Converting Ocean Energy into Electricity
A Seattle-based company is hoping to convert the motion of the ocean into electricity. Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Company has called for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permits to harness energy from waves off the coastline of six states.
In all, the company would build seven harnessing sites – in federal [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Converting Ocean Energy into Electricity | Energy Business Daily
Posted in wave, tagged USA on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New Energy Focus – Aquamarine invests in tidal device suitable for Pentland Firth
Posted in stream, tidal and currents, tagged evopod, stream on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Marine energy firm Aquamarine Power has made a “significant” investment in a company developing a tidal stream device said to be suitable for high-energy environments like the Pentland Firth.
The Edinburgh company has backed Ocean Flow Energy, which is run by Graeme Mackie, a naval architect involved in developing Aquamarine Power’s own “Oyster” wave power device [...]
New Energy Focus – Wave energy firm seeks £4m for next step in device development
Posted in floating, wave, tagged Grampus, OWEL, wave on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The developers of a wave power device that could work in combination with offshore wind turbines are looking for £4 million in investment as the technology enters the next phase of its development, writes Rachel Johnson.
Offshore Wave Energy Limited (OWEL) is planning an extensive programme of tank testing on its Grampus wave power device, after it has perfected the [...]
Ocean Currents May Bring Italy More Tidal Energy – Renewable Energy World
Posted in stream, tidal and currents, tagged Italy, Sea Power, stream, tidal and currents on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
09 December 2008
by Jane Burgermeister, European Correspondent
Bolzano, Italy
Fleets of 50 tidal power plants, each with an installed power of 20 megawatts (MW), anchored far out on the ocean could be used to generate electricity for hydrogen electrolysis, and so supply the world with vast quantities of clean energy in years to come if a pilot [...]
$15-Million Marine Energy Prize Launched in Scotland | National Geographic
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged business on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
$15-Million Marine Energy Prize Launched in Scotland
James Owen in London for National Geographic News
December 2, 2008
The race is officially on for a U.S. $15-million-dollar (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 [...]
Wind power: World’s second largest offshore wind farm planned for Welsh coast
Posted in offshore wind on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wind power: World’s second largest offshore wind farm planned for Welsh coast
The world’s second largest offshore wind farm was today given the green light to be built off the coast of North Wales. Published: 03 December 2008 10:17 Author: John McKenna
Approved by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Npower Renewables’ Gwynt y Mor [...]
