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Turbines Float Like Kites In New Ocean Energy Project

Tina Casey — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:38:32 +0000

Two powerhouse Japanese companies, Toshiba and IHI, have joined forces in a new ocean energy project that will harness tidal power

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Alstom 1 MW Tidal Stream Project Hits 1 GWh Mark

Joshua S Hill — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:38:09 +0000

A 1 MW tidal stream turbine installed off the Orkney Islands in Scotland at the European Marine Energy Centre surpassed 1 GWh of electricity generated earlier this month, going a long way to proving that tidal energy, if not all marine energy sources, is worth the trouble. The site’s developer, Alstom, announced the milestone on its website,

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Solar Powered Cars, Top Solar Stocks (+ Other Solar Stories)

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:50:01 +0000

In case you just can’t get enough solar news, analysis, and commentary, here’s a big link drop of good solar stories we haven’t already covered on CleanTechnica. Solar powered cars, solar trees, top solar stocks, and much, much more. Enjoy! Fun Solar EV Charging Rocks, But Which Option To Choose? Solar Trees For Solar-Powered EVs Solar

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Magallanes Floating Tidal Turbine Installed At European Marine Energy Centre

James Ayre — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:57:10 +0000

Magallanes, a Spain-based tidal turbine company, has successfully finished the installation of one of its “ATIR” floating turbine prototypes at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), according to recent reports. The 1:10 scale ATIR prototype turbine was installed at the EMEC Shapinsay Sound testing site, with support coming from the EU-funded Marinet project. The testing

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How Much Trouble Is Wave Power Worth?

Joshua S Hill — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:17:01 +0000

A lot of figurative-ink has been spent on the possible value of tidal and wave energy rounding out the renewable energy market, but Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Chief Editor Angus McCrone recently discussed these technologies as more trouble than they’re worth. Appearing on Bloomberg’s “The Pulse,” McCrone got into just how much trouble these technologies are worth,

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France Jumps Feet First Into Tidal Energy, Offshore Wind To Come 2015

Joshua S Hill — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:04:59 +0000

A round of government leasing for tidal pilot projects in France completed this week, with companies including GDF Suez, Alstom, and EDF among the big winners. And the announcement of this round of tidal projects comes at the same time as France’s government promised another offshore wind leasing round some time in 2015. A joint

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Renewable Energy Now Scotland’s Largest Source Of Power

Joshua S Hill — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:10:18 +0000

Scotland just keeps managing to surprise us, and according to independent trade body Scottish Renewables, it’s done it again, with numbers from the first half of 2014 showing that renewable energy was Scotland’s largest source of power. The figures showed that, for the first half of 2014, renewable energy generated 32% more electricity than any other

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Renewable Energy Continues To Receive Massive UK Support

Joshua S Hill — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:36:25 +0000

Results from the latest public attitudes tracking survey conducted by the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change again show overwhelming support for the country’s renewable energy industry. The survey is conducted over several days in face-to-face interviews, using a representative sample of 2,103 UK households. The questions asked have been relatively similar over the

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New Tool For Clean Energy Action: “SWITCH”

Cynthia Shahan — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:00:12 +0000

A new policymaking tool to better enable the shift to renewable energy has been developed by researchers at the University of California–Berkeley, and presented at an event at the University of Copenhagen. Policymakers and planners need to discern the most efficient and effective means within the multiple choices and routes to cutting greenhouse gases and shifting

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Scottish Wave And Tidal Energy Sector Worth £217 Million

Joshua S Hill — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:30:31 +0000

New figures from a Scottish Renewables report show that the Scottish wave and tidal energy sector has invested more than £217 million so far, with £31.8 million spent over the past 12 months alone. And though the sector is young, compared to its older siblings wind and solar, the industry is expected to reach £50 billion by 2050.

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MeyGen Tidal Stream Project Already Set To Expand

Joshua S Hill — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:30:13 +0000

Mere days after Atlantis Resources announced that it had not only awarded ABB the contract to install the tidal power conversion and grid connection systems at its Pentland Firth MeyGen tidal stream project, but had also raised $83 million to begin its construction, the company is now announcing they have signed a £7.5 million two year

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Atlantis Raises $83 Million For World’s Largest Tidal Stream Farm

Joshua S Hill — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:30:17 +0000

News regarding the world’s largest tidal stream farm, set to be developed in Scotland, has been coming thick and fast lately. Just last week the owner of the development rights for the Pentland Firth project, Atlantis Resources Limited, announced that they had awarded ABB the contract to install tidal power conversion and grid connection systems.

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ABB Will Link MayGen Tidal Power To UK Grid

Sandy Dechert — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:46:52 +0000

Atlantis Resources Limited, owner of development rights to the Pentland Firth, has awarded Zurich-based ABB the contract to install tidal power conversion and grid connection systems for the four-turbine, 6-megawatt demonstration phase of the MeyGen tidal stream project. ABB is the world’s premier maker of power grids and a well-known multinational engineering company. Europe’s largest tidal power project and

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Marine Renewable Energy Technology Taking Longer Than Hoped

Joshua S Hill — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:30:45 +0000

Tidal stream and wave power technologies are taking longer than hoped to develop, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, who have recently revised down their estimates for their deployment by 11% and 72% respectively. By 2020, Bloomberg predict that tidal stream and wave power will grow to 148 MW and 21 MW respectively, trivial figures

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Construction Of Six Tidal Lagoons Could Contribute £27 Billion To The UK Economy

Joshua S Hill — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 08:50:32 +0000

The Centre for Economics and Business Research in the UK has published a report assessing the benefits that would come from Tidal Lagoon Power’s proposed construction of six tidal lagoons across the country. The proposed construction would contribute £27 billion to the UK economy over the twelve-year period, employing an annual average of 36,000 over the period and

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UK Crown Estate Reveals New Wave & Tidal Energy Expansion

Joshua S Hill — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:15:17 +0000

The UK Crown Estate, which manages the country’s seabed, has announced new agreements for six new wave and tidal-current demonstration zones and five new wave and tidal-current sites. The six new demonstration zones will for the first time allow locally-based organisations to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to a variety of wave and tidal

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Sharp Off-Grid Renewables Focus At Manila IOREC

Sandy Dechert — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:35:42 +0000

International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition, Manila, June 16, 2014 (IRENA) The efforts of the fledgling—but remarkably effective—International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition are paying off again this week. To more than 400 IOREC delegates in Manila, the International Renewable Energy Agency, Asian Development Bank, and Alliance for Rural Electrification are demonstrating that

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Tidal Power — GE & Others Looking To Harness The Power Of The Moon

James Ayre — Sun, 25 May 2014 08:50:30 +0000

Tidal power, or, to put it another way, the power of the moon, is certainly a powerful energy source. The tidal fluctuations caused by the movement of the massive body of the moon is worth tapping, right? Many have of course tried — and are currently trying — but the effective utilization of the energy source

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GE May Buy Alstom For A Whopping $13 Billion!

James Ayre — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:10:09 +0000

General Electric is reportedly in talks to buy Alstom SA — one of the biggest energy solutions and transportation companies in the world — for more than $13 billion. This would put the buying price about 25% higher than Alstom’s current market price. If completed, the acquisition of the French-owned multinational builder of power plants

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Eastern Seaboard Is A Tidal Energy Hotspot

Tina Casey — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:59:33 +0000

Wave power has been grabbing the spotlight lately, but the US also has vast tidal power potential and the race is on to engineer a tidal energy device that can overcome some serious obstacles, namely interference with shipping, aquatic life, and recreation. It looks like a research team at Brown University is on to a

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