Archive for category Wave power

Tidal Power May Become Major United Kingdom Energy Source

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wave power on January 16, 2013

According to a report in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, estuary barges and tidal streams might be able to provide over 20% of the United Kingdom’s electricity. The report finds the predictable nature of tidal patterns makes them ideal as a renewable energy source. However, finding ways to harness tidal power [...]

Deep Green’s Tidal Energy Technology a Game Changer for Sustainable Energy

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wave power on November 27, 2012

The Swedish company Minesto has secured rights from The Crown Estate to perform tests off the coast of Northern Ireland to determine if they can generate electricity from low velocity currents and ocean tides. Minesto, no stranger to marine power, has already developed technology to produce electricity from low velocity tidal and ocean currents. The [...]

Cost-effective Wave Energy From a New Conversion Device

Posted by Mila Luleva in Wave power on October 23, 2012

At the Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (‘CORE’) at University of New Hampshire, scientists and specialists have been testing the latest Model 3.1 of Neptune Wave Power, LLC. This technology is a securely moored offshore buoy that reacts to the irregular movement of waves by creating horizontal pendulum in it. An electric generator receives the rotational [...]

Marine-Based Energy Generation Could Benefit From Wave Power Prediction

Posted by Benji Jerew in Wave power on September 11, 2012

Alternative energy, specifically from renewable sources, has been under development for a long time. Wind and water have been working for centuries in windmills and water wheels. Solar panels and solar boilers have been in use for decades. Another great source of power can be seen any time that you go to the beach. The [...]

First Marine Energy Park in Scotland to Boost Fledging Sector

Posted by Maria Reyes in Wave power on July 31, 2012

Scotland launches its first Marine Energy Park (MEP) in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area. It represents the largest wave and tidal development zone in that part of the world. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker officially opens the park, which aims to boost the country’s fast growing marine power industry. The park is the [...]

New System Developed to Predict Wave Power Doubles Marine Energy Output

Posted by Maria Reyes in Energy news, Wave power on July 7, 2012

Researchers at the University of Exeter developed a system that can predict wave power. This offers huge possibilities in harnessing the full potential of marine energy. The existing technology to extract energy from the sea is still immature compared to solar or wind energy. It is not yet commercially competitive without subsidy. The key challenges [...]

UK Could Become a Leader in Marine Renewable Energy

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wave power on February 23, 2012

You know what they say: hard work is not enough – you also need vision. Well, these days it seems this is the case with the marine region of London. According to a report of the British Parliament, the UK would rule the global market of wave and tidal power exports, if only the officials [...]

15% of U.S. Electricity to Be Generated From Ocean Waves By 2030

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wave power on January 31, 2012

From being like a drop in the ocean, the ocean being the national usage of electricity, tidal energy is set to become much more to the ultimate energy mix of the future. According to a recent Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy and the Assesment of Energy Production Potential from Tidal [...]

New York City’s East River to See Energy Turbines In Its Waters In a Year

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wave power on January 26, 2012

What do you do when your local population starts growing out and consumption skyrockets? The answer is you start looking at alternative ways to feed its energy hunger. According to the Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York’s population will reach another million by 2030, so Verdant Power Inc., a marine clean-energy company looked towards New York [...]

Toshiba Planning Commercial Underwater Ocean Turbines

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wave power on December 1, 2011

The issue with the various alternative energy sources is that they are intermittent. You can’t trust the sun or the wind to provide a constant power output, and people can do at best is to predict. Ocean currents, on the other hand, are moving steadily, and could provide us with endless amounts of energy while [...]

Interesting Floating Marine Solar-Wave Power System Designed By Phil Pauley

Posted by Mike Sandru in Solar Power, Wave power on November 2, 2011

British designer Phil Pauley has come up with a unique, innovative design of a scalable hybrid marine solar PV cell (MSC). According to him, the wave power system is the best solution of harnessing the energy of the sun and ocean waves. Pauley’s system design produces clean energy from direct and refracted sunlight as well [...]

World's Biggest Tidal Power Plant Opened in South Korea

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wave power on August 31, 2011

A few days ago, the President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak has officially inaugurated what he claims to be the world’s largest tidal power plant. Mr. Lee claims that the new plant is a symbol of his trademark “low-carbon, green growth” policy of seeking renewable energy resources. The tidal power plant at the artificial sea-water [...]

World's Most Powerful Single-Rotor Tidal Turbine Connected To Scottish Grid

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wave power on August 12, 2011

Scotland has recently installed the first grid-connected, commercial-scale tidal turbine, thus making great progresses in the marine energy industry. Called 1MW AR1000, the tidal turbine has been installed by the international marine energy developer Atlantis Resources Corporation. Currently, the AR1000 is the most powerful single-rotor tidal turbine in the world, rated to dispatch 1MW of [...]

Nautricity's Device to Make Tidal Energy More Affordable

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wave power on May 2, 2011

Tides are capable of producing electricity and are more predictable than wind or solar power. Just like wind turbines in the sea, they need to stand on very firm ground. All of that is known from the 60′s, but what researchers didn’t know was how to make that cost-effective, the main reason why development lagged behind.

Wind/Wave Power Not Infinite and Not Renewable, German Scientist Claims

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wave power, Wind Power on April 1, 2011

Wind power had always been considered our salvation from peril, our last and most accessible “renewable” resource on this planet. Well, Axel Kleidon, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, has another theory: wind and wave power are not so renewable and infinite, after all.