Biggest wave energy plant in the world planned in Sweden

A new wave energy power plant is planned in Sotenäs on the Swedish west coast (see map). The company Seabased Industry applied earlier and today the application was approved by the regional environmental court...

Wave Energy Test Site

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland plans to develop a National Wave Energy Test Site, which is proposed to be located off Annagh Head, west of Belmullet in County Mayo...

Power From The Waves

New Zealand’s pioneer marine energy company has been granted the first resource consent for a wave generator to prove it can capture power from the waves...

SUSTAINABLE OCEAN SUMMIT ADVANCES “CORPORATE OCEAN RESPONSIBILITY”

Over 150 business leaders from a range of ocean industries -- including shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, mining and offshore renewable energy...

Firm develops 'forgotten' wave power technology

A renewable energy company has gone "back to the future" to develop a device to harness power from waves...

The Challenges of Wave Energy (7th Waveplam Newsletter Editorial)

In recent past the common perception of wave energy development has had an increasingly negative tendency, as the technologies have not yet delivered the expected advances...

Oceans of Energy – European Ocean energy Roadmap 2010-2050

The Roadmap for the development of the ocean energy industry in Europe provides a set of steps which, once implemented...

Aquamarine Power unveils Oyster 2 design

Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has unveiled the design of its Oyster 2 wave energy converter, which will be built in Scotland in summer 2010...

Marine ecosystem impacts of wave energy installations

South West Regional Development Agency confirms construction work on flagship testing...

600ft 'sea snake' to harness power of Scotland

LIKE a giant red sea snake, the 600ft machine oscillates on the surface of the sea, generating...

World-leading Cornish Wave Hub takes shape

South West Regional Development Agency confirms construction work on flagship testing...

E.ON UK Launches First Pelamis P2 Wave Power Device For Test

The U.K. subsidiary of German utility E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) Tuesday launched its first wave power generator in...

TECNALIA y la Escuela de Ingenieros Navales colaboran en energías renovables marinas

Tecnológica y la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSIN) / Fundación Marqués de Suanzes han firmado un acuerdo de colaboración para...

UK Marine Energy Action Plan launched

Marine energy such as wave and tidal could provide up to 16,000 jobs in the UK, according to the UK Government’s new Marine Energy Action Plan....

Government to wave in new era of British marine energy

Lord Hunt releases Marine Action Plan ahead of anticipated announcement of around 700MW of new...

Inside a giant energy-generating wave machine

Ten sites on the seabed off the north coast of Scotland have been leased out to power companies in an effort to generate wave and tidal energy...

Crown Estate Leasing round results released

Today The Crown Estate announced the names of the successful bidders for the world’s first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for 10 sites in Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney waters...

Las energías marinas podrían alcanzar los 200 GW de capacidad en 2025.

Si los proyectos de ensayo y demostración de las energías marinas tuvieran éxito en los próximos años, el sector podría legar a ser una abundante fuente de electricidad de origen renovable, llegando a los 200 GW de capacidad instalada para el 2025, según un informe de Pike Research...

Carbon Trust anuncia la instalación a gran escala de energías marinas para 2020.

El anuncio llega a la vez que el Carbon Trust presenta a las 6 tecnologías más prometedoras que recibirán 22 millones de libras de financiación para acelerar la instalación de prototipos a escala real de sus diseños líderes...

El presidente Obama aumenta la financiación para las energías marinas renovables.

Pide 40 millones de dólares americanos para energías limpias y sostenibles marinas...

Una estación submarina extraerá energía de las olas.

La infraestructura sumergible permitirá en un futuro inyectar a la red la energía generada por la planta piloto de boyas de Santoña (Cantabria). Aún habrá que esperar un tiempo para que los hogares españoles cubran en parte sus necesidades eléctricas gracias al gran azul. En este caso, como pronto, en 2011...