Posts Tagged ‘wave energy’
25 May 2012
Langlee Wave Power has launched its upgraded E1 Wave Energy Converter, reducing costs by 25 per cent.
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18 May 2012
The US Department of Energy has made $500,000 available to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves at a US Navy test site in Hawaii.
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15 May 2012
A Finnish wave energy specialist has begun fundraising towards its Series B round with two prominent venture firms already committing capital.
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1 May 2012
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has received a A$9.9m grant from the Australian government’s Emerging Renewables Programme, in support of its grid-connected wave energy project.
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9 March 2012
Scotland’s European Marine Energy Centre has become part of an international collaboration to establish Japan’s first marine energy test facility.
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27 February 2012
US marine energy developer Ocean Power Technologies has appointed Timothy Stiven as managing director of the company’s UK subsidiary, set to replace Angus Norman on 1 March.
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20 February 2012
The UK could become a leading exporter of wave and tidal power equipment and expertise if the government adopts a more visionary approach to developing marine renewables, according to a new report.
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14 February 2012
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has approved the country’s first near shore commercial wave power array off the island of Orkney.
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23 January 2012
UK green energy company Ecotricity has diversified into the marine power sector and revealed it is developing a device that it believes can address the issues of intermittency and cost.
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17 January 2012
A comprehensive environmental assessment of a tidal energy device has concluded that the underwater turbine does not have a negative impact on its surroundings.
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17 January 2012
A joint venture formed between Alstom and SSE Renewables will develop the world's largest wave farm off the coast of Scotland, and NewNet has learnt that 2020 has been scheduled as the completion date of the 200MW installation.
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12 December 2011
US marine energy developer Ocean Power Technologies made a second quarter operating loss of $3.9m, an improvement on the same three months last year when the figure was $5.5m.
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2 December 2011
Australian wave energy company BioPower Systems has been awarded A$5m ($5.14m) under the government's Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Programme.
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1 December 2011
A listed wave energy developer is to carry out a capital raising via a share purchase plan of up to $4m.
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29 November 2011
UK marine services company Fugro Seacore has competed installation of three sets of foundations for wave energy developer Aquamarine Power at the European Marine Energy Centre test site in Orkney, Scotland.
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15 November 2011
The marine energy sector in Europe should reach commericalisation by 2015, according to a number of industry experts.
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10 October 2011
A company that is looking to develop a tidal energy project in the UK may look for financiers if environmental studies prove successful.
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16 September 2011
Norwegian cleantech firm Langlee Wave Power has secured an investment of NOK6m (£700,000) from Färna Invest in order for it to progress its technology development.
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22 August 2011
US marine power developer Ocean Power Technologies has begun trials on the latest design in the company’s PowerBuoy range off the coast of New Jersey.
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16 August 2011
The board of directors for Russia’s largest electricity producer RusHydro have approved plans to set up a new research company called the Innovation Centre of Tidal and Wave Energy.
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