tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50540672011-08-21T19:49:24.875-07:00LOCE Wind and Wave Energy WeblogThe web's first ocean and offshore wind energy weblog. Continuously renewed, like the ocean itself.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.comBlogger2991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-80279968285192909642007-01-28T08:10:00.000-08:002007-01-28T08:12:30.651-08:00WE'VE MOVED!!After blogging at this site for close to four years, the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant has moved the LOCE Wind and Wave Energy Weblog to a new platform, The LOCE Renewables Offshore Blog. The new platform will enable me to update the blog more easily and include reports and documents on new developments. Please join us on our voyage to the new site (where you can also subscribe Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1152408608715180332006-07-08T18:21:00.000-07:002006-12-19T03:43:20.340-08:00San Francisco Still Looking At the Tides for Energy This article, Mayor's Idea: Catch a Wave to Make Power reports that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom hopes to make new waves for his city, with tidal and current energy projects that would be located under the Golden Gate Bridge and off Ocea Beach. Here's how the project developed, according to the article:The ocean energy idea -- which Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1152408042529365192006-07-08T18:13:00.000-07:002006-07-08T18:20:42.616-07:00 Renewable energy park will bolster Scottish economy This article, MASTERPLAN TO BOOST METHIL ENERGY (6/29/06) shows what renewable eergy ca do to revitalize an economy. According to the article, a $1 million pound renewable energy park will use a redundant oil rig fabrication yard. When completed, the Park will "inject more than £130 million into the economy, create several hundred jobs and Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1152407282831664592006-07-08T17:49:00.000-07:002006-07-08T18:12:35.180-07:00UK Continues Moves Forward With Ocean Energy This article, UK Continues Energy Efforts into the Ocean (6/27/06) from Renewable Energy Access reports on recent wave energy developmets in the UK. From the article:A new chapter in the UK's search for a sustainable future has opened with the announcement of two new proposals for ocean energy research projects. One is an on-site wave energy projectCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1152406163865584972006-07-08T17:42:00.000-07:002006-07-08T17:49:23.970-07:00MMS Gathering Comments on Cape Wind and Programmatic EIS MMS has been busy with activities relating to its Renewable Energy Program for the Outer Continental Shelf. As this article, End nears for Cape Wind comment (Cape Cod Times 7/5/06), MMS has taken over lead licensing responsibility for the Cape Wind Project from the Corps of Engineers and has sought additional comments on an MMS EIS.And Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1152405729605903622006-07-08T17:34:00.000-07:002006-07-08T17:42:25.983-07:00Sierra Club Suing Department of Defense to Speed Up Wind Projects This article, ierra Club sues Pentagon over wind farm delay (6/29/06) doesn't relate specifically to offshore wind, though it could. According to the article, the Sierra Club is suing the Department of Defense for failing to complete a study on the impact that several Midwest wind projects will have on military radar. In the Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1148480686921441532006-05-24T07:19:00.000-07:002006-05-24T07:24:47.180-07:00Delahunt Supports Ocean Energy Research ZonesThis article, New spin from wind farm foe, Cape Cod Times (May 23, 2006) reports on a proposal by US Congressman William Delahunt to create an "Ocean Energy Research and Development Zone" in Massachusetts Coastal waters. According to the article: Delahunt wants to allow local towns to volunteer their shorelines for test facilities for offshore energy Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1147036648450452602006-05-07T14:17:00.001-07:002006-05-07T14:17:28.526-07:00 In New Jersey, Wind Goes Coastal Ever hear the expression "going postal?" Well, in New Jersey, wind has gone coastal with the start of commercial operation of the 7.5 MW New Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm as reported in this press release. What's more, Community Energy, the company responsible for developing the project has just been acquired by Iberdrola , a Spanish utility.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146157811832818982006-04-27T10:10:00.000-07:002006-04-28T14:03:36.073-07:00GE Takes the Plunge for Ocean Energy These articles, 750 Kilowatts From Waves and GE invests in world's first offshore wave farm project (Oil Online, 4/18/06) report that General Electric's Technology Lending unit has extended a loan of $2.6 million to Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) for its Portugal wave enery farm (the first in the world as initially blogged here.Also, GE will take an equity Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146157464810949642006-04-27T09:34:00.000-07:002007-01-15T13:48:11.840-08:00Tidal Power for Bay of Fundy?The Bay of Fundy has long been regarded as a potential source of tidal energy. And now tidal power for Fundy is being revisited, as reported in N.S. to get peek at draft study of Fundy tidal power 4/20/06).Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146155679685337252006-04-27T09:32:00.000-07:002006-04-27T09:34:39.746-07:00Ireland Moves Forward on Wave Power The Irish Examiner reports (4/26/06) that Marine Minister Hails Potential of Wave Power , who recognizes that Ireland "clearly has one of the best potential ocean energy resources in Europe." With a great resource and new advancements, Marine Minister Dempsey announced that:The time has come for Ireland to really push such areas of innovation and we are Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146155492861079982006-04-27T09:26:00.000-07:002006-04-27T09:31:32.930-07:00Ocean Energy for Africa Renewables are making their way over to Africa, according to this article, Power play in Mauritius, John Etkind (4/27/06) - and ocean energy is part of the mix.As this article on Mauritius describes, the country is devoid of fossil fuel and must import 75 percent of energy requirements. So the government is now looking to opportunities within the country to gain energy Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146155144333776362006-04-27T09:22:00.000-07:002006-04-27T09:25:44.453-07:00Wave Parks Will Power Towns Very Soon....This article, Wave parks can power towns, from the Times OnLine (UK)(4/23/06)reports that by 2010, wave energy parks off the coast of Britain should provide enough power for several towns. The article also reports that the Scottish firm AWS will trial its Archimedes wave swing off the coast of Orkney by 2007. Each device can power up to 2000 homes.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146153734127470092006-04-27T08:56:00.000-07:002006-04-27T09:03:24.923-07:00Oregon Set to Make WavesIn this article, Waves of the future, the Gazette Times (3/28/06) reports on Oregon's plans for generating renewable energy from the ocean. According to the article:Gov. Ted Kulongoski would like to see 25 percent of Oregon’s energy come from renewable sources by 2025, and on Monday he took a look at some of the technology that could help do that: Oregon State University’Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1146153370138753352006-04-27T08:22:00.000-07:002006-04-27T08:56:38.426-07:00LOCE Offshore Wind & Wave Energy Blog Still AfloatI realize that in blog-years, a five month period of dormancy verges on extinction. But that's not the case with the LOCE Offshore Wind & Wave Energy Blog: after five months of blog-silence and professional busy-ness, we're back up and running....or floating, as the case may be.If you're interested in a round-up of activity in the offshore wave Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132284074261605962005-11-17T19:18:00.000-08:002006-03-13T15:36:40.110-08:00Floating Offshore Wind Here's a link to a site with a post about offshore floating wind platforms that have been developed in Norway.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132248376431303392005-11-17T09:20:00.000-08:002005-11-29T01:04:47.506-08:00UK Removes Some Barriers to Renewables, Including Ocean This article from Renewable Energy Access reports that UK Law Could Streamline Renewable Energy (11/16/05) Apparently, the new rules will adjust transmission charges for transmitting renewable electricity and eliminate requirements that a renewable generator that consumes its own electricity must sell it to a supplier and then buy it back.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132248012811495662005-11-17T09:15:00.000-08:002005-11-17T09:20:12.863-08:00Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) Moves Ahead With Buoys This article, Ocean Energy Devices Deployed in Two Oceans (11/15/05) reports that Ocean Power Technologies is moving ahead with ocean projects in New Jersey and Hawaii. (from Renewable Energy Access ). According the article, OPT has deployed buoys off the coast of Hawaii (as part of a Navy contract) and New Jersey and both are successfullyCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132247555966304172005-11-17T09:06:00.000-08:002006-01-31T01:56:09.610-08:00Offshore Wind Power Coming To Texas Looks like the first offshore project in the US may not be in either Massacusetts (Cape Wind) or New York (LIPA) but farther south and west in Texas. Why? Because Galveston Offshore Wind has just entered into a land lease deal with the state of Texas to lease lands offshore to site a windfarm, according to this article, Wind farms expected to grow off Texas (Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132247153320321282005-11-17T08:39:00.000-08:002006-09-30T23:44:07.630-07:00Portugal and Ocean Energy According to this article from Forbes, Wave Power Could Provide 20 percent of Portugal's Electricity (11/10/05). The article reports:Wave power plants around Portugal's coast could generate 20 pct of the country's annual electricity needs, worth about 5 bln eur, according to a study by wave energy centre CEO, Agencia Financeira reported. Portugal has a potential wave Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132245448020318692005-11-17T08:30:00.000-08:002005-11-17T08:39:06.396-08:00MMS Assumes Jurisdiction Over Offshore Energy Development This article from Renewable Energy Access entitled Federal Shift Bodes Well for U.S. Offshore Wind Power (Jesse Broehl - 10/24/2005) describes some of the changes we can expect now that the Department of Interior's Mineral and Management Service has assumed jurisdiction over alternative energy projects located on the Outer Continental Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132245028293213102005-11-17T08:24:00.000-08:002005-12-30T18:59:37.746-08:00 Wave Energy for the Bay of Fundy This article, Tidal Power Study Considers Bay of Fundy, Keith Douchette, Canadian Press (10/21/05) reports that various locations along the shores of the Bay of Fundy are under consideration as test sites for tidal power development. George Hagerman , a US Professor who specializes in ocean energy toured the sites as part of EPRI's ongoing study. working on an Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1132244648727311502005-11-17T08:23:00.000-08:002005-11-17T08:24:08.780-08:00Wave Energy Continues to Capture Our Imagination Though wave energy development is moving slowly in the United States, it continues to capture our imagination as evidenced by this article, Wave Energy Proponent A Hit At Conference , Joel Gallob Of the News-Times (11/04/05). The article reports on a talk by Dr. Annette von Jouanne, Porfessor Electric Engineering at Oregon State and the force Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128140051506356072005-09-30T21:10:00.000-07:002006-11-13T13:39:17.386-08:00ABS Releases New Edition of Ocean Energy ReportIf you're curious about the present state of ocean energy development, you might try purchasing a copy of ABS Energy Research's Ocean Energy Report, which was just released as announced in this Press Release at Renewable Energy Access. From the Press Release:The report outlines these technologies, with their state of development as technologies andCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128139836392210022005-09-30T21:06:00.000-07:002006-01-29T07:59:53.033-08:00Offshore Wind in the US - A Proposed Framework The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, US Department of Energy and General Electric just released this report entitled A Framework for Offshore Wind Energy Development in the United States . The report lays out an agenda for tapping the estimated 900,000 megawatts of offshore wind power in the United States. In a press release accompanying Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128139547809702792005-09-30T21:02:00.000-07:002006-03-12T16:26:08.483-08:00Australian Tidal Group Goes to Scotland Proving that Scotland is fast gaining a lock on ocean energy development, this article from the Sunday Herald (9/2005), Australian Tidal Group Goes to Scotland reports that an Australian renewable energy company, Marine Energy Power, will locate its trials of an innovative new sea power technology in Scotland because “government support here is better than Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128139370008516432005-09-30T20:59:00.000-07:002005-09-30T21:02:50.006-07:00Shouldn't the U.S. Try to Invest in U.S. Ocean Energy Companies?This online op-ed, Hawaii: Catch a Wave Energy by Hawaii state representative, Cynthia Thielen (9/21/05)reflects her desire for Hawaii to move forward with wave energy. But most of the projects and technologies that Thielen mentions in her article (with the exception of a small Hawaiian wave project) are from Europe. Hopefully, if Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128139102377262162005-09-30T20:56:00.000-07:002006-04-03T16:45:34.693-07:00Scotland Has High Hopes for Ocean Energy This article, Scotland set to harness tidal power (Sept. 2005) reports that Scotland is aiming to generate 10 percent of its electricity from tidal and wave power which would be equivalent to replacing a huge fossil fueled power station, the Scottish government said this week. What's best about this program besides clean energy is that marine energy is Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128138922290752262005-09-30T20:52:00.000-07:002006-11-30T06:35:21.960-08:00Manchester Bobber - New Wave Device This article, Manchester develops new wave energy device: The Manchester Bobber reports on a new ocean energy device outof the University of Manchester which was recently showcased at the New and Renewable Energy Centre. The article describes the Bobber as follows:The Manchester Bobber’s inventive features utilise the rise and fall (or ‘bobbing’) of the water Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1128130489076163502005-09-30T18:28:00.000-07:002006-12-10T23:37:29.273-08:00Offshore Wind Studies At Georgia Tech Offshore wind is moving south, as this article, Scientists conduct wind energy projects, AP (9/26/05)reports. As this article reports: But off the coast of Savannah, Ga., the Atlanta-based Southern Co. is working with researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology on a similar study to determine the feasibility of offshore wind turbines. There, the Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123014705078359222005-08-02T13:29:00.000-07:002006-10-23T17:23:05.496-07:00Energy Bill Passes, Includes Ocean!As this Press Release reports, the Energy Bill passed by the Senate July 29, 2005 and due to be signed by the President August 8, 2005, provides ocean renewable energy recognition and benefits. Visit the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition Website for details.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123014565818796912005-08-02T13:27:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:29:25.820-07:00Canadian Ocean Group to Sponsor SymposiumThe Ocean Renewable Energy Group will be holding a Symposium this October 2005. As described at the OREG site, the symposium will:The OREG Symposium 2005 will be a forum of provocative presentations and over four hours of facilitated discussion. Participants will help to draft a sector business plan in an effort to coordinate technology, business, Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123014416672629002005-08-02T13:23:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:26:56.673-07:00US Export Bank to Support Ocean Renewables Here's a link to a press release entitled SUPPORT U.S. EXPORTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WATER PROJECTS (July 12, 2005) that reports that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is now offering export financing on repayment terms of up to 15 years for U.S. exports of goods and services to be used in certain renewable energy and water Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123014217968915062005-08-02T13:17:00.000-07:002005-08-02T13:23:37.970-07:00Verdant Gets Some Relief from FERC Licensing Requirements Ever since FERC asserted jurisdiction over ocean projects, there's been concerns about the difficulties that a small ocean developer faces in navigating a licensing process originally intended for behemoth hydro projects. But there's some relief available, albeit limited, as reported in FERC OK's Testing New Kinetic Hydropower Plant in Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123013712170618602005-08-02T13:08:00.000-07:002006-03-16T13:55:52.843-08:00An Interview With OPD CEO, Richard Yemm This article, Yemm makes waves in the energy sector (Sunday Herald, 7/05) interviews the founder and CEO of Ocean Power Delivery , a leading wave energy company in Scotland that developed the Pelamis. Here's an excerpt about Yemm's success: The chief executive and founder of Ocean Power Delivery is at the forefront of the marine-renewables sector in the Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123013323711815152005-08-02T13:05:00.000-07:002006-04-03T16:46:50.223-07:00Ocean Power Advances in New Jersey This article from the Bergen County news, N.J. firm harnessing energy of the ocean (7/21/05) reports on progress by Ocean Power Technologies, and its impending deplyment of an electric generating test buoy off the coast of New Jersey. According to the article, the company will test their buoy system in hopes of proving the feasibility of a wave energy farm Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1123013070615466692005-08-02T13:00:00.000-07:002006-03-13T13:57:54.036-08:00Wave Energy Coming to China This article, Chinese scientists upgrade first experimental wave power station (7/25/05) reports on a typhoon resistant and more efficient wave power technology developed by Chinese scientists. According to the article:You Yage, chief scientist for the Ocean Energy Division at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, led his teamCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120241349017603372005-07-01T11:04:00.000-07:002006-01-07T18:21:14.146-08:00Ocean Energy Benefits Included in Senate Energy Bill Thanks largely in part to the newly created trade association, Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, (full disclosure: I'm a founding member and CEO), the Senate Energy Bill contains several provisions for other renewable technologies that now apply to ocean renewables as well. These include making ocean energy eligible for the Department of Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120240944201249922005-07-01T10:56:00.000-07:002005-07-01T11:02:24.203-07:00New Brunswick, Canada to Investigate Tidal Power PotentialAs reported in Tidal power wave of future? (6/25/05),the province of New Brunswick is studying the feasibility of tidal power as a viable source of energy. According to the article:Part of the study [note - the study will be conducted by EPRI] is just to look at the possible permitting of a test site and if there's the potential for Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120239694922597862005-07-01T10:36:00.000-07:002006-03-10T01:08:41.533-08:00More Obstacles for Ocean Development As if ocean renewable energy developers did not yet face enough obstacles, here's another - the Ocean Protection Act bill sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer and reported here in President Bush and Sen. Boxer ocean bills conflict on fish farms, Frank Hartzell, Beacon (6/23/05). According to the article, the bill is intended to address issues related to fish Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120239347740790022005-07-01T10:33:00.000-07:002006-03-16T13:56:56.673-08:00 Look at What Wave Energy Can Do For You Renewable energy doesn't just mean clean air; in many cases, it means new jobs. This article, New Wave Energy Project to Create 40 Island Jobs (Herald, 6/17/05) offers a real life example of how ocean projects can stimulate local economies: AROUND 40 jobs are expected to be created at the former fabrication yard at Arnish on Lewis, producing tube Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120239189417801152005-07-01T10:29:00.000-07:002005-07-01T10:33:09.416-07:00Australian Wave Energy Pilot Moves Ahead The deployment of Energetech's Port Kempla wave energy project continues in Australia as reported in Calm conditions assist wave energy plant installation (June 5, 2005). According to the article, it is hoped that the project will begin generating electricity into the grid - although an update at the Company's website mentions that the project was towed Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120238908683676112005-07-01T09:52:00.000-07:002006-01-07T18:18:17.810-08:00Doing Well by Doing Good These days, there's growing interest in the financial world investment in renewables as reported in this article, Time to clean up?, Financial Times (6/22/2005). As the article reports:Things are now looking very different. This month Novera listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, while the same day saw the flotation on the same market of Renova Energy, an Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1120240557103935142005-06-27T10:53:00.000-07:002005-07-01T10:56:33.973-07:00 France Plans Wave Power StationAccording to this article from Forbes (6/20/05), Ocean Power Technologies LTD, a subsidiary of US company Ocean Power Technologies has signed an agreement with Total Energie Developpement SAS, a unit of Total SA, and Iberdrola SA to develop a wave power station in France. The article notes:The company said the first stage of the project will involve the group Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1116641785898666852005-05-20T19:10:00.000-07:002005-05-20T19:16:25.906-07:00Legislative Updates - Some Bad News for Offshore Wind and Wave If you're interesting in tracking U.S. policy on ocean energy, please bookmark and visit the website for the newly formed Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, with a mission of promoting and advancing the utilization and commercialization of all forms of ocean renewables (wave, current, wind, etc...). Up at the site now is this link to Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1116641269000620542005-05-20T19:04:00.000-07:002006-01-17T10:02:52.410-08:00First Online Wave Project Coming to...PortugalLooks like Portugal will beat Scotland and of course, the U.S. in the race to become home to the world's first commercial wave farm as reported in Wave farm' project gets green light (CNN, 5/20/05). The article reports:A pioneering commercial wave power plant, producing clean and renewable energy, is to go on line off Portugal in 2006, after a Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1116641040363543922005-05-20T18:58:00.000-07:002005-05-20T19:04:00.370-07:00Policy Papers Address the Offshore Wind Debate This article, Deeply Held Values Fuel Debate Over Offshore Wind (Renewable Energy Access, 5/19/05) reports on research by two University of Delaware policy scientists, Willett Kempton and Jeremy Firestone on the controversy over the Cape Wind project. Kempton found that:"In terms of the opposition, the most emotionally felt argument, and we suspectCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1116640683212993612005-05-20T18:43:00.000-07:002006-03-16T11:47:37.886-08:00GE Eyes Offshore Wind in Ireland; PTC for Offshore Wind in US Now In JeopardyThis article, In a Turbulent Market, Revenue Buoys GE Wind (Renewable Access, 5/20/05)reports that GE Energy expects wind power revenues this year to exceed a 300 percent increase over its first year of operation in 2002. And GE may have more offshore operations as well with the successful deployment of an offshore wind Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1115939987237209112005-05-12T16:15:00.000-07:002005-05-12T16:20:02.876-07:00Committee Mark Up of Senate Energy Bill Coming Soon As reported in this post over at the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition website, the committee mark-up of the energy bill is coming soon. If passed, the Energy Bill may have implications for the ocean energy industry - hopefully in the form of treatment for ocean renewables that's on par with other renewables. In addition, the energy Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1115261447086059752005-05-04T19:44:00.000-07:002006-08-22T06:00:40.493-07:00Research Report on Ocean Energy Available for Purchase This Press Release reports on Research and Markets announced its 2005 report of the Ocean Energy Report Tidal, Wave, Ocean Thermal, Marine Current. According to the press release: The report outlines these technologies, with their state of development as technologies and industries. The status of each industry is described in each country Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1115261037321475152005-05-04T19:39:00.000-07:002005-05-04T19:43:57.756-07:00 Calls for More Government Support for Australia Wave Energy Project This article, Wave technology at risk of being swept away, ALP warns (5/4/05) reports that the Australian Federal Opposition has warned the technology behind the wave energy plant at Port Kembla on the New South Wales south coast could move out of the country unless it receives more Government support.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1115260772248052642005-05-04T19:33:00.000-07:002005-05-04T19:39:32.386-07:00Offshore Wind for China This piece from MSNBC, Offshore Project Goes Forward After Law Provides Incentives (5/3/05) reports on how the Chinese Island of Nan'ao's plans for an offshore wind system. The island, which now has an onshore wind project benefits from a new renewable energy law passed by China’s parliament in February, which sets tariffs in favor of non-fossil energy, such as wind, Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1115260406781369202005-05-04T19:22:00.000-07:002006-03-12T14:57:02.386-08:00Cape Wind Enters Collaboration With Nai Kun Wind Company of BC This article, Cape Wind goes bi-coastal (5/2/05) reports on a collaborative effort between East Coast based Cape Wind and west coast, British Columbia Nai Kun Wind. The article reports:The companies, leaders in offshore wind development in their respective companies, will provide for joint procurement of foundations, towers, turbines Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1114963707922278882005-05-01T09:04:00.000-07:002005-05-01T09:10:18.156-07:00Press Release: Former Energy Secretary Abraham Supports Ocean Renewables in the Energy Act Here's the text of a recent Press Release that's important enough to publish in full, here:WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham expressed his strong support for all viable energy options -- including electric generation from ocean resources -- at the Energy Ocean Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1114963434578798882005-05-01T08:56:00.000-07:002005-05-01T09:03:54.580-07:00Good Luck, Long Island, With the LIPA Offshore Project! In this post, Huge Offshore Wind Turbines for Long Island?(MSNBC - 4/27/05), we learn that the Long Island Power Authority has filed its application for offshore wind the the Corps of Engineers and simultaneously luanched a public relations campaign to get support for the offshore wind turbines. Since my renewable background comes by way ofCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1114962951162449232005-05-01T08:50:00.000-07:002006-01-30T10:57:32.853-08:00Offshore Wind for Georgia?This article, Georgia Tech Savannah's Alternative Energy Research Set To Take Center Stage (Savannah Business 4/25/05) reports on a new program starting at Georgia Tech-Savannah to explore and develop alternative forms of energy. The university is co-hosting a conference on the subject, "Alternative Energy Technology Innovations: The Coming Boom,” May 12-13 at its Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1114962604687873572005-05-01T08:42:00.000-07:002005-05-01T08:50:04.690-07:00Private Wave Power Beats NZ Government Program According to this article, Wave energy company gets jump on rival , (4/24/05), a private Auckland, New Zealand company is hoping to beat the New Zealand government to bring wave power to the country. The article reports that Power Generation Projects, a small Auckland alterantive power company is negotiating with Britain's Ocean Power Delivery Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1114962059839474142005-05-01T08:35:00.000-07:002006-08-16T04:17:12.710-07:00New Norwegian Wave Energy Concept for Island Development From the Malta Times, (5/5/05) comes this report,Wave Energy - New Concept from Norway on a new wave energy device from Norway. The article reports:According to Rolf Almklov, commercial counsellor at the Embassy of Norway with offices in Rome and Milan, who was in Malta recently, the European Commission has just confirmed a €1 million Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113882500550698622005-04-18T20:29:00.000-07:002005-04-18T20:48:20.553-07:00FERC Eases Up On Licensing for East River Hydrokinetic Project FERC has now issued a ruling on the declaration of intent filed by Verdant Power that we reported on here. Verdant had asked FERC to allow it to deploy a six turbine prototype of its project at its East River site for testing without first obtaining a license. The good news is that FERC granted Verdant's request , though FERC made Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113880000581029502005-04-18T19:56:00.000-07:002005-04-18T20:07:58.393-07:00The Promise of Ocean Energy Dan White, organizer of the upcoming Energy Ocean 2005 (where I'll be speaking) has this op-ed, Ocean Energy: Putting It All In Perspective in the April 18, 2005 edition of the Renewable Energy Insider. White argues that national security is impossible without energy security and wonders why the government isn't making more of an effort to tap ocean energy potentialCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113878728025163472005-04-18T19:42:00.000-07:002005-04-18T19:47:01.593-07:00MIT Technology Review on Wave Power Via the Renewable Energy Law Blog is a link to an article on wave power from the MIT Technology Review (3/28/05) on wave power, noting that despite recent advancements, the US government is not pursuing wave energy as a renewable resource.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113878051788413742005-04-18T19:23:00.000-07:002005-04-18T19:34:35.406-07:00Offshore Wind on New Jersey - More SkepticismThis AP article by John Curran, Shore residents leery about offshore wind turbines, (4/14/05) reports on the first public meeting held by New Jersey's Blue Ribbon Panel on Offshore Wind. According to the article, many commentors feared that windmills would adversly impact tourism. Others had concerns about transmission lines crossing beaches. But EmilyCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113877357100402432005-04-18T19:09:00.000-07:002005-04-18T19:22:37.100-07:00Coverage of Offshore Wind in the Media In this article, Why I left The Times, by Jack Coleman, a former Cape Cod Times Reporter (4/12/05), opines on the bias of the Cape Cod Times in reporting on the Cape Wind Project. According to Coleman, the paper has refused to send reporters overseas to report on offshore wind projects that successfully overcame opposition and refused to correct a poll that Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113876502755429062005-04-18T19:01:00.000-07:002005-12-13T18:21:03.756-08:00Wisconsin Wave Pump This article, Wave pump moves toward completion , Times-Standard (4/14/05) reports that Wisconsin company Independent Natural Resources may begin testing a wave pump, the Seadog , within the year. The article describes the article as follows:Once built, the 128-foot high, 17.5-foot diameter pump would be anchored and partially submerged a mile offshore to be subjected to Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113876070670731752005-04-18T18:53:00.000-07:002005-04-18T19:01:10.670-07:00Wave Power for Oregon This article, Making energy waves in Gardiner ,(4/7/05) reports on a prototype wave energy system currently under development at Oregon State University and intended for deployment off the coast of Gardiner, OR. According to the article, the site was selected for its wave conditions as well as proximity to an electrical substation. The OSU program has the support of EPRI, Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1113875509853132072005-04-18T18:42:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:54:08.473-07:00Wave Power for Maine This article, Harnessing the Waves from the Portland Phoenix (week of 4/1/05) reports on the possibility of wave power projects off the coast of Maine. According to the article, the state of Maine, through its Office of Energy Independence and the Maine Technology Institute, is participating in a multi-state study conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1112715191345449332005-04-05T08:31:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:55:21.306-07:00Funding for Wave Energy This Press Release (Business Wire, 4/4/05) announces that that Finavera, a private Irish company dedicated to the development of renewable and green energy resources and technologies in Europe acquired a stake in AquaEnergy Group Ltd ("AquaEnergy"). AquaEnergy is a renewable energy company focused on the development and application of ocean energy technologies. The stakeCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1112713782596376162005-04-05T08:04:00.000-07:002005-04-05T08:30:46.656-07:00New Jersey Begins Process for Siting Guidelines for Offshore Wind The state of New Jersey recently convened a Blue Ribbon Panel on offshore wind siting that is already being met with criticism from state environmental groups as reported in Todd Bate's article, Environmentalists: Create Rules for Wind Turbines, Asbury Park Press (4/1/05).The groups' position is best summarized in their recent Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1110811194640744142005-03-14T06:24:00.000-08:002005-03-14T06:39:54.646-08:00Project May Get Waved Off In New JerseyHere's yet another example of how conflicting regulatory policies and a propensity for overregulating even temporary prototype projects threatens to stifle ocean development. This article, Project to use wave energy offshore to generate power , Todd Bates, Asbury Park Press (03/13/05) reports on the PowerBuoys, made by Ocean Power Technologies Inc. of Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1110809526510556702005-03-14T06:00:00.000-08:002005-03-14T06:12:06.513-08:00More Efforts to Promote Wave Energy in the United States In this recent article Wave of the future?, Doreen Leggett, Cape Cod Online (3/11/05)gives an update on efforts to conduct feasibility studies for wave energy plants on the East Coast. The article begins with a proposal, discussed in a recently issued EPRI Report for a wave energy project off Wellfleet, Massachusetts that would provide Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1110808816968479492005-03-14T05:54:00.000-08:002005-03-14T06:00:16.970-08:00 A Reminder, that Even for Wind, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder This op-ed piece The Aesthetics of Wind Power , by Lefteris Pavlides, Providence Journal (3/7/05) offers another perspective on the widely held view, expressed by Massachusetts Governor Romney last year, that "wind turbines are not pretty." Here's an excerpt of Pavlides column:As a professor of architecture, I understand the Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109996284708553452005-03-04T20:04:00.000-08:002005-03-04T20:18:04.710-08:00FERC Seeks Comment on Temporary License To Allow for Evaluation of Tidal Project If like me, you believe that pervasive regulation is stifling emergence of wave and tidal projects in the United States, then here's your chance to do something about it. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , the agency that so kindly has asserted jurisdiction over the licensing of offshore wave and tidal Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109995361748616072005-03-04T19:56:00.000-08:002005-03-04T20:02:41.750-08:00Cape Wind Update With the period for comments on the Corps' Draft Environmental Impact Statement now closed, two federal agencies, EPA and DOI have weighed in on the DEIS and found it lacking. This article from Cape Cod Online, Interior: Wind study flawed (3/4/05), reports on DOI's 58 pages of comments which recommend that the Corps formulate a supplemental report - which could take months or Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109994981093151132005-03-04T19:50:00.000-08:002005-03-04T19:56:21.096-08:00Tidal Power in Canada Canada will soon have its first tidal power generator as reported in Project tests Race Rocks' tidal power, Rick Stiebel, Goldstream News Gazette, (3/2/05). The article describes that:Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Encana Corporation and Clean Current Power Systems announced an innovative partnership Friday to build a free-stream tidal power generator, the first Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109994575436789712005-03-04T19:42:00.000-08:002005-03-04T19:49:35.440-08:00More Funding for Scotland's Marine Energy Resources In Tide Turning For Marine Energy (3/1/05), there's more funding on the way for the tidal test centre at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The EMEC currently offers unique testing facilities to support the development of wave energy.The article quotes Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace as stating thatOn and off shore wind Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109994147978754432005-03-04T19:38:00.000-08:002006-01-15T03:33:21.743-08:00A New Tidal Technology According to this article, TURNING THE TIDE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION (2/25/05), a British company is pursuing a "revolutionary breaktrhough in tidal technology." As the article describes:The offshore Ocean Hydro Electricity Generator (OHEG) power plant allows electricity to be generated from the sea, around the clock.Based on the use of tidal and chamber turbines, Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109043319804401382005-02-21T19:20:00.000-08:002006-05-24T04:50:14.526-07:00Wave Project for HawaiiThis article, Is Wave Power in Hawaii's Future? , Jan TenBruggencate, Honolulu Advertiser (2/16/05) reports on Ocean Power Technology's pilot wave project off the coast of Hawaii:The mast of Ocean Power Technologies' (OPT) wave power generating buoy is above the surface in Kane'ohe Bay, the working parts submerged. A power-generating buoy anchored north of Marine Corps Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109042250562603532005-02-21T19:02:00.000-08:002005-02-21T19:17:30.563-08:00California Wave Energy Developments This article from the LA Times, Power Play , Christopher Reynolds, LA Times (2/15/05) reports on San Francisco's progress with its proposed wave energy projects. The first, is described as "a 420-foot-long snake-like device that would float four miles off the beach, collecting wave motion in the same way inland windmills grab gusts." The estimated cost for Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1109041027467840322005-02-21T18:33:00.000-08:002005-02-21T19:00:57.480-08:00Changing Cape Wind Shoreline Now that the First Circuit has affirmed the Corps authority to license a wind data tower on the Outer Continental Shelf (see Alliance to Protect Nantucket v. Corps of Engineers , Docket No. 03-2604 (2/16/05), the state of Massachusetts is trying another approach to maintain control: redefining the state's coastline, as reported in Windfarm debate strikes again , MikeCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1108348597448325462005-02-13T18:26:00.000-08:002005-02-13T18:36:37.450-08:00Update on US Tidal Power Development A Reuters report, U.S. cities eye ocean waves for power supplies (2/15/05) gives an update on tidal and wave energy developments in the US. The article reports that in May, Verdant Power is scheduled to place as many as six underwater turbines on the bottom of New York City's East River to supply power to a food market on Roosevelt Island in the river, which Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1108347997265347792005-02-13T18:24:00.000-08:002006-01-15T18:03:36.773-08:00Tidal Power for Russia Here's a blurb from an article in Bellona.no (2/9/05) entitled Tidal power plant re-opened in Murmansk region about the possibilities for tidal power in Russia:"Russia has fantastic possibilities for building of some tidal power plants of unique capacity", – said Anatoly Chubais – chairman of Board of Unified Energy Systems of Russia (UES) after visiting Kislogubskay Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1108347860891940882005-02-13T18:21:00.000-08:002005-02-13T18:24:20.893-08:00Electric Socket Under the SeaThis article, 'Electric socket' in sea to make waves (Scotsman, 2/10/05)reports that a giant electric socket on the seabed has been proposed which could help develop Britain's wave power indutry. From the article:The proposed multi-million pound Wave Hub "socket" - which would be moored ten miles off the South West coast - would be a test bed for wave power Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1108347675935604172005-02-13T18:14:00.000-08:002005-02-13T18:21:15.936-08:00Corps' Cape Wind EIS Criticized by Cape Cod CommissionThis article, http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/commission_wants_more_from_the_corps_news_12_6063.html">Commission wants more from the Corps (Barnstable Patriot 2/11/05)reports that the Cape Cod Commission filed a 32 page critique of the Corps' Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding the Cape Wind project and has asked for Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1108347272348777722005-02-13T16:16:00.000-08:002005-02-13T18:14:32.350-08:00DOI Report on Renewables on Public LandsVia Renewable Energy Law Blog comes this link to a Science Blog post on efforts to increase interest in development and use of renewable energy resources found on public lands. According to the article, the DOI's 26-page report, Renewable Resources for America's Future, shows that lands managed by the Department of the Interior provide 48 percent of the Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107543302635961692005-02-04T10:49:00.000-08:002005-02-04T10:55:42.670-08:00EPRI Issues Final Report on Wave Development
Via Renewable Energy Access, comes this article, Economies of Scale Could Swell Ocean Energy (2/2/05) that reports on a new report by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) suggesting that generation of electricity from wave energy may be economically feasible in the near future. The study was carried out by EPRI in collaboration with the DOE'sCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107542982693987442005-02-04T10:46:00.000-08:002005-02-04T10:49:42.836-08:00Legislative Developments on Wind
The Renewable Energy Law Blog offers a steady stream of news on all renewable developments, often touching on matters of interest to those in the offshore wind and wave community. For example, from that site comes a list of
wind energy legislative initiatives from various states.
Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107542776960169522005-02-04T10:41:00.000-08:002006-07-23T01:10:54.116-07:00Oregon Leads the Wave!
Oregon State University (OSU) seeks a wave energy research center according to this article from the Portland Business Journal (1/31/05). A meeting was scheduled for February 2 between the Electric Power Research Institute and the Oregon Department of Energy to bring togehter potential partners in the field of wave energy. This article provides more news on the Oregon Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107542432063308192005-02-04T10:37:00.000-08:002005-02-04T10:40:32.063-08:00LIPA Moving Ahead With Wind Power, On and Offshore
According to this article, Wind Power Renews Defunct Nuclear Site, Renewable Energy Access (2/3/05), LIPA trustees and other governmental officials recently gathered at the site of the defunct Shoreham nuclear power plant to dedicate two wind turbines that will supply 200,000 kWh of power annually to Long Island's power grid. But in additionCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107542236273621942005-02-04T10:26:00.000-08:002005-02-04T10:37:16.273-08:00Global News: Ocean Projects for South Africa, Spain and China
This past month, a number of news stories have emerged on the progress of ocean projects in other counties, specifically South Africa, Spain and China. Here's the summary:
World's first tidal power station (www.chinaview.cn, 1/25/05). According to this article, the Ocean Energy Division of the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107541547020810462005-02-04T10:22:00.000-08:002006-04-11T18:45:53.490-07:00MTC Makes Twenty Five Million Dollars Available for Renewables
According to this story, State Energy Trust Offers $25 Million for Renewables, Renewable Energy Acess (1/31/05), the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's Renewable Energy Trust launched a US $25 million request for proposals that will make funding commitments to support projects that could generate up to 25-50 MW of new, clean Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107541310356571982005-02-04T10:17:00.000-08:002005-02-04T10:21:50.356-08:00Large Scale Wave Project Up and Coming In the UK
This article, Wave and Tidal Power to Feed Grid Within 3 Years (January 31, 2005) reports that the UK's first large scale wave and tidal power generation farms could be contributing to the national grid within 3 years under a new support scheme worth £42million announced today by Energy Minister Mike O'Brien. As quoted in the article, Mr. O'BrienCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1107540984323336852005-02-04T10:08:00.000-08:002005-02-04T10:16:44.806-08:00A Coastal Plan for Cape Waters
Confronted with the Cape Wind Project and in anticipation of future tidal water developments, the Providence Center for Coastal Studies has released a report that aims to protect roughly 5000 square miles of water within the Nantucket Shelf Region. Additional information about the report can be found in this article, Creating a 'Nantucket Shelf': Center aims to mapCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1102848656006375602004-12-12T02:49:00.000-08:002004-12-12T02:50:56.006-08:00Cape Wind on Scotland?
Will Scotland face its own mini-version of the Cape Wind saga? Take a look at this article,
Lewis wind farm may fail wildlife legal test (12/10/04) and see what you think.Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1102848539341883102004-12-12T02:44:00.000-08:002004-12-12T02:48:59.340-08:00How to Manage the Ocean
I've always believed that offshore permitting issues generate so much controversy simply because the ocean accomodates such a range of uses, including recreation, fishing, transportation and potentially energy. Thus, the ocean environment differs from the places that energy projects are typically sited, e.g., remote locations or in industrial areas. That's not to say thatCarolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1102848217069087732004-12-12T02:38:00.000-08:002004-12-12T02:43:37.070-08:00Public Speaks Up on Cape Wind
Three hundred and fifty people turned out for the first of several public hearings that comprise part of the Corps of Engineers' review process for Cape Wind as reported in http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2004/12/10/cape_wind_hearing.php">
Cape Wind Hearing Draws Hundreds; People of the Island Speak with Passion (12/10/04). The article summarizes the polarized views Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1102847873191823952004-12-12T02:31:00.000-08:002004-12-12T02:37:53.190-08:00Moratorium on Offshore Wind in New Jersey
On December 6, 2004, New Jersey governor Codey proposed a one year moratorium on offshore windmills as reported in Codey to block energy windmills in ocean for a year (12/9/04) and now, as reported Codeyhere, the legislature will consider a bill that would impose a seven year moratorium. The purpose of the Governor's ban was to give the state time to Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1102847451040749162004-12-12T02:24:00.000-08:002004-12-12T02:31:37.046-08:00A Bright Outlook on the Future of Offshore Renewables
Ocean consultant Tony Jones believes that the future for marine renewables is bright which he discusses in this opinion piece,
Offshore Renewable Energy Development , Renewable Energy Access, (12/5/04). With respect to offshore wave, Jones describes the growth of the industry and contends that it will grow even more in the US when Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1102847012510589142004-12-12T02:19:00.000-08:002004-12-12T02:23:32.510-08:00High School Student Wins Top Prize for Ocean Device
Aaron Goldin, whom we posted about here has won top prize in the Siemens-Westinghouse high school science competition for a wave energy device as reported in this story at MSNBC. Unfortunately, the $100,000 prize will go to Mr. Goldin's college. Too bad that it can't be used to actually develop Goldin's device because with the current state Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1101655835495326752004-11-28T07:22:00.000-08:002006-01-18T11:38:37.333-08:00New Ocean Energy Invention by A High School Student
A high school senior has created an ocean wave energy device that will vie for the $100,000 prize in this year's Siemens-Westinghouse competition against five other finalists. The story comes from this article,
Award-winning invention turns swells into electricity , Sherry Parmet, Union Tribune, (11/25/04).
The article explains:
To build his Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054067.post-1101655354568271022004-11-28T07:15:00.000-08:002004-11-28T07:22:34.566-08:00Renewable Energy Credits - and More Renewables Resources Online
Geoff Hand of the Renewable Energy Law Blog has this link to the materials that the Renewable Energy Resources Committee of the American Bar Association posted from its November 18 presentation entitled "Everything You Wanted to Know About Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)." I attended the presentation live in Washington DC and Carolyn Elefanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807562306902727317noreply@blogger.com1