MCT will compete for Pentland Firth spot
27 November 2008
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has confirmed it plans to apply for a licence to install a tidal energy device at Pentland Firth.
The area of seabed was recently ‘opened up’ by the Crown Estate allowing renewable energy firms to apply for licences to build green energy projects there.
Companies [...]
Archive for November, 2008
MCT will compete for Pentland Firth spot / Energy Saving Trust
Posted in stream, tidal and currents, tagged MCT on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy – tech – 19 November 2008 – New Scientist
Posted in thermo, tagged OTEC on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FOR a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring over designs for what amounts to a very long fibreglass pipe.
It is, of course, no ordinary pipe but an integral part of [...]
Row over pilot scheme for £2.5bn Alderney tidal project | NewEnergyFocus 20 Nov 2008
Posted in stream, tidal and currents, tagged OpenHydro, stream, tidal and currents on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Row over pilot scheme for £2.5bn Alderney tidal project
20-11-08
A tidal power project that could ultimately involve £2.5 billion of investment has been given the green light by the island of Alderney - but plans to scrap a two year pilot phase have caused controversy, writes Rachel Johnson.
NewEnergyFocus
Last week the Channel island’s legislators, the States of Alderney, granted developers [...]
Project manager appointment puts Wave Hub “back on track” | NewEnergyFocus, 17 Nov 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged WaveHub on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Project manager appointment puts Wave Hub “back on track”
17-11-08
A subsea engineering company has been appointed to run the construction of the troubled Wave Hub project it was announced today, months after the scheme was downgraded from 20MW to 8MW.
NewEnergyFocus
Staines-based JP Kenny, which is part of the John Wood Group, will manage the design, procurement and [...]
Pelamis raises £5m to develop next generation wave power | New Energy Focus, 06 Nov 08
Posted in floating, wave, tagged Pelamis, wave on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pelamis has installed three 750kW machines some 2km off the coast of Portugal, and is soon to develop a slightly larger wave farm for ScottishPower in the Orkneys
Wave power technology developer Pelamis has raised £5 million to underpin its continuing research and development efforts as it prepares to build its next generation devices.
The Edinburgh-based company [...]
International Power plans 10MW tidal stream farm ¦ Tidal Today 14 Nov 2008
Posted in stream, tidal and currents, tagged stream, tidal and currents on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
International Power plans 10MW tidal stream farm
Published on Nov 14, 2008
Tidal Today
International Power Marine Development, a subsidiary of power generation company International Power plc, has shared plans for a 10MW tidal stream farm in the Pentland Firth.
The company, which is now waiting for an environmental assessment, Crown Estate Lease and planning consent, has set up [...]
All of a sudden… algae is everywhere | BBC.co.uk, 09 Oct 2008
Posted in bioenergy, tagged algae on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All of a sudden… algae is everywhere
Susan Watts Thu 9 Oct 08, 05:36 PM
bbc.co.uk
There are all sorts of companies springing up offering algae as a universal cure-all, from jet fuel for aeroplanes, to a means of cleaning waste water and even as a new food source.
What’s behind this growing fascination with algae is the [...]
Interview with Dr. Jochen Weilepp, head of Ocean Energies, Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation GmbH & Co | tidal today, 03 november 2008
Posted in tidal and currents on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Devices with variable aspect ratios appear too ambitious”
Published on Nov 3, 2008
Tidal Energy Special
Interview with Dr. Jochen Weilepp, head of Ocean Energies, Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation GmbH & Co
It was in July last year when Voith Siemens Hydro and Renetec had signed a joint venture.
The goal of the JV company is to assemble [...]
Ocean Power Technologies Launches New PowerBuoy in Hawaii ¦ RenewableEnergyWorld.com – 13 November 2008
Posted in tethered, wave, tagged PowerBuoy, wave on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
13 November 2008
Ocean Power Technologies Launches New PowerBuoy in Hawaii
New Jersey, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. announced that it has installed one of its PowerBuoy wave power generation units near Kaneohe Bay on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This is the third PowerBuoy to be deployed by OPT over the past two [...]
Windfarm consortium to invest billions off UK coast ¦ the guardian nov 11, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged offshore wind on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Windfarm consortium to invest billions off UK coast
Mark Milner
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/11/windfarm-consortium-vattenfall-thanet
Two of the world’s leading wind farm operators have teamed up to make joint bids for the next round of offshore licences in Britain.
ScottishPower Renewables, part of Spain’s Iberdrola Renovables, is joining forces with Sweden’s Vattenfall with the aim of developing 6,000 megawatts of installed capacity.
The partners [...]
