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  • Carnegie: Australian Science Agency Reports Significance of Wave Energy

    26 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces a new report from Australia’s national science agency highlighting the significant role that wave energy can play in Australia’s future energy mix. The study, carried out by the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), concluded that the total near shore wave energy between Geraldton and Tasmania […]

  • USA: UMD Graduates Present Wave Energy Business Plans

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      On Wednesday, business plans for wave energy were presented by UMD (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) graduate students Jonathan Christie and Linnhardt Hilfer. For development of their business, they plan to raise up to USD 2.0 million, according to Brian Boyd from SouthCoastToday. At UMass Dartmouth Woodland Commons, Hilfer and Christie introduced the public with […]

  • Norway: Langlee Secures Funds for Wave Energy Converter Testing

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Langlee Wave Power is preparing for a full scale demonstrator project that will launch in Norway next year. The renewable energy company has secured £1.8 million (18 million NOK) for the year-long test of its E1 Wave Energy Converter. Innovation Norway, the Norwegian Government’s organisation for innovation and development of enterprises and industry, has awarded […]

  • UK: Vattenfall Conducts Environmental Surveys for Wave Energy Project

    23 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Monitoring the environment at sea in a region where waves are usually some five metres high is obviously challenging. That is what Vattenfall plans to do off the coast of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, the site of the company’s first wave-energy farm. The location for the wave energy farm was chosen because of the […]

  • Wave Energy Test Results to Be Released on New Website (UK)

    29 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Information collected during impact assessment activities at wave energy test centres across Europe is to be released through a new website. The site is designed to present detailed information to a non-technical audience, and will feature statistics on areas such as wave data, marine mammals, sea birds and reef ecology. It is targeted at anyone […]

  • ESL Extends Knowledge in Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting Systems

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Electro Standards Laboratories, Cranston, RI, has extended the science in Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting Systems. The company is addressing the need for extended operation of autonomous sensor buoys and other remote ocean platforms. Many existing remote ocean-based platforms are powered by batteries or by batteries in combination with solar power. Power harvesting from ambient ocean […]

  • Report on effectiveness of UK wave energy policy set for launch

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The International Public Policy Institute at the University of Strathclyde will host a launch event for the new report which examines the effectiveness of support for UK wave energy innovation since 2000.

  • Marine Power Systems unveils WaveSub wave energy device

    13 October 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) is set to unveil its quarter-scale prototype WaveSub wave energy generator, marking a move to a new, sea-based phase of its development. Designed to operate around 10km from shore, the WaveSub wave energy generator harnesses the continual orbital motion of waves under the surface of the sea. At full scale, each 100 meters […]

  • SINN Power agrees commercial wave energy project in Africa

    26 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Cape Verde’s Maritime and Port Office (AMP) and German-based wave energy developer SINN Power have signed a contract for the installation of a wave energy converter in Cape Verde.

  • Politicians eye wave energy to power WA’s Great Southern

    14 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Labor party of Western Australia (WA) plans to include wave energy farm to the mix of renewable energy projects aimed at making Albany completely powered by renewable energy sources.

  • Uaine Gorm Power Associates bag wave energy gig

    20 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Uaine Gorm Power Associates have won a £19,900 contract in connection with the tender launched by Wave Energy Scotland (WES) for structural materials and manufacturing processes for wave energy technology.

  • Wave Energy Prize: Teams focus on building scaled devices

    30 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The 20 official qualified teams for the Wave Energy Prize are currently preparing for the construction of scaled models of their wave energy devices ahead of small-scale tank testing. According to Wave Energy Prize administration, the teams are preparing to build 1:50 scaled models of their their devices in order to conduct numerical modeling and tank […]

  • Wave energy innovators get on Ocean Exchange finalists list

    15 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave energy developers, CorPower Ocean from Sweden, and US-based Columbia Power Technologies, have been selected as finalists running for two $100,000 prizes as part of Ocean Exchange platform.

  • OPT redeploys wave energy device off New Jersey

    28 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has redeployed its wave energy device, the PB3-A1 PowerBuoy, off the coast of New Jersey.

  • Azura wave energy device powers military base in Hawaii

    9 June 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    NWEI’s Azura wave energy device has been connected to the Hawaiian electricity grid, and is delivering power to Marine Corps Base located on the island. The collaboration between US Navy, Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) and the Energy Department brought online a prototype of the Azura wave energy converter device. The Azura is now the first […]

  • Perth Wave Energy Array Hits 1,000-Hour Mark

    28 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Carnegie Wave Energy’s units at Perth Wave Energy Project off Garden Island, Western Australia have accumulated more than 7,500 continuous operating hours since the first CETO 5 unit was installed. Since the last unit was installed in early March, the full array has generated over 1,000 operating hours. Carnegie had previously planned to retrieve one of the first […]

  • Fred.Olsen Takes Delivery of Refurbished ‘Lifesaver’ Wave Energy Device

    5 February 2015
    Technology

    Supacat has delivered the refurbished BOLT “Lifesaver” wave energy converter to its owner Fred.Olsen Ltd following a three month project refurbishing the converter’s ‘intelligent systems’ at the Devon engineering firm’s facilities in Dunkeswell and Blackhill Engineering. After over two years of full scale sea testing at FabTest UK, the device has undergone an upgrade and […]

  • Sri Lanka Selects 14 Sites for Wave Energy Development

    14 December 2011

    Sri Lanka has identified 14 sites along its coastline to build power plants using energy from ocean waves as part of a move to shift to…  (lankabusinessonline) [mappress] Source: lankabusinessonline, December 14, 2011

  • State Committee to Host Wave Energy Meeting in Waldport (USA)

    29 December 2011

    A state committee charged with finding offshore sites for wave energy announced last week that it would hold a public meeting.. By Larry Coonrod (southlincolncountynews) [mappress] Source: southlincolncountynews, December 29, 2011; Image: oceanpowertechnologies

  • UK: Wello’s Penguin Wave Energy Converter Ready for EMEC

    1 March 2012
    Technology

      Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, announced yesterday its Penguin wave energy converter is ready for full-scale deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, following successful testing. Wello’s 0.5 MW Penguin device, which produces sustainable power through wave energy conversion, has been granted permission for full-scale deployment by Marine Scotland after […]

  • SINN Power starts building wave energy project in Greece

    13 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    SINN Power has attached two supporting structures for its wave energy converter (WEC) modules to the port wall in Heraklion on Crete, Greece, where the company will install and commission the first two of the total of five of its devices in early July. 

  • JFMS Mermaid Software to Support CorPower Wave Energy Ops

    21 November 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has become the latest renewables operator to adopt Mermaid software to assess weather risk and accurately plan its construction and operation and maintenance activities. CorPower will use the software to support decision-making in the early planning stage at the HiWave 5 Demonstrator Project that, ultimately, will lead to significant […]

  • WATCH: Wave Energy Converter Prototype Launched Off Mauritius

    3 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

     The Mauritius Oceanography Institute (MOI), in collaboration with University of Mauritius (UoM) has launched a wave energy converter (WEC) prototype off Albion, Mauritius. In 2017, the MOI embarked on a project involving the tapping of surface wave energy using an oscillating water column principle. The main objective of the project is to showcase the […]

  • Carnegie’s Albany Wave Energy Project Funding Falls Through

    12 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The State Government of Western Australia has elected to terminate Carnegie’s Financial Assistance Agreement for the Albany Wave Energy Project , the company said on Tuesday. The company said it is disappointed with this decision as the State Government were provided with a revised project funding plan in February which outlined Carnegie’s plans to deliver […]

  • Wave energy device to power Eni’s oil & gas ops

    19 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed an agreement with one of the world’s largest multinational oil and gas companies Eni to supply the PB3 PowerBuoy for a demonstration project in the Adriatic Sea.