wave power
« Previous EntriesAquamarine Power shows off its next gen wave power device – the Oyster 2
Thursday, May 20th, 2010I previously posted an article about Aquamarine Power’s wave power device, the Oyster, which went live off the coast of Scotland, in November 2009. The Oyster is a wave power device that uses the movement of ocean waves to pump water through a pipeline to onshore generators, where the water pressure is used to turn [...]
The “Oyster” – Scottish wave energy device goes live
Sunday, November 29th, 2009On November 20th, Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, flipped the switch and turned on what is being called the world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device. Named the Oyster, the device, which was built by Aquamarine Power, is located off the coast of Scotland at the European Marine Energy Centre’s Billia Croo site near of [...]
Greentech Media reports on the latest wave power designs
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Wave power hasn’t been doing so hot lately. Last month, reports surfaced that one of the biggest and furthest along project – a farm of floating, electricity generating sea-snake devices, is in trouble because of the global finacial crises – the Australian owner of the project, Babcock & Brown, is in bankruptcy proceedings.
That [...]
Tidal Energy Ltd’s new DeltaStream turbine uses ship propeller concept to power tidal energy
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009A Welsh company, Tidal Energy Limited, is about to begin testing a new 1MW tidal turbine off the coast of Wales. While studies have shown that tidal energy could provide up to 25% of the UK’s electricity needs, the sea environment has proven to be a tough one for long bladed underwater turbines. [...]
First commercial hydrokinetic turbine installed in Mississippi River
Thursday, December 25th, 2008Hydro Green Energy has installed the first commercial hydrokinetic turbine in the Mississippi River near Hastings, Minnesota. The hydrokinetic turbine, which essentially is a “wind turbine for the water” was positioned just downstream from a currently operating hydroelectric plant and dam. When the second planned hydrokinetic turbine is added, the 35 kilowatt [...]
Scottish Power to build tidal energy project
Sunday, September 28th, 2008ScottishPower Renewables has announced plans to build 3 tidal energy projects off the coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The projects will consist of 20 underwater turbines at each site, which would generate 60 megawatts of tidal power for up to 40,000 homes.
Scottish Power has said that they will apply for planning permission for the [...]
Wave Power Startups
Friday, September 19th, 2008Earth2tech has just published an article describing 13 startup companies involved in ocean and hydrokinetic power. Read about companies like Hydro Green Energy, Hydrovolts, Finavera Renewables and 10 others.
C|Net News – Wave power to go commercial in California
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Some new initiatives for tidal power are happening in California, as detailed by C|Net. Pacific Gas & Electric has just signed a power purchase agreement with Finavera Renewables for 2 megawatts of electricity. Finavera is building a wave farm 2.5 miles off the cost of California near Humboldt County. The wave farm is expected to start [...]
Wave Power – SyncWave Energy Inc. cuts cost of Ocean Wave Energy
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006In a press release published today, SyncWave Energy claims that it has developed something called the SyncWave Power Resonator, a “radically new approach to capturing the energy in Ocean Waves with frequency based technology. SyncWave is a free-floating, self-reacting point-absorber system that is expected to dramatically improve the economics of wave energy.” [...]
Newest Alternative Energy – Portugal’s Wave Power Plant
Monday, October 9th, 2006Saw this on digg.com – originally from www.aboutmyplanet.com
“This is quite an amazing breakthrough in power generation. It’s safe, easy to deploy, and not harmful to the environment. A Scottish company will deploy sausage-shaped tubes off the coast Portugal to create the world’s first commercial wave power plant, providing electricity to 1,500 homes in 2006.
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