Scotland opened an 18 million-pound fund ($28 million) to bids from developers of wave and tidal energy technology to spur business in the nascent industry.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2012-05-23 05:07:54
The government's decision to direct resources to nuclear and wind is typical of an institution befuddled and beset by lobbyistsAnyone who claims to understand energy policy is either mad or subsidised. Last week I wrote that politics is seldom rational. It is more often based on intuition and tribal prejudice
Guardian Unlimited via Guardian Unlimited
2012-05-22 14:30:01
Although distribution companies typically negotiate PPAs with their power providers, the PUC was directed by the state's Ocean Energy Act of 2010 to set the terms for this deal. Under the PUC "term sheet" (Docket # 2010-235), the price of power from ...
AOL Energy via Google News
2012-05-22 07:13:34
Plans to keep the nuclear plants open will encourage critics of the government's energy policy, which calls for expensive new nuclear reactors to meet short- to medium-term demand while renewable energy such as wind, solar and tidal power are improved ...
Gazeta.KZ via Google News
2012-05-21 22:43:23
HONOLULU (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy is providing $500,000 to a project testing wave energy in Oahu's Kaneohe Bay.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2012-05-21 12:00:41
CARDIFF, Wales, May 21 (UPI) -- Backers of plans for a tidal energy "barrage" across Britain's River Severn estuary will meet with Prime Minister David Cameron, its chief supporter says.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2012-05-21 05:43:45
This funding will demonstrate and accelerate wave power technologies that could further develop the country's significant ocean energy resources, create new industries and new jobs in America, and secure US leadership in the global race for clean ...
renewableenergymagazine.com via Google News
2012-05-21 04:27:27
(Phys.org) -- An underwater turbine being used for harnessing tidal power to generate electricity for homes and businesses has successfully completed its testing period in the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The machine marks the first to be used in Scotland’s ambitious tidal power project, with more turbines at more sites planned
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2012-05-20 04:28:43
The funding presents a new opportunity for a wave energy project at the Windward Oahu base, which has been the site of three test projects by Ocean Power Technologies, which recently removed a 40-kilowatt PowerBuoy from the waters off the base.
Bizjournals.com via Google News
2012-05-18 19:35:28
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is giving oil and gas operators until June 19 to file bids on as many as 7276 blocks the administration is making available off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Law360 (subscription) via Google News
2012-05-17 17:41:05
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ - Students from Edmonton and Fort McMurray who brought research on melanoma treatments and harnessing sound-wave energy earned them Silver medals in their respective ...
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2012-05-17 14:00:00
The working document goes on to admit that much more work needs to be done to assess the impacts marine renewable energy (MRE) devices-such as tidal, wind, and wave technologies-on ocean habitats, ecosystems, and seascapes.
renewableenergymagazine.com via Google News
2012-05-16 20:16:53
The government is committed to setting up multi-layered and systematic marine standards based on the existing standards in 10 different fields, including ocean planning, ocean investigation, ocean energy utilization, and island development. 2.
China Briefing via Google News
2012-05-16 03:54:55
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management could issue its first permit for a wind farm by the latter part of 2012
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2012-05-15 15:43:11
Canada.