Posts Tagged ‘wave energy’
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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25 July 2011
Power utility RWE npower has decided to pull out of Wavegen's 4MW wave energy project, leaving the company seeking a new owner or developer.
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14 July 2011
US marine energy developer Ocean Power Technologies has seen revenue increase 31 per cent this fiscal year compared with the 12 months ending 30 April 2010.
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13 July 2011
Scottish wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has unveiled its latest marine electricity generator the Oyster 800.
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5 July 2011
Australian wave energy technology supplier Carnegie said it has met the projected performance for its CETO 3 energy device during the in-sea test period.
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21 June 2011
Power major Alstom has acquired a 40 per cent equity stake in Inverness-based wave energy company AWS Ocean Energy in its first investment in the marine energy sector. Financial details were not disclosed.
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27 May 2011
Last week the Irish Times published an article stating that Ireland was losing out on the ocean energy race, with its Celtic neighbour Scotland taking the lead. As an Irishman leading a Scottish wave energy company, it pains me to say that I agree, writes Aquamarine Power CEO Martin McAdam.
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19 May 2011
The supply chain must become more involved with the marine energy sector if it is ever to bring down the costs and reach widespread commercialisation, a leading technology developer said.
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19 May 2011
The private sector has invested £5 for every £1 spent by the UK government in encouraging the development of the country's wave and tidal sectors, an industry figure has said.
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