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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,...
Most people believe that the US government is “for the people” and “by the people,” but the reality is that big money has much more influence than justice, equality, or responsibility. The same is true of recent regulations aimed...
The Faroe Islands, about midway between the island nations of Iceland and the United Kingdom, cover about 540 square miles over eighteen islands. Power production is mainly hydro-electric and wind-powered, which means that power supply isn't always constant to meet...
Just a couple hundred years ago, cargo was moved across oceans, along coastlines, and up and down rivers using one simple tool, a sail to catch the wind, which has been around for thousands of years. With the introduction...
The World’s first ever certified smart grid integrated EV charger was presented at the 10th Annual Australia and New Zealand Smart Utilities Conference last week. The proud makers are the Australian technology company- DiUS Computing’s subsidiary Percepscion. The charger, called...
Massive Arctic region in the northwest part of Russia might be built up with wind farms thanks to the RUSTEC project. The energy will be transported to Europe through Norway and Finland, helping the continent to meet their renewable...
Manmade Ocean Acidification is now real. The first ever real evidence is that the shells of sea snails are dissolving. This was observed by a team of scientists, led by Geraint Tarling, from the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK....
The renewable fuels industry sees the giant reed (Arundo donax) as a miracle biofuel plant due to its fast-growing and drought-resistant features that it easily thrives in poor soil, rendering it as a low-maintenance renewable energy source. On the other...
RayGen Reseources, a company that provides solar power services, based in Melbourne, was granted a funding of $1.6 million to produce a 2kW concentrated solar photovoltaic (CPV) prototype and a 200kW pilot plant. The new technology is the first...
The SolarHeart®Engine is the new Stirling engine developed by Cool Energy that converts low-temperature (100oC to 300oC) heat energy to electrical power output ranging from 3 kW to 20 kW, making it suitable for solar thermal electric, biomass power,...