]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/wave-and-tidal-power Wave and Tidal Power - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/77809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 The Green Party's Energy Minister Eamon Ryan announced a major programme of activity, grants and supports in Cork recently to develop ocean energy in Ireland. Over 26m in targeted funding will go to the sector over the next three years. The Minister ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/77809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/76332?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 The Oregon Wave Energy Trust, or OWET, has received the first part of its $4.2 million budget approved by the 2007 state legislature, and is moving ahead with plans and activities to make Oregon a global leader in this emerging industry.... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/76332?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/73593?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company became the country's first utility on Tuesday to agree to buy renewable electricity made by the ebb and flow of ocean waves.The energy will be captured by several buoys bobbing 2.5 miles off the California coa... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:37:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/73593?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/73382?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 It would be unCanadian of me to not point out the numerous stories today -- finally unleashed after an embargo -- detailing Vancouver-based Finavera's deal to sell wave power to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.I won't go into too much detail, other than to... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:29:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/73382?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/73321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced that it has entered into a long-term, two megawatt (MW) commercial wave energy power purchasing agreement (PPA) with Finavera Renewables Inc. Located off the Northern California coast, the Humboldt ... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/73321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/73154?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Leave it to Japan. The country that first produced a commercial hybrid car and (to my knowledge) the first ever underwater bathroom can now lay another claim to fame: The first country to power a Christmas tree using the charge of an electric eel. Th... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:38:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/73154?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/71294?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 George Monbiot recently wrote a piece in The Guardian about what a new international climate treaty should do. His piece is below:When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done ... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/71294?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/67297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Staff, Energy Bulletin. Al Gore, Bill Joy see green economy powered by Silicon ValleyProspectors claim stretches of ocean, hoping to harness wave energy Geothermia revisited US wind power installations to rise 63% in 07... Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:09:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/67297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/63953?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Two of the biggest barriers to the adoption of offshore wave energy, government commitment and financing, took a positive step forward this week. Finavera Renewables announced yesterday that it will undergo a round of financing to raise $23 million.... Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:39:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/63953?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/60963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ScottishPower was recently granted planning permission by the Scottish Government for the worlds largest generating capacity wave farm - announced at the opening of the new European Tidal Test Centre in Orkney.... Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/60963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/55434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Finavera Renewables Inc. (TSX-V: FVR.V) announced that it has successfully completed a major milestone in its wave energy development program with the deployment and commissioning of the AquaBuOY 2.0 wave energy converter off the coast of Newport, Or... Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:01:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/55434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/54974?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Comedian, satirist, and former talk show host Al Franken is running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota on the DFL ticket (in MN, the Democratic Party is called the DFL ). Last month, Franken made an appearance at the Crow Wing County/Morrison County DF... Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:29:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/54974?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/54977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Comedian, satirist, and former talk show host Al Franken is running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota on the DFL ticket (in MN, the Democratic Party is called the DFL ). Last month, Franken made an appearance at the Crow Wing County/Morrison County DF... Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:20:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/54977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/54239?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Scandinavian financial services and investment giant Glitnir opened its New York office today, which will be headquarters to its U.S. subsidiary Glitnir Capital Corp.Why the heck is this significant or worthy of a post? Part of the reason Glitnir is... Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:01:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/54239?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/51791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Ocean Power Technologies, Inc and PNGC Power announced they have signed an agreement under which PNGC Power will provide funding of $0.5 million to OPT toward the fabrication and ocean installation of the first PowerBuoy(R) system at the Reedsport OP... Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/51791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/49958?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Finavera Renewables Inc. has received an Investigative Use Permit for a wave energy project off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The permit, which is valid for two years, grants Finavera Renewables the right to conduct ... Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/49958?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/49185?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 This is hilarious, because it's so true. As usual, the Daily Show has deployed satire to perfectly highlight the ridiculousness of the NIMBY opposition to the Cape Wind offshore wave energy project proposed for Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts.... Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:52:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/49185?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/49041?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Last week I recommended Check the Markets' Seeing Green blog as a great source of news for business in the clean energy/clean tech sector. Well, one thing led to another and so here's the first of what promises to be a long and happy guest posting re... Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:59:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/49041?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/47693?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 My Clean Break column this week is more or less a snapshot of what's going on with ocean-energy development in Canada, with particular emphasis on wave and tidal projects. While you don't hear much about these renewable energy systems, at least relat... Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:24:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/47693?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/46037?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 The city of San Francisco has gone to FERC to block PG&E's request for preliminary permits to build two wave energy farms off the coast of Mendocino County. San Francisco, which wears its support for local clean energy projects on its sleeve, is argu... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:42:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/46037?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/43297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Marine Current Turbines Ltd, the developer of the worlds first commercial-scale subsea turbine, has secured 7.5 million of new financial investment. The new backers include Triodos Bank, the ethical savings and investment bank, which is making a fi... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/43297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/43212?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 It's that time of year again -- Sustainable Development Technology Canada announced it is contributing $48 million to another 19 clean technology projects (on top of $101 million committed from the private sector), bringing its total investment to da... Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:42:47 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/43212?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/41200?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 According to a June 6, 2007 press release by Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), the installation of its 1.2 MW SeaGen commercial tidal energy system will commence during the week of August 20th in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. SeaGen will be t... Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:20:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/41200?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/41370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 How Does the U.S. Ocean Energy Industry Compare with the Rest of the World?Carolyn Elefant, author of the Offshore Renewable Energy Law Blog, and Sean O'Neill, co-founder of the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, discuss the state of the U.S. ocean en... Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:14:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/41370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/39973?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Last year we panned the idea of using underwater turbines in San Francisco bay to generate electricity-- tidal energy. Well now a pilot project is officially on the table.The AP write-up notes that there are a lot of hurdles to clear-- commercial ma... Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:13:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/39973?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/39956?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Wave energy legislation that would invest approximately $200 million in federal funds to advance research and development of wave energy technologies over the next four years. Would fund national wave energy research center, likely in Oregon.[From Re... Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:13:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/39956?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/39765?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Finavera Renewables begins construction of AquaBuOY 2.0 wave energy converter; plans to deploy test buoy later this year.Finavera Renewables Inc. has begun construction of their second generation wave energy conversion device, the AquaBuOY 2.0 wave e... Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:45:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/39765?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/39775?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Finavera Renewables begins construction of AquaBuOY 2.0 wave energy converter; plans to deploy test buoy later this year.Finavera Renewables Inc. has begun construction of their second generation wave energy conversion device, the AquaBuOY 2.0 wave e... Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/39775?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/39373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 National Renewable Energy Portfolio (RPS) legislation proposed by Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), which included clean coal technology and nuclear power in addition to sources of renewable energy such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and tidal, was ... Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:46:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/39373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/38354?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 A Closer Look at the U.S. Senate Energy Bill: Green Car Congress has an excellent review of the major components of the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act (s.1419). The Senate is scheduled to begin debate on the bill this... Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:05:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/38354?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/37187?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Paul Taylor: Installation Of The World's First Commercial Tidal Current Power System Confirmed. Marine Current Turbines has today (June 6th 2007) confirmed that installation of its SeaGen commercial tidal energy system will commence during the week ... Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/37187?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/36172?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a new energy bill to Congress last week that would provide long term extensions of several key clean energy tax credits, including the Federal Production Tax Credit. The bill, the Clean Energy Investment Ass... Thu, 31 May 2007 15:24:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/36172?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/30706?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Finavera Granted Preliminary Permit for 100 MW Oregon Wave Park and UK Wave Hub Project Receives $43M InvestmentTwo pieces of wave energy news came over my RSS reader today: Oregon Wave Energy Project Granted Preliminary PermitFirst, Finavera Renewab... Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:02:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/30706?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/29056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Finavera Renewables Inc. has completed the preliminary site evaluation and selection process for its 20 megawatt (MW) wave energy project in South Africa. A preliminary report prepared by ZLH Consulting Engineers Ltd. has identified priority sites fo... Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/29056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/23939?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Staff, Energy Bulletin. Tidal power experts discuss technological advancements, roadblocksA Wave Of Support For Tidal EnergySingapore to invest in clean energy industryElectricity rationing tightens in Ghana... Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:28:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/23939?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/23285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 [From Green Car Congress:]The Canadian government is introducing several new measures designed to encourage consumers to purchase or lease fuel-efficient vehicles and get older vehicles off the road.The measures in Budget 2007 include up to C$2,000 i... Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:41:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/23285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/22830?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 [Please see full disclosure at end of this post]The following is a general summary of the Oregon Renewable Energy Act, Senate Bill 838, as introduced to the Oregon Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday, March 15th. A more de... Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:02:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/22830?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/22440?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee Hears Nearly Six Hours of Overwhelmingly Positive Testimony on Oregon Renewable Energy Act Establishing 25% by 2025 Renewable Energy Standard[Please see full disclosure at end of this post]Hearings h... Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:05:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/22440?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/22263?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Seems the Philips/TIR deal was just the tip of the iceberg for Canadian cleantech companies. A few more to add to the list:* CO2 Solutions announced that partner Babcock & Wilcox has acquired an exclusive North American option to license the Quebec ... Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:02:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/22263?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/22067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 PGE To Study Wave Power In Humboldt MendocinoPGE Press release, February 28, 2007 Pacific Gas and Electric Company took the first step towards developing generation projects that could convert the abundant wave energy off the coast of Mendocino and H... Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:44:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/22067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/21901?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 Pacific Gas and Electric Company took the first step towards developing generation projects that could convert the abundant wave energy off the coast of Mendocino and Humboldt Counties into electricity by filing two preliminary permit applications wi... Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/21901?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/20561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 [From Green Car Congress:]Pacific Gas and Electric Company took the first step towards developing generation projects that could convert the abundant wave energy off the coast of Mendocino and Humboldt Counties (California) into electricity by filing... Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/20561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/17465?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 A Scottish company, AWS Ocean Energy Ltd., that had slipped under my radar, has secured 2,128 (US$4,160) million in funding from the Scottish Executive. The funds will be used to develop and commercialize AWS' Archimedes Wave Swing, claimed to be o... Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:06:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/17465?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/16938?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40 The development of the first subsea commercial wave farm by a Scottish company took another important step forward today (Tuesday February 20th 2007) with news that Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy Ltd. based in Alness, Ross-shire, has ... Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:18:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/16938?rsstype=populararticles&cid=40