Wave and tidal energy News for November 2010

Wave and tidal energy News Archive

LIMPET wave power plant 10 years

Voith Hydro Wavegen’s LIMPET wave power plant has been grid connected and operating for 10 years.

Floating tidal power plant opened in Norway Floating tidal power plant opened in Norway

Hydra Tidal’s floating tidal power plant, Morild II, has been officially opened in Gimsøystraumen in Lofoten, Northern Norway.

Aquamarine Power raises £11m Aquamarine Power raises £11m

Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has raised £11 million, taking its Oyster wave device one step closer to commercialisation.

Langlee Wave Power builds wave energy plants in Turkey Langlee Wave Power builds wave energy plants in Turkey

Langlee Wave Power AS and Turksih Ünmaksan have agreed to build five wave power systems totalling 600 kW in Turkey.

Canadian Fundy tidal project gets funding Canadian Fundy tidal project gets funding

The Government of Canada is contributing CA$20 million for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) tidal project in the Bay of Fundy.

OPT and Mitsui to develop wave power technology in Japan

Ocean Power Technologies Inc (OPT) has expanded its relationship with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd (MES) with the signing of a new contract to develop OPT's PowerBuoy wave power technology for its application in Japanese sea conditions.

Tidal stream power generator ready for deployment Tidal stream power generator ready for deployment

Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd has completed a series of in-water tests on the full-scale demonstrator of its Proteus NP1000 shallow water tidal stream power generator.

Offshore wind, wave and tidal can meet Europe’s electricity demand

Offshore wind, wave and tidal energy could technically provide all of Europe’s future electricity demand, according to a group of industry experts and scientists under the EU ORECCA project.

RenewableUK 2010: Universal safety standards for offshore renewable energy

Subsea UK has urged the renewable energy sector to take its lead from the maritime offshore industry by adopting universal safety practices to ensure that ‘good business is always safe business’.

RenewableUK 2010: Wave Hub plugged in and ready RenewableUK 2010: Wave Hub plugged in and ready

The Wave Hub wave energy socket has been plugged in and is now open for business.

CSP - is it time? CSP - is it time?

In our new blogs, Paula Mints reports back from the CSP Project Development USA Conference, and Elizabeth Block gives her take on the European Future Energy Forum (EFEF).

RenewableUK 2010: Oil and gas industry to collaborate on renewables

Senior oil and gas executives and leading figures from the renewable energy industry will gather in Aberdeen next month for a summit to drive forward collaboration between the two sectors.

Europe: 50% electricity from marine renewables by 2050

By 2050 Europe could get up to 50% of its electricity needs from renewable marine sources, according to a report by the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation.