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Wave and tidal energy News for April 2009
E.ON and Ocean Prospect are withdrawing from the Wave Hub wave power project off the north Cornish coast in the UK.
30 April, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a list of the USA’s top green power purchasers.
28 April, 2009
US President Barack Obama has announced that the Department of the Interior has finalised a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
27 April, 2009
The UK's wind power industry has given a thumbs up to a £525 million support package in Budget 2009, and believes that this will enable the industry to unlock up to £10bn of private sector investment in wind and marine energy projects over the coming few years.
24 April, 2009
How has the industry reacted to the 'low carbon', renewable energy provisions in the UK's Budget 2009?
23 April, 2009
Energy consultancy TNEI and Aquamarine Power are cooperating to identify the most viable marine energy sites around the UK and Irish coastlines for deployment of Aquamarine’s Oyster® wave energy converter.
20 April, 2009
Renewable Energy Focus has now joined the twitter network...
19 April, 2009
Building on its experience in the marine and wind energy sectors, composite materials supplier Gurit is expanding its interests into the emerging ocean energy (wave and tidal power) market. The strength and corrosion resistance of composite materials are expected to be key to the success of these devices operating in the harsh marine environment.
15 April, 2009
A £500,000 fund has been launched to help environmental entrepreneurs and small businesses develop ideas to generate renewable electricity from the River Severn's tidal power.
15 April, 2009
Ocean Power Technologies Inc has received additional funding of US$1.1 million for its on-going project with the US Navy to demonstrate the PowerBuoy® wave power system off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
14 April, 2009
Marine and offshore renewable technologies will now receive financial support in the UK after an overhaul of the system for supporting renewable energy.
09 April, 2009
Aquamarine Power has appointed geotechnical drilling and marine construction contractors, Fugro Seacore, to install its Oyster Wave Energy Converter off the UK coast.
08 April, 2009
Electricity supply from renewable energies including wind and hydro in the UK rose by 11.7%, or 2.2 TWh, to 20.7 TWh in 2008.
07 April, 2009
Norwegian utility Statkraft has invested approximately NOK 45 million in tidal power developer Atlantis Resources.
07 April, 2009
3B has been awarded an Environment & Energy award for its ocean wave energy converter at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, France in March.
06 April, 2009
Aquamarine Power has decided to focus its efforts on the development and commercialisation of its Oyster® Wave Energy Converter abandoning further development of the tidal stream device Neptune™.
06 April, 2009
Aquamarine Power has appointed geotechnical drilling and marine construction contractors, Fugro Seacore, to install its Oyster® Wave Energy Converter.
02 April, 2009