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.

United States

First grid-connected ocean energy project passes milestone

Friday, 03 August 2012 Toby Price At the end of July, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) hosted a dedication ceremony in Eastport, Maine (US) to celebrate its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project: the first phase of the company’s Maine ...

Ocean Power Technologies completes testing of next generation power units

Wednesday, 27 June 2012 REM Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a specialist in wave energy technology, announced the successful completion of extensive factory acceptance testing of next generation power take-off (PTO) units to be used ...

US allocates further funding for Hawaiian wave power

Monday, 21 May 2012 REM As part of President Obama's commitment to an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American-made energy, the US Energy Department has announced $500,000 available this year to test the technical readiness ...

IEA ocean energy technology initiative publishes tenth annual report

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby Price The Executive Committee of Ocean Energy Systems (OES), an International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology Initiative, announces the publication of its most recent Annual Report that presents the activities ...

United States

Coasts offer major potential for wave and tidal energy, says DOE

Friday, 20 January 2012 REM This week the US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the nation's coasts could contribute significantly to the united states' ...

Research and Markets publishes report on potential of ocean energy

Tuesday, 21 December 2010 Oceans cover almost three-fourths of the earth's surface. Research and Markets’s latest report, Ocean Energy Market Potential, looks at how oceans and the land beneath them could provide all ...

Assessing the environmental effects of tidal turbines

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 With the widespread commercialisation of tidal power seemingly just around the corner, University of Washington researchers are devising ways to site the tidal turbines and measure their environmental ...

Transforming waste plastic into an alternative fuel

Friday, 18 June 2010 Student researchers at Northeastern University (Boston, US) have designed an apparatus to convert plastic waste into clean energy while minimizing the release of harmful emissions.

Global geothermal capacity grows 20% in last five years

Thursday, 27 May 2010 Geothermal power is growing rapidly across the globe, according to a new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). “Geothermal Energy: International Market Update” found that between ...