US firm to generate electricity from tropical waters in the Bahamas
Monday, 26 September 2011 Toby Price Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE Corporation) from Lancaster, Pennsylvania (US) has won a contract to design its first two commercial plants that generate electricity from temperature differences...
Critical Group boosts efficiency at Poseidon offshore plant
Thursday, 22 September 2011 Toby Price The UK software specialist, Critical Group, is working with offshore renewable developer, Floating Power Plant (FPP), to help the company adopt a proactive approach to monitoring the condition and str...
Nova Scotia receives recommendations for marine energy development
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 REMThe government of Nova Scotia today received a much-anticipated report spelling out a comprehensive way forward to developing the abundant ocean energy resources off its shores.
Kenya
OpenHydro to partner with EDF Renewables on second tidal power project
Monday, 05 September 2011 REMOpenHydro Group Ltd., an Irish maker of tidal turbines, is planning a second marine energy project in French waters with Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest power producer.
Ocean Power Technologies PowerBuoy successfully withstands Hurricane Irene
Friday, 02 September 2011 REM Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. , a US-based wave energy technology company, today is celebrating the fact its PowerBuoy recently deployed off the coast of New Jersey successfully withstood the severe ...
Carbon Trust grant to support first Welsh tidal stream energy device
Thursday, 25 August 2011 REM The UK’s Carbon Trust has offered a grant of up to £390k through its Entrepreneurs Fast Track service to Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd., to support development of Wales’s first tida...
Alaska studying viability of harvesting tidal power at Cook Inlet
Thursday, 25 August 2011 REMThe Alaska Energy Authority has signed a memorandum of agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct a baseline assessment of tidal hydrokinetic energy in Cook Inlet.
Spain
Basque Country commissions first European wave energy device
Wednesday, 13 July 2011 Antonio Barrero F. Located in Mutriku, fifty kilometres from San Sebastian in northern Spain, the device has been promoted by the Basque government. It has a capacity of 296 kilowatts, will produce 600,000 kilowatt hour...
Scotland
AWS Ocean Energy secures major investment from Alstom
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 REMAWS Ocean Energy Ltd., an Inverness (Scotland)-based wave-energy company, has secured a major investment from Alstom, a global leader in power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure.
Norway
Timber turbine blades for ocean power win prize
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 Toby Price Last Thursday, Åge Holmestad of Moelven Limtre AS and Svein Dag Henriksen of Hydra Tidal AS received the innovation award Schweighofer Prize 2011 for their work on laminated timber turbine blade...
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