Originally published on RenewEconomy Australian wave energy company Oceanlinx on Friday formally launched what it claims to be the first 1MW wave-energy-to-electricity unit in Port MacDonnell, South Australia. The machine – the first commercial scale unit launched by the company – will go through a 12-month testing period and consider … [continued]
The Australian government as upped its investment in two nascent, Australian-developed wave energy technologies, announcing new grants worth almost $10 million to help bring the two new systems to the market, including what is believed to be the world’s biggest wave energy turbine. The government is providing $5.6 million … [continued]
Oceanlinx; named one of the world’s Top Ten Renewable Energy Investments by the UN, needs to go back to the drawing board to iron out some kinks in the design of its 2.5 MW wave energy power station. A massive swell at the Port Kembla site, 150 meters off the … [continued]
Moving on from the problems encountered in the Northern California wave energy tests off Mendocino and Humboldt Counties; PG&E has just filed a new preliminary permit application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for another three-year study of a potential wave power site.
This time the proposed site is off the coast of Santa Barbara County at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Like every Federal Agency, the Air Force is now under Executive Order to cut transport carbon emissions 30% and to power buildings with renewable energy, possibly making this location more amenable to tests of a renewable energy source that has that potential.
Oceanlinx; another Australian wave power company that uses the floating oil rig as the model for its wave power began installation this month of its last test before grid-connecting a 2.5 MW unit off the coast of Port Kembla, near Sydney. [social_buttons] It should be sending power to the Australian … [continued]
