wave energy conversion News
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Resolute Project Selected for DOE Phase I SBIR award
Today Resolute Marine was notified by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science that it has been selected for a Phase I SBIR award for a project entitled “Nereus, Powering AUVs using Ocean Waves.” This project envisions adapting a proprietary floating wave energy converter and related subsystems co- developed by Resolute and its project partners to provide power for ...
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C·Power Selected for WPTO Small Business Innovation Project
C·Power was selected for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) as part of its $4.4 million award announcement. The project - Wave Energy Power Generation System for Hybrid Oil and Gas Drill Rigs - will explore opportunities for wave energy to offset the carbon cost of conventional offshore energy sourcing. C·Power ...
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National Wind Technology Center Begins First Validation of Wave Energy Conversion Device
The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has begun validation work on the first water power technology ever tested in an NREL dynamometer facility. “Though designed to benefit the wind industry, the NWTC’s large dynamometer facility is being leveraged to help advance new ocean energy technology,” ...
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Elementary School TAG Students Tour Ohmsett
Ohmsett, Leonardo, New Jersey - On May 16, 2017 a group of very bright third grade students from the Talented and Gifted Program at Menlo Park Elementary School in Edison, New Jersey visited Ohmsett to learn about oil spills. As part of their Engineering curriculum, the students are studying "A Slick Solution -Oil Spill Cleanup Engineering" where they are focusing on the understanding of ...
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National Wind Technology Center begins first Validation of Wave Energy Conversion Device
The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has begun validation work on the first water power technology ever tested in an NREL dynamometer facility. Representatives from Columbia Power Technologies, NREL and project partners celebrate the start of generator testing for the Columbia Power wave energy generator. "Though ...
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DOE Program Awards NREL $3.2 Million for Selected Energy Research
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) received more than $3.2 million from the Technology Commercialization Fund within the U.S. Department of Energy to fund a dozen technology maturation projects.The announcement from the Department of Energy (DOE) this week noted another 65 projects at 11 other national laboratories will receive about $21 million in funds. The Technology ...
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Eco Wave Power Expects a Boost to its U.S. Market Penetration Efforts in Line With the $369 Billion Renewable Energy Bill Initiative by the U.S. Government
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq Capital Market: WAVE) (“Eco Wave Power” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are promoting a $369 billion renewable energy bill. The proposed legislation, under the name the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, would mark the nation’s largest federal ...
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PG&E First in the Nation to Buy Wave Energy
SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 21, 2007 (ENS) - Pacific Gas and Electric Company has entered into a long-term, two megawatt commercial wave energy power purchasing agreement with Finavera Renewables Inc. both companies said Tuesday. Finavera has begun development plans for the two megawatt wave energy project to be constructed 2.5 miles off the coast of Humboldt County, California. The ...
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NREL to Collaborate with Small Clean Energy Businesses as Part of DOE Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will help the first group of small clean energy businesses advance their products under the Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot launched last July by DOE. NREL is one of nine national laboratories participating in the pilot, which will fund up to $20 million in vouchers to eligible small businesses. To overcome the ...
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Oscilla Power Announces Launch of Startengine Investment Opportunity
The goal for this round of fundraising is $3 million with proceeds used to fund the development and deployment of Oscilla’s first utility-scale megawatt-size system in India. OPI has developed the Triton wave energy converter. Known as a ‘multi-mode point absorber’, it consists of a highly optimized surface float and a hanging ring-shaped reaction structure, connected below the ...
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IBM, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland Focus on Renewable Energy
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversion devices, represents a significant step toward the ability to successfully and ...
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Seattle company raises $855k on Microventures to Complete its Wave energy converter
Oscilla Power has raised $885k on MicroVentures. This helps complete the Triton-C to be tested in Hawaii. With your help they are that much closer to harnessing wave energy! Oscilla Power thanks everyone who has invested and is excited to show the world the Triton-C completion come fall of 2021! They expect that the successful demonstration of the 100kW Triton-C wave energy system will be one ...
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Ocean Motion Technologies is awarded Phase I SBIR Grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation
Ocean Motion Technologies has been awarded a competitive grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research & development work on the refinement of OMT's wave energy converter's advanced artificial intelligence control system. "NSF accelerates the translation of emerging technologies into transformative new products and services," said Erwin Gianchandani, NSF ...
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Harnessing ocean energy
AlphaMERS Ltd, a Bengaluru based SME has designed, prototyped and tested a device to covert ocean waves into electricity. The device has a seabed unit and surface floats. The 5 kW model tested satisfactorily in artificial wave tank at IIT Madras. The system has a lot of flexibility in customising to wave heights, tidal ranges and depths. AlphaMERS believed this can be useful for ports and Islands ...
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Funding Supports Research into Wave Energy
The Province is providing $150,000 from the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund to the West Coast Wave Initiative (WCWI) at the University of Victoria to support research into the potential of ocean waves to generate clean, renewable and affordable electricity. “Our B.C. coast is not only one of the province’s most beautiful resources, its waves could also be a source of clean energy, ...
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Ocean Power Technologies to Present at the 24th Annual Roth Capital Conference in California on March 14, 2012
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT) (“OPT” or “the Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, today announced that it will participate in the 24th Annual Roth Capital Conference on March 14, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, CA. Brian M. Posner, Chief Financial Officer of OPT, is scheduled to give a presentation at ...
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Floating concrete - the latest weapon in the climate war
A scheme using floating concrete to harness wave energy has received a £150,000 grant from the Carbon Trust. Bristol-based firm Embley Energy will use the cash to refine the prototype of its wave-energy converter Sperboy and demonstrate whether it can compete with fossil fuels and other renewable energy sources. Embley bosses say Sperboy, a specially-designed buoy, will deliver a cheaper ...
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Global Ocean Energy Report
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Ocean Energy Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p01094730/Global-Ocean-Energy-Report.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy This new report looks at the key market drivers for the global Ocean Energy market, developments and future projections. 2009 was a ...
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Bombora begins final test and assembly of world’s most powerful Wave Energy Converter
Bombora begins final test and assembly of world’s most powerful Wave Energy Converter Bombora ramps up flagship £20m, 1.5MW Pembrokeshire Project, delivering world’s largest Wave Energy Converter Final tests underway before ocean deployment Technology will be validated in the open ocean advancing mWave to TRL 7/8 Data will unlock pathway to launch next phase of ...
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Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Year Ended April 30, 2010
PENNINGTON, N.J. - Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) (“OPT” or “the Company”) announces its financial results for the year ended April 30, 2010. Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Highlights Revenue grew by 26% to $5.1 million for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010, compared to $4.0 million for the same period in 2009. ...
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