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Watching the Slow Steady Success of Tidal Power

August 15, 2011 by Barry Greene
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 While reading “Rising tide: Company unveils plans for cutting-edge turbine to be deployed next spring” it spurred some interest on how tidal power continues to slowly move forward. Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) offered an open house to everyone in the Eastport Maine community(1). ORPC’s open house was on their 35-ton... [read more]

Marine Power Will Be Cost Competitive in 14 Years

July 13, 2011 by David Thorpe
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The best marine energy sites could be cost-competitive with nuclear and onshore wind by 2025 with accelerated and targeted innovation, according to a new report from the Carbon Trust.The report is based on an evaluation of the Carbon Trust's £3.5 million Marine Energy Accelerator (MEA) programme of support for technology innovation.It... [read more]

12 Clean Energy Trends to Watch in 2011

June 3, 2011 by Tracey de Morsella
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The clean energy sector is entering a phase of dramatic change in which business models are being transformed against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty, as the industry emerges from a challenging period caused by the global economic downtown. Technologies and business structures that were once abandoned, are now being revived in several key sectors. [read more]

Report Shows India Has More Than 7,000 Megawatts of Tidal Power Potential

March 9, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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A recent study performed by the Indian government shows the country has an estimated 8,000 megawatts of tidal energy potential. According to the assessment, the majority of this potential lies in the Gulf of Cambay where 7,000 megawatts of energy could be reportedly harnessed.  The report also indicates two other areas could be... [read more]

Verdant Applies to Build the United States' First Tidal Power Plant

January 5, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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In the United States' quest to become a new energy powerhouse, marine energy has been low on the Obama Administration's cleantech priority list.  However, with ever-improving technology capable of more-efficiently capturing the power of moving water, marine energy could very well see a spike in interest from the government as... [read more]

S.Korea to invest $1 billion in tidal power plants

March 26, 2010 by Big Gav
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Reuters has a report on South Korean plans to build 520 MW of tidal power generation over the next 4 years - S.Korea to invest $1 billion in tidal power plants. Korea Western Power Corp (WP) will invest a total of 1.22 trillion won ($1.07 billion) to build 20 tidal power plants likely from next year through 2014, the government and... [read more]

Severn tidal power scheme creating controversy still

May 9, 2009 by Big Gav
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The FT has a post on the ongoing bickering about the Severn tidal power scheme and which is the best option - Greens get angry about Severn tidal power scheme.Plans for a tidal power scheme in the Severn estuary came under attack yesterday from green groups claiming the shortlist of projects drawn up by the government was “seriously... [read more]

1.5 MW Tidal Power Turbine Coming to Canada’s Bay of Fundy

March 10, 2009 by Tim Hurst
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[I originally published this at CleanTechnica]One of the world’s leading developers of tidal power will partner with a Canadian utility to develop tidal power technology and associated facilities in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.Working in partnership with the Canadian company Minas Basin Pulp and Power, UK tidal power developers,... [read more]

Tidal Power - Turbines Even a Kennedy Could Love

April 6, 2008 by Tim Hurst
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A narrow channel in Northern Ireland with notoriously strong marine currents is just a little closer to producing electricity with the world's first commercial-scale tidal power turbines. As was reported a couple weeks back by Maria Surma Manka at CleanTechnica, the massive structure, known as SeaGen, began its journey to the turbulent... [read more]