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]
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]
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. […]
Despite publishing about 75 articles in the past week, there are still a ton of big news stories we couldn’t get to that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Here’s a summary post on some wind energy, energy efficiency, and other cleantech news from the past week: Wind Energy … [continued]
Plans by US-based Ocean Power Technologies to build a 19MW wave energy farm in Australia have been boosted after it signed a “teaming agreement” on the much-delayed project with US defence giant Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin effectively replaces Australian company Leighton Holdings as the major contractor on the $230 … [continued]
Other than our dozens and dozens of stories and our other news roundups, here are some more noteworthy cleantech and dirty energy stories from the past week or so: Clean Energy (In General) Aruba has enlisted Sir Richard Branson in a 100% green energy push. “The Caribbean island of … [continued]
