Ocean Energy

Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group to develop ocean thermal energy plant

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 REM

Lockheed Martin is working with Reignwood Group to develop an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant off the coast of southern China.

New study: identifies Scotland’s wave power ‘hot spots’

Thursday, 18 October 2012 REM The United Kingdoms' most promising wave power “hot spots” sites are located about 100 kilometres off the west coast of Scotland, with the coast near Cornwall being the second best, according to a ...

United Kingdom

New marine energy park launched in Scotland

Monday, 30 July 2012 Toby Price The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters in the North of Scotland will today confirm their place on the global marine energy map with the launch of the area as a Marine Energy Park. Energy and Climate Change ...

Tidal turbine powers up in Scotland

Friday, 18 May 2012 Toby Price An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for ...

US firm to generate electricity from tropical waters in the Bahamas

Monday, 26 September 2011 Toby Price Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE Corporation) from Lancaster, Pennsylvania (US) has won a contract to design its first two commercial plants that generate electricity from temperature differences ...

Spanish wave atlas published: Galicia, Cantabria and the Canary Islands show the most potential

Thursday, 23 December 2010 Prepared by the University of Cantabria at the request of Spain’s Institute for Energy Diversification and saving (IDAE), the "Study of the potential of wave energy in Spain" was presented ...

FlowEngine: “Revolutionary, twice as efficient, and inexpensive”

Thursday, 09 September 2010 This is how PIPS, a green engineering company, has described its latest technology: the FlowEngine, an electrical generator producing low cost power from both wind and water.

UK waste can supply half renewables energy target by 2020

Thursday, 06 May 2010 An award-winning study concludes that energy-from-waste (EfW) technologies can contribute up to 50% of the UK renewable energy target by 2020. It states that this will depend on the pace of investment ...

Ocean Power Technologies awarded grant for Powerbouy

Wednesday, 05 May 2010 Wave energy developer, Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (OPT), has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy for the development of the next generation of its PowerBuoy ocean energy ...

Fuel cells expected to be commercially viable by 2013

Friday, 12 February 2010 Global Markets Direct has released its latest report entitled “The Global Fuel Cells Market: Key Trends and Growth Opportunities up to 2015”, giving an in-depth analysis of the global fuel ...