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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Sierra Leone's Hydro-Power Dam Lighting Up Freetown » Sierra Leone's first hydro-power dam, almost 40 years in the making, was switched on in November 2009. It now produces 50 megawatts of electricity, sending...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc. Announces Acquisition Of Water Power Technology Patent Rights » JUPITER, FL Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc. ("HAE" or the "Company"), a renewable energy company, announced today that it recently acquired all U.S. and international...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) £5.1M Government Funding Secured To Develop Wave Energy Device, Oyster 2 » Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power received a major boost on 2 February 2010 when it secured £5.1 million of public funding to support the manufacture...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Hydro set to ease economic woes » A recent study in the US is urging the government to support hydro power to help it steer the country back to economic recovery through...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Ocean Energy secure backing from US firm » Irish hydro-electric company Ocean Energy has agreed a major development deal with Dresser-Rand, a multi-billion dollar US multi-national. Cork-based Ocean Energy design turbines capable of...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Hydro Alternative Energy acquires rights to water power technology » BOCA RATON, Fla., U.S. Hydro Alternative Energy Inc., a renewable energy company, has acquired all U.S. and international patent and intellectual property rights to...
Sunday, February 07, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) An Update on Marine Renewable Energy in Britain » by Alasdair Cameron London, UK With first-class research centers, a host of competing devices and a strong pipeline of pre-commercial systems, the UK...
Sunday, February 07, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Prospects Fading for U.S. Climate Legislation in 2010 » Washington, D.C., United States by Stephen Lacey Last summer, clean energy advocates were confident that the U.S. Congress would pass a comprehensive energy...
Sunday, December 06, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Local dams being targeted for electricity » By Scott Stafford, Berkshire Eagle Staff A group working to harvest hyrdo-generated electricity from local dams has identified 11 dams that, if fitted with...
Saturday, December 05, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) US Hydropower Consumption Increases 4% » Hydropower consumption in the United States increased 4 percent for the first eight months of 2009 when compared with the same period in 2008, according...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Ocean Power Technologies completes trials of offshore underwater substation pod » Ocean Power Technologies has completed trials of its Underwater Substation Pod (USP) product in Spain, which is designed to facilitate the collection, networking and transforming...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) £1.2m invested in wave energy tank testing facility in South West England » The wave energy tanks are being funded by the South West RDA (Regional Development Agency) as part of the Agency’s three-year £7.3 million investment in...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Australia funds utility-scale wave power station » Four renewable energy projects will receive AU$235 million from the federal government in Australia, including a 19 MW wave farm off the coast of Victoria....
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Wave Hub starts construction in UK » Construction starts this month on the Wave Hub project wave energy project in South West England. The South West RDA (Regional Development Agency), which is...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Tidal power turbine deployed on Canada’s east coast » The provincial power utility in Nova Scotia, Canada, and its Irish partner OpenHydro report a successful deployment of the first commercial scale in-stream tidal power...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Wave energy device Oyster launched » The wave energy device Oyster from Aquamarine Power was officially launched on 20 November at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. Aquamarine Power...
Sunday, October 25, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Ocean Power Technologies to develop wave power station in Japan » Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. will develop a demonstration wave power station in Japan together with a consortium of the three Japanese companies Idemitsu Kosan Co.,...
Sunday, October 04, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Bakun RM606mil hydro-power turbine works on track » IMPSA has completed about 50% of the job IMPSA (M) Sdn Bhd, which is supplying four of eight hydro-powered turbines for the 2,400-megawatt Bakun dam...
Sunday, September 27, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Chu Pledges to Push Hydropower » BENSALEM, Pa. -- Hydropower capacity in the United States could be doubled with minimal impact to the environment, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said during...
Saturday, August 08, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Sea Power, Part 2 » No, not fleets of warships -- this power comes from warm and cold running water. Part 2 of our 3-part series. by Mason Inman...
Saturday, August 08, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Sea Power, Part 1 » No, not fleets of warships -- this power comes from warm and cold running water. Part 1 of our 3-part series. by Mason Inman...
Saturday, August 08, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) U.S. Used Less Energy in 2008 But More Renewable Energy » Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to the most recent energy flow charts released...
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