Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-29 | No Comments »
Tidal power has been harnessed to generate electricity for Britain’s National Grid for the first time, it has been announced.
The move has been hailed as a milestone in the development of marine energy, which could provide up to a fifth of Britain’s electricity needs.
It came when a single turbine on the Atlantic seabed off Orkney [...]
Posted in Research, Tidal on 2008-05-29 | No Comments »
Work to determine the potential of a tidal energy generator in the Severn Estuary is continuing with the appointment of a consortium led by consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff, by the UK’s department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).
UK Energy Secretary John Hutton announced the start of the two year long feasibility study in January. [...]
Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Irving Oil Ltd., the energy arm of the Irving family’s East Coast conglomerate, is looking at producing electricity from the powerful tides in the Bay of Fundy as a way to diversify into renewable energy.
The company, which operates oil refineries and a string of gas stations in Atlantic Canada and the U.S. Northeast, has won [...]
Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-21 | No Comments »
Marine Current Turbines Ltd, the global leader in tidal stream technology, has successfully completed the installation of its 1.2 megawatt (MW) SeaGen tidal energy system in Strangford Narrows in Northern Ireland. There will now be a 12-week period of commissioning and testing before it starts regularly feeding power into the Northern Ireland grid.
After being [...]
Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-21 | No Comments »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that up to US $7.5 million in federal funding is now available for research and development to help advance the viability and cost-competitiveness of advanced water power systems. Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), DOE seeks partnerships with U.S. industry and universities to develop technologies capable of [...]
Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-16 | No Comments »
Blustery winds threaten to topple Iain Russel off the dock into the narrow stretch of water connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. But these gusts are a key reason why his company, Wave Dragon, plans to anchor the world’s largest wave energy converter several kilometres out to sea.
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Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-08 | 1 Comment »
A vertical axis turbine that can generate power from the tidal movement of the sea, as well as from tidal rivers and inland waterways, has completed the first phase of its evaluation trials according to its development engineers. The Osprey tidal turbine from FreeFlow 69 Ltd is equipped with a hydraulic scissor lift, to lower [...]
Posted in Energy, Tidal on 2008-04-28 | No Comments »
Turbine technology to power northern homes
Arguments and debates concerning the pros and cons of renewable energy sources have been raging since the 1970s oil crisis. Today, these arguments are taking on fresh significance as stories on climate change and energy depletion are scattered across our media sources.
Solving the impending energy problem before it becomes a [...]
Posted in Research, Tidal on 2008-04-25 | No Comments »
The same energy that drives ocean waves and currents may be a rich source of electrical power. Researchers in Florida say even gentle flows of two or three knots are enough to drive a propeller attached to an underwater turbine. Advocates say ocean power could be cheap and help replace oil or coal-based systems that [...]
Posted in Tidal on 2008-04-24 | No Comments »
A renewables company based in Cardiff is looking to make commercial waves from a marine energy venture. Eco2 is the major shareholder and commercial driver of Tidal Energy which has developed an innovative technology to generate electrical power from tidal stream resources.
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