin to build a planned 1.5 MW capacity wave energy generation project in Oregon. |
Alstom acquires stake in UK marine energy firm
06/23/2011
Alstom has taken a 40 per cent equity share in the Scottish renewable energy company AWS Ocean Energy, marking the French company’s entry into the wave energy sector.
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Japan new aftershock
04/07/2011
The U.S. Geological Survey said a 7.4-magnitude aftershock hit off the coast of Japan April 7 in the same area where a 9.0 magnitude caused a tsunami in March. |
Italy slaps one-year moratorium on new build nuclear
03/22/2011
Italy is to place its plans for a new fleet of nuclear power stations under a one-year moratorium amid a wave of anti-nuclear sentiment following the Fukushima plant accident in Japan. |
ScottishPower to build world's largest tidal power plant
03/18/2011
The Scottish Government has approved ScottishPower Renewables’ plans to develop a 10 MW tidal power array in the Sound of Islay on Scotland’s west coast.
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windfederal
02/08/2011
Secretary of energy Steven Chu and interior secretary Ken Salazar announced on Feb. 7 up to a $50.5 million federal investment in offshore wind farms over the next five years. |
CO2 + 1,000
02/01/2011
New research indicates the impact of rising CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere will cause unstoppable effects for at least the next 1,000 years, leading researchers to estimate a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet by the year 3000 and a rise in global sea levels of at least four meters. |
Atlantis to develop tidal power plant in India
01/14/2011
Construction of Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power plant is set to begin after developers Atlantis signed a deal with the Indian state of Gujarat.
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Global Marine Systems to install export cables for RWE offshore windfarm in North Wales
01/06/2011
RWE npower renewables has awarded a multi-million pound contract to UK firm Global Marine Systems to install offshore export cables at Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm, North Wales. |
verdantnewyork
01/04/2011
Verdant Power filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that would allow the company to install up to 30 tidal power turbines in the East Channel of the East River in New York. |
Thursday news briefs
12/15/2010
The latest news briefs from POWER-GEN International and NUCLEAR POWER International. |
Marine Current Turbines aims for first tidal energy farm in Scotland by 2013
12/15/2010
UK marine hydro firm Marine Current Turbines is targeting 2013 to install Scotland's first tidal energy farm. |
ABB invests $13m in Scotland's Aquamarine Power
11/25/2010
ABB has invested about $13m in Aquamarine Power, a Scottish company that has developed technology to convert energy captured from waves to renewable electricity. |
offshore faster review
11/23/2010
Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department will move faster in approving offshore wind farms off the Atlantic Coast. |
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