Wave Energy News

PRESS RELEASE: Aquamarine Power and SSE Renewables secure rights to develop wave farm

A joint venture partnership between Aquamarine Power and SSE Renewables has today [Tuesday 16 March] been granted exclusive development rights to an area of the seabed off the coast of Orkney as pa

Study assesses potential of wave energy in Australia

Geoscience Australia and the Australian Bureau for Agriculture and Resource Economics recently undertook an initiative, The Australian Energy Resource Assessment study, at the request of the Austra

Perth wave energy project on track

Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has shared that its Perth Wave Energy Project is currently meeting all development milestones as scheduled.

New line of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator introduced

Anaheim, California-based VAWT Systems has started producing a new line of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator (PMG) specifically designed for the renewable energy market.

Miliband visits Pelamis Wave Power

Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, recently visited Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) to see the final assembly of the P2 wave energy converter.

OPT bags €2.2m grant

New Jersey-based Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has bagged €2.2 million under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

RDA supports £12m investment in wave and tidal technology

The Technology Strategy Board, a business-led executive non-departmental public body established by the UK government, is inviting businesses to compete for up to £12 million of investment du

Work starts on first commercial wave energy station in North America

Construction has begun off Oregon’s coast on the first commercial US wave energy farm, according to a USA Today report.

AWS Ocean Energy secures £2m investment

Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured a £2 million investment from Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund and the Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V.

P2 generator relies on low-friction bearing material

Bearings and seals are an integral part of Pelamis Wave Power’s second-generation wave energy generator.

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