ConocoPhillips Alaska has donated $500,000 for the completion of the energy research facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The funding will be used for the completion of the fourth floor of the new engineering building at UAF which will house the UAF Alaska Center for Energy and Powe
Chile has introduced a new long-term energy strategy under which at least 70% of national electricity generation is to come from renewable sources by 2050. The new energy strategy was presented in the document ‘Energy 2050’ prepared from information gathered since August 2014 through workshops and d
Tim Curtis has been appointed as Ricardo Energy & Environment’s new Managing Director. Curtis is taking over from Robert Bell, who retires following a 40 year career with the company. Part of international consultancy and engineering company Ricardo plc, Ricardo Energy & Environment provides technic
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure of Guyana is calling for proposals from power producers to develop an electricity generation system from renewable sources which would power a town called Bartica. According to Stabroek News, Guyana’s daily, the ministry is looking for proposals for the generati
The US Department of Energy (Doe) has appointed Sanjiv Malhotra as the first Director of Clean Energy Investment Center (CEIC). CEIC was established in 2015 as part of the Obama Administration’s Clean Energy Investment Initiative to advance private, mission-oriented investment in clean energy techno
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Atlantis Resources have announced the testing of Atlantis’ AR1500 1.5 MW tidal turbine at National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, UK.
The report titled ‘Innovations in Anti-corrosion Technologies for Offshore Structures’ focuses on the technology advances, innovations and emerging opportunities in the offshore anti-corrosion technologies across various sectors, including wave and tidal. The research is focused on the anti-corrosio
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), a New Jersey-based wave energy developer, has reported a decrease in net loss for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 in the amount of $1.4 million compared to the same period a year earlier. The net loss for the three months ended October 31, 2015 was $3.0 million
Oceanology International 2016 (OI 2016), marine science and ocean technology exhibition, has published the programme for its ten free-to-attend streams, and is now open for registrations. The conference, scheduled to take place from March 15-17, 2016, at London’s ExCeL, will feature ten free-to-atte
Smart Hydro Power, a German-based engineering company, has developed a turbine which exploits the kinetic energy of flowing waters to produce electricity. Because it is powered by kinetic energy and not with potential energy it is known as a so called ‘zero-head’ or ‘in-stream’ turbine, and as such,
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the galleries that you viewed most in 2015. PolyGen’s Volta wave energy device PolyGen, a UK-based wave energy developer, deployed a full-scale Volta wave energy device at the wave energy test site FaBTest, off Falmouth, Cornwall, in August, 2015. After 100 days at se
Semi-finalist teams running for the Wave Energy Prize, set up by the US Department of Energy, are scheduled to complete the small-scale testing of their wave energy devices by the end of January, 2016. With seven qualified teams that have completed the 1:50 scaled testing of their wave energy device
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from December 28, 2015 until January 3, 2016. US DoE grants $10.5 million for next-gen marine energy systems US Department of Energy (DoE) has selected six organizations that will receive $10.5 million to support the de
Tidal Energy Today staff is bringing you the list of the articles you read the most in 2015. Estimate of global potential tidal resources The estimates of global potential of tidal energy generation vary, but it is widely agreed that tidal stream energy capacity could exceed 120 GW globally. Overvie
