The first wave power plant has opened during the week off the coast of Portugal. With a maximum capacity of 2.25 MW of electricity and using the Pelamis Wave Energy Converter system (PWEC) the project heralds the advent of another source of renewable energy. It now remains to be seen whether the electricity that is […]
Testing of a new wave energy device is about to begin off the East Anglian coast in England. Six miles off the coast of Southwold a year long trial of a machine that is currently known as Trident Energy 3 will take place.
The company behind the trial is Trident Energy, an Essex-based company. They are […]
The first commercial wave powered electricity could be used in the waters surrounding Bermuda in a first for new technology known as CETO.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by Renewable Energy Holdings Plc and Triton Renewable Energy Ltd to develop, build and operate the wave farms. The first stage will involve a joint […]
An agreement to test Ocean Power Technologies’ (OPT) wave energy device, the PowerBuoy has recently been signed. The testing will be conducted at the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre.
The PowerBuoy is a 150kW ocean-going buoy that converts wave energy to electricity and it is hoped that the PB150 prototype will be ready for deployoment in […]
A wave power station has been proposed off the coast of Western Australia by a joint partnership agreement announced between Ocean Power Technologies and Griffin Wave Power Ltd. The proposed wave power station will have an initial capacity of 10MW with the potention to expand to 100MW.
The technology used to create the Western Australia Wave […]
Australian company BioPower Systems Pty Ltd has secured funding for a new ocean power system they have called bioWAVE. The system is a unique method of harnessing the power of the ocean. The bioWAVE device mimics the way marine plants respond to the movement of the currents and tides of the ocean.
The funding has amounted […]
