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MOL – Bombora Wave Energy projects in Mauritius gets subsidy from Japan
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has informed that its proposed wave energy project in Mauritius, to be developed with Bombora Wave Power, received subsidy from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. MOL has conducted natural environmental protection/recovery projects and social contribution activiites since its chartered bulk carrier, Wakashio, was ...
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Five Months And Going Strong
Five months has passed since Waves4Power connected the wave power plant at Runde to the Norwegian power grid. And it’s over a month since King Harald V – on site in Fosnavåg – inaugurated the continued goal of wave power industrialization in Norway. The wave climate has varied greatly during the five months of interconnection, but we are pleased to note that things are ...
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Royal Inauguration Of Waves4power’s Wave Power System
Together with a 10-year old from the area, His Majesty King Harald of Norway attended the official inauguration of Waves4Power’s wave power system on Thursday, 21 September. It was a festive occasion in Fosnavåg on the Norwegian west coast when His Majesty King Harald opened the wave power system together with Arthur Pettersson-Kieffer, the winner of the drawing contest, the subject ...
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Bombora Wave Power and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. strengthen their collaboration through a £3.54m investment
Bombora Wave Power (Bombora), the award-winning ocean energy company, is pleased to announce it has received an investment of £3.54m from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd (MOL) to further commercialise its mWaveTM energy generation technology. The investment by MOL, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, follows 18 months of close collaboration between the parties and is ...
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Israel’s Electric Authority Sets Feed-in Tariff for Eco Wave Power’s EWP-EDF One Project, which Enables the Commencement of the Official Grid Connection Works by The Israeli Electric Company
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq Capital Market: WAVE) (“Eco Wave Power” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Israeli Electric Authority (IEA) has set an official Feed-in Tariff (“FIT”) for the Company’s newly-installed wave energy pilot project (“EWP-EDF One Project”) at the Port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israel. With the FIT ...
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The First Tests of Wave Power at Runde Are Now Accomplished and The Wave Power Buoy Waveel 3.0 is Towed to Fiskåholmen
Waves4Power wave power plant at Runde has produced power since June 2, 2017. The aim of the Runde demonstration system was proof of concept and to gather important data for the development of WaveEL 4.0, Next Generation and serial production of wave power systems. The plan was from the beginning that all tests would be completed before Christmas 2017 and that the wave power buoy WaveEL 3.0 would ...
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Eco Wave Power’s Innovative Wave Energy Pilot is on Way to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq Capital Market: WAVE) (“Eco Wave Power” or the “Company”) announced today that the energy conversion unit, formerly deployed in Gibraltar, is officially on its way to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, set to arrive in September 2022. This will be the first U.S. location for Eco Wave Power’s technology, which is already ...
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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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Eco Wave Power Commences Real Conditions Test Runs of its Newest EWP-EDF One Wave Energy Project at Jaffa Port, Israel
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq Capital Market: WAVE) (“Eco Wave Power” or the “Company”) announced today that it has officially commenced test runs of its newly installed wave energy pilot project at the Port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israel. The EWP-EDF One project is executed in collaboration and co-funding from EDF Renewables IL and the Israeli Energy Ministry, ...
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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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Ocean Power Technologies Awarded $4.8 Million by US Department of Energy
PENNINGTON, N.J. - Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) ("OPT" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has won two new funding awards totaling $4.8 million from the US Department of Energy (“DoE”). OPT plans to use the first award, for $2.4 million, in connection with the construction and deployment of one of its PB150 ...
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Mediterranean Blue Energy Delegation Visit
Last week, Waves4Power hosted a study visit from members of the Maestrale project, part of the Interreg MED Programme. This project aims to lay the basis for a Maritime Energy Deployment Strategy in the Mediterranean. The delegation, from Southern Europe energy agencies, universities and other institutions engaged in marine energy, visited Gothenburg and Waves4Power to study marine energy ...
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$1.3m funding for wave power development in Australia
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will use the funding to undertake an innovative wave resource mapping and modelling project. Australia’s only wave power development – Carnegie Wave Energy Limited’s Perth Wave Energy Project off Garden Island in Western Australia – will be monitored as part of the project, allowing CSIRO to improve ...
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Bombora completes tank testing of a floating hybrid energy platform
As part of the EuropeWave Programme, Bombora Wave Power (Bombora) has successfully completed tank testing of a floating foundation system suitable for the InSPIRE solution, where mWave technology is combined with a wind turbine onto a single floating offshore platform. An adapted version of the semi-submersible INSPIRE platform, developed in partnership with TechnipFMC, underwent tank testing ...
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Columbia Power and University of Washington complete successful test of low-power wave energy system for DARPA
Columbia Power—the worldwide leader in direct-drive wave-power systems for both utility-scale and low-power applications—is pleased to announce the successful test of an autonomous, low-power wave-energy-system as part of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA) program. The prototype design, build and offshore test was ...
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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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Historic Wave Energy Legislation Initiative Takes a Significant Step Forward in California
Eco Wave Power Global AB applauds the introduction of California Senate Bill 605 – Wave and Tidal Energy – by California State Senator Steve Padilla of Chula Vista. The bill aims to promote and facilitate the development and growth of wave energy in the state, which will help California reach its ambitious clean energy goals. The bill, introduced by State Senator Padilla on February 15, calls for ...
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Ocean Power Technologies Expands Relationship with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
PENNINGTON, N.J. - Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) ("OPT" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has expanded its relationship with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (“MES”) with the signing of a new contract to develop OPT’s PowerBuoy technology for its application in Japanese sea conditions. Under this ...
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Making waves work: wave energy trials underway in Wellington
A uniquely ‘Kiwi’ wave energy generator is harnessing the power of waves in Evans Bay Wellington. The device has been developed by Wave Energy Technology New Zealand (WET-NZ) – a partnership between the Crown Research Institutes Industrial Research Limited (IRL), and NIWA, and the Wellington power consultancy Power Projects Limited (PPL). The generator in Evans Bay is an experimental prototype. ...
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CNNMoney - Turning ocean waves into electricity
There’s another potential power source that’s so plentiful that it covers 71% of the Earth, but it’s been a struggle to tap. Startup Columbia Power is the latest company to dream of harnessing the ocean for electricity. It’s building a wave generator called StingRAY that will float on the ocean’s surface, turning each passing wave to usable power. Keep reading ...
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