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 Topic: Tidal, Hydro, etc
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 Full consent for 40MW Lewis wave energy farm
posted by on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 08:31 PM
gfoat writes "Aquamarine Power has received full consent from the Scottish Government for a 40MW wave farm off the north-west coast of Lewis, Scotland - making it the world's largest fully-permitted ocean energy site. The announcement was made by the Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing at the All Energy conference in Aberdeen. see the full details."
 
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UK: Project to help unlock potential of marine energy
posted by on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 08:31 AM
gfoat writes "£8 million project to help unlock potential of marine energy launched by The Energy Technologies Institute. An £8 million project that will produce tools capable of accurately estimating the energy yield of major wave and tidal stream energy has been approved by the Energy Technologies Institute.
Performance Assessment of Wave and Tidal Array Systems (PerAWaT), a project led by Garrad Hassan, and including EDF Energy, EON, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Oxford, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Manchester will develop a series of models to predict the performance of wave and tidal stream generator arrays."
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Confirmation of Grant for Wave Energy Project
posted by on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 03:20 PM
gfoat writes "KP Renewables plc, the AIM-quoted UK aggregator, investor, and developer of independent green energy projects, announces today that the Wave Power Station Project, previously announced on 14 December 2005, has received the formal award letter for the £5m “Objective 1” grant from the Welsh European Funding Office."
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UK: First commercial-scale floating Wave Energy Converter
posted by on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 12:04 PM
gfoat writes "Commenting on the news today from the European Marine Energy Centre in
Orkney where Ocean Power Delivery's Pelamis wave machine has delivered
its first electricity generation into the UK grid - the first from an
offshore wave machine in the UK. "
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BWEA welcomes boost for new energy technologies
posted by on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 07:37 AM
gfoat writes "Not drowning but waving, Today's announcement by the Secretary of State Patricia Hewitt of a £50
million fund for the development of wave and tidal power technologies
has been welcomed by the UK's leading renewable energy trade
association. The British Wind Energy Association expanded its mission at
the start of this year to champion the emerging marine energy
technologies. These energy forms are complementary to wind, which is
currently the most cost-effective source of renewable energy. While wind
will be delivering the majority of the UK's renewable targets for the
next few years, BWEA is looking forward to the time when it is joined by
significant contributions from the new marine sources.
" An overview of Into the Blue, together with the full report, is
available at http://www.bwea.com/media/news/intotheblue.html
BWEA's response to the Renewables Innovation Review can be found
at www.bwea.com/media/news/innovationreview.html
BWEA is the UK's largest renewable energy association with over
330 companies in membership, some 75 of whom are part of the BWEA Marine
Group.
More information on BWEA's marine work is at
www.bwea.com/marine
For further information contact either Alison Hill, Head of
Communications on 020 7689 1966 or Dr Gordon Edge, Head of Offshore on
07968 843 789.
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LATIN AMERICA: Renewable Energy Not Always Sustainable ?
posted by on Friday, July 02, 2004 - 12:53 PM
gfoat writes "10% renewable sources of energy, established as a worldwide goal for 2010, is already a reality in Latin America, but that has been achieved mostly through big hydroelectric dams, which certain environmentalists argue are not sustainable. What do you think? See the full article at Inter Press Service News
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Scotland: Launch Of The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter
posted by on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 09:43 AM
gfoat writes "Following six years of detailed design and development, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd has completed the build of the first full-scale Pelamis Wave Energy Converter. Similar in size and rating to a modern wind turbine the Pelamis is designed to harness the energy contained in ocean waves to produce electricity. The machine is the world’s first commercial-scale floating wave energy converter. The 750kW Pelamis machine measures 120m long by 3.5m wide (about the size of four train carriages) and weighs 750 tonnes fully ballasted. The machine was 100% assembled and fabricated in Scotland with over 90% of the machine’s content being sourced from the UK.
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New UK conference on wave & tidal power - 'Making it Happen'
posted by on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 12:15 PM
gfoat writes "Over 220 key players in the UK marine renewables industry will gather in Bristol tomorrow to discuss perspectives on policy and finance needed to bring this exciting new technology to the marketplace. UK Energy Minister Stephen Timms will address the conference and is expected to make an announcement regarding the government's continued commitment to the renewables sector."
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Faroe Islands: Wave tank tests lay groundwork for world energy first
posted by on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 01:05 PM
gfoat writes "Engineers are re-creating the awesome power of the North Atlantic at an Inverness research facility. They are using a huge wave tank to model sea conditions at the Faroe Islands, mid-way between Iceland and Norway.
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UK: South West could have world class sea power industry
posted by on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 11:15 AM
gfoat writes "A panel of experts has been set up to look at how the South West can develop a world class sea power industry. The South West Seapower Expert Panel has been set up by Regen SW, the South West renewable energy agency and brings together a group of technology and finance experts to look at how to encourage wave and tidal energy companies around the world to establish new sea power machines in the region.
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