19/11/2009
RWE npower renewables has announced the appointment of a preferred contractor for the ground breaking Siadar Wave Energy Project on the Isle of Lewis.
This will be the first commercial scale scheme in the UK generating ‘clean’ electricity created through wave energy. The project is expected to produce four megawatts of electricity – enough energy to [...]
Archive for November, 2009
One of the UK’s first commercial wave power stations is one step closer ¦ VolkerStevin
Posted in fixed, wave on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Osmotic power plant opens, with commercial scale ambitions ¦ CleanTech.com
Posted in osmosis on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November 24, 2009 – by Lisa Sibley, Cleantech Group
Statkraft says a pilot facility that uses saltwater and freshwater to generate power could mark a next new source of renewable energy.
The world’s first osmotic power plant opened today at Tofte, outside of Oslo. And it included a royal kickoff from the Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, [...]
Oyster device switched on after generating £1m for Orkney ¦ New Energy Focus
Posted in fixed, wave, tagged Oyster on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oyster device switched on after generating £1m for Orkney Friday 20 November 2009
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond switched on the Oyster wave device today Aquamarine Power’s ‘Oyster’ wave energy device has been switched on today (November 20) after it was revealed to have generated more than £1 million for the Orkney economy through development expenditure.
First [...]
Germany completes its first large offshore wind farm – Renewable Energy Focus
Posted in offshore wind, tagged Germany on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Germany completes its first large offshore wind farm
19 November 2009
A consortium has installed 12 large wind turbines in the North Sea, to complete Germany’s first offshore wind farm alpha ventus.
The facility, alpha ventus, was built by EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall in the consortium DOTI (Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld- und Infrastruktur Gesellschaft GmbH) at a cost of €250 [...]
Seven designs for offshore wind turbine foundations are short-listed – Renewable Energy Focus
Posted in offshore wind, tagged foundations on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven designs for offshore wind turbine foundations are short-listed
18 November 2009
Seven new designs for offshore wind turbine foundations have been short-listed for funding by the Carbon Trust in Britain.
The offshore wind turbine foundation designs are aimed at reducing the high costs associated with installing offshore wind turbines, where deepwater foundations comprise at least 20% of [...]
New algae research promises steady streams of hydrogen | Cleantech Group
Posted in bioenergy on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
University of Tennessee study isolates the inner machinery of photosynthesis in order to create large amounts of fuel using less energy and time.
Researchers from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory said today they found a way to unlock algae's massive potential to produce hydrogen for use in vehicles.
While algae [...]
Ocean Power Magazine » The HydroWing by SeaKinetics
Posted in stream, tidal and currents on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The HydroWing by SeaKinetics
SeaKinetics has developed an innovative, tethered tidal and marine current energy converter known as the HydroWing, for the purpose of generating renewable, zero carbon emission energy. The device is patented, and has been developed in an iterative process over five years.
The HydroWing is a marine current turbine power system which operates anchored, [...]
OPT | Ocean Power Technologies | News Release
Posted in wave on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ocean Power Technologies Completes Successful Trials of Underwater Substation Pod
PENNINGTON, N.J., Nov 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) (“OPT” or the “Company”) announces the successful completion of trials of its Underwater Substation Pod #”USP”# product in Spain. The USP, based on the Company’s proprietary [...]
