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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Posted in Energy, Geothermal, Hydro Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal, Wave Power, Wind Energy on 2008-04-15 | No Comments »
A shortage of human capital, especially experienced business leaders, is presenting an obstacle to further growth of the growing clean energy industry, a new study finds. According to a joint report by New Energy Finance and recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles that looks into top-level recruitment in the clean energy sector, the issue is rising [...]
Posted in Tidal on 2008-04-07 | No Comments »
Proposals for the development of Scotland’s first commercial-sized tidal energy project have been approved by the community-owned Islay Energy Trust (IET). The proposed project is likely to consist of 4-6 turbine devices with a total capacity around 2 megawatts (MW) that will be installed in the Sound of Islay, an island in the Orkneys off [...]
Posted in Tidal, Wave Power, Wind Energy on 2008-04-04 | No Comments »
Scotland will offer the world’s largest prize to date for spurring advances in marine renewable energy, the country’s head of state announced today. The Saltire Prize, of 20 million U.S. dollars, will go to innovators from any nation who design environmentally friendly ocean technology, such as better ways to harness tidal and wind power. [...]
Posted in Energy, Tidal on 2008-04-02 | No Comments »
Installation has started on the SeaGen project, a tidal powered turbine that generates electricity from tidal currents. The installation at Strangford Lough, off the coast of Northern Ireland, will be the first commercial tidal-stream application anywhere in the world.
The underwater movement of the tidal flow turns the turbine like an [...]
Posted in Economics, Tidal on 2008-03-31 | No Comments »
The Crown Estate, a British group that holds property rights to the UK’s seabed, has agreed to terms on the SeaGen demonstration tidal stream energy project at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The flagship 1.2-megawatt (MW) SeaGen project, developed by Bristol’s Marine Current Turbines (MCT), will be the first commercial scale, tidal stream system operating anywhere [...]
