First-Of-Its-Kind Wave Energy Farm For Largest Naval Base In Australia
In a global wave energy first, the Australian Navy will get electricity and zero emission desalination from a wave energy system at its HMAS Stirling base.
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Turbines Float Like Kites In New Ocean Energy Project
Two powerhouse Japanese companies, Toshiba and IHI, have joined forces in a new ocean energy project that will harness tidal power.
US Navy Shells Out 3 Million Clams For Wave Energy
The US Navy has just pumped $3 million into a new full scale demonstration of the StingRAY wave energy converter by the company Columbia Power.
Giant Wave Energy Project In Australia Called Off, “Not Commercially Viable”
One of the largest planned wave energy projects in the world — the ARENA project in Australia — recently bit the dust. The 19 MW project — which was slated for development off the coast of Portland in Victoria, Australia — was once advertised as being the biggest wave energy project in … [continued]
Lockheed Martin Cranks Up World’s Largest Wave Energy Project
Lockheed Martin, best known for its military aircraft and other cutting edge airborne machinery, is switching gears in a big way. The company has signed on with Victorian Wave Partners Ltd. to engineer a 62.5 MW ocean power project off the coast of Australia, billed as the world’s largest wave … [continued]
US Taps Into 1400 Terawatt Hours Of Clean Ocean Power
As the US offshore wind power industry slowly (very slowly) cranks up to speed, let’s not forget that US coastal waters also represent a huge, as-yet-untapped energy resource in the form of waves, tides and currents. The Department of Energy estimates the total could come up to 1400 terawatt hours … [continued]
New Tethys Database Offers Guidance For Responsible Ocean Energy Development
The fruit of an international collaboration, the Tethys database and report should prove a boon to policy makers, as well as marine and ocean energy researchers and project developers.
Ocean Power Technologies Receive Financial Boost from Japan
US wave-energy technology company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) announced Monday that it had been awarded a contract from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding worth approximately $900,000 to further work on the development of its PowerBuoy technology for specific application in Japanese sea conditions. The contract will see Ocean Power Technologies continue to … [continued]
1st Commercial Hydrokinetic Projects Approved in US
New hydrokinetic energy technologies that generate electricity by harnessing the energy from ocean waves, tides, and river currents are advancing toward commercial development in the United States. They are not expected to add major power supplies anytime soon, but federal regulators this year approved licenses for two hydrokinetic energy projects to produce electricity from wave power buoys anchored off the Oregon coast and from underwater turbines driven by the current in New York City’s East River. […]
India Gets a Girdle of Wave Power Plants from Israel’s SDE
In a move linked to its massive blackout last summer, India is getting a ring of wave power plants along its coastline from the Israeli company SDE. In terms of the global competition for renewable energy leadership, that puts the U.S. way back in the pack. SDE is already building wave power plants in China and … [continued]
