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• Wave Farm is Unveiled
  Mar 6, 2008 - Daily Mirror
  
  Ireland has unveiled a new wave farm that will power more than 700 homes.
  
  
• Energy Giant Announces Plans for Tidal Power 'Farm'
  Feb 9, 2008 - Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
  
  A Scheme to create one of the world's first commercial tidal energy schemes, off the coast of north Wales, was announced yesterday.
  
  
• Oceanlinx to Provide Wave Energy for Maui
  Feb 8, 2008 - RenewableEnergyAccess.com
  
  Oceanlinx Limited, an Australia-based high-tech company, has formally announced plans to provide electricity to Maui Electric Company from Hawaii's first wave energy project. The project will provide up to 2.7 megawatts (MW) of energy from two to three floating platforms located one-half to three-quarters of a mile to the north of Pauwela Point on the northeast coast of Maui.
  
  
• Marine energy: Europe is leading the way
  Jan 23, 2008 - Engineer Live
  
  Wave energy sources are not only available in plenty, but are also consistent, predictable and have the highest energy density among all renewable energy sources.
  
  
• Bay of Fundy to get three test turbines
  Jan 9, 2008 - David Ehrlich - cleantech.com
  
  North America's first tidal power test site could be up and running as early as next year. The government of Nova Scotia, Canada, picked three candidates to get a first shot at testing their tidal power generators in the Bay of Fundy, which has the highest tides in the world.
  
  
• Engineers Test Sea Tidal Power
  Jan 2, 2008 - Liverpool Echo
  
  The ability to harness tidal power for the UK has been boosted after research by engineering specialist Frazer-Nash, which has its north west base in Warrington.
  
  
• AFA researchers testing ocean waves for energy
  Dec 31, 2007 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Roeder The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.
  
  Researchers at the Air Force Academy are developing an idea that could use ocean waves to meet much of the nation's energy needs.
  
  
• PG&E agrees to buy power from Canadian firm's proposed 'wave park'
  Dec 18, 2007 - David R. Baker - San Francisco Chronicle
  
  The dream of generating electricity from the ocean's waves will take a major step forward today when Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announces its support for plans to build the nation's first commercial wave power plant off the coast of Northern California, the latest step in the state's efforts to combat global warming.
  
  
• Bush Administration Aims to Tap into Ocean's Wind Power
  Nov 5, 2007 - The News & Observer
  
  A year after a bitter congressional fight over offshore drilling for oil and gas, the Bush administration now wants to tap the ocean's winds, waves and currents as a source for alternative energy.
  
  
• World's First Major Wave Farm is Set to Get Green Light Off Cornwall
  Sep 18, 2007 - Belfast Telegraph
  
  Funding for the scheme - described as a giant electrical socket on the seabed - has already been approved by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA).
  
  
• Underwater turbines overwhelmed by powerful East River
  Aug 13, 2007 Associated Press

  NEW YORK -- Six giant turbines lowered into the East River to harness the kinetic power of its tides have been shut down for repairs and a basic redesign weeks after being dedicated.
  

• Harvesting the Power of Ocean & Tidal Energy
  Aug 1, 2007 - RenewableEnergyAccess.com
  
  A small team of engineers based in Cornwall, England, have made a breakthrough with the development of a turbine that they claim could solve the commercial viability of tidal power. Known as the Osprey turbine, the technology can be used to create electricity offshore at sea -- or in tidal rivers and inland waterways.
  
  
• Saudi Arabia of Renewable Energy' Off Scotland's Coast
  Jun 23, 2007 - The Scotsman
  
  It has been described as the "greatest untapped source of energy Scotland has ever had", capable of generating enough electricity for every home and business in the country several times over.
  
  
• PG&E, San Francisco and Golden Gate Energy Combine Efforts to Explore Tidal Power Options in SF Bay
  June 19, 2007 - PRNewswire
  
  In support of ongoing efforts to increase California's renewable power supplies and address climate change, Pacific Gas and Electric Company today signed an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Energy Company to conduct the most comprehensive study yet undertaken to assess the possibilities for harnessing the tides in San Francisco Bay to create a new source of zero- emissions, renewable electric power for California energy customers.
  
  
• N.S., N.B. to share cost of Bay of Fundy tidal power study
  June 13, 2007
  
  Buoyed by the potential of tidal energy in the Bay of Fundy, the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia governments are jointly funding a study that will bring marine renewable power generation one step closer to a reality.
  
  http://www.ngnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=37034&sc=49
  
  
• Tidal power trials
  Jun 9 2007 - The Journal
  
  Tidal power pioneers in the North-East yesterday set out their stall in the "green" battle with wind farms. Inventors such as former Swan Hunter naval architect Graham Mackie and his Evopod are bidding for a slice of a £50m Government fund to develop electricity from the ebb and flow of the tide.
  
  http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/journallive/thejournal/tm_headline=tidal-power-trials%26method=full%26objectid=19270681%26siteid=50081-name_page.html
  
  
• Tidal barrage moves a step closer
  May 23, 2007 - BBC
  
  Plans for a £14bn barrage that would harness the tidal energy of the Severn estuary have taken a step forward.
  
  
• South Korea to build world's largest tidal power station
  May 04, 2007 - AsiaPulse
  
  South Korea's Incheon City said Thursday that it plans to build the world's largest tidal power station on Ganghwa Island by 2014.
  
  
• Companies Pursing Ocean Power along the Northern U.S. Shores
  May 2, 2007
  
  EERE Network News - Judging by recent permitting activity, there is a great deal of interest in developing wave and tidal energy projects in northern coastal areas of the United States. ORPC Alaska, a subsidiary of Ocean Renewable Power Corporation, LLC (ORPC), announced in late April that it received preliminary permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to pursue tidal energy projects in Alaska's Cook Inlet and Resurrection Bay. The company has a ways to go, though, as it plans to build a prototype tidal energy turbine device next year and build a full-scale prototype in 2009 before developing the Alaska sites. Finavera Renewables Inc. has a greater chance of developing its proposed site near Coos County, Oregon, since it already has a working prototype of its AquaBuoy wave energy converter. Finavera's subsidiary, AquaEnergy Group Ltd., was awarded a preliminary permit on Monday for its proposed 100-megawatt wave energy plant. Oceanlinx Limited, formerly known as Energetech, is also interested in the Oregon coast, and has applied for a preliminary permit for a site near Florence. Oceanlinx plans to build a 15-megawatt wave energy plant at the site.
  
  
• Investment boosts wave and tidal technologies
  Mar 14, 2007
  
  Scotland has increased its funding for wave and tidal power by £5m to meet demand, bringing total investment in the sector up to £13m.
  
  http://www.engineerlive.com/power-engineer/engines-and-turbines/17323/investment-boosts-wave-and-tidal-technologies.thtml
  
  
• PG&E to Study Wave Power in Humboldt & Mendocino
  Feb 28, 2007 /PRNewswire
  
  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 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Named "WaveConnect," the proposed developments would extend PG&E's environmental leadership by providing its customers with a new source of clean, renewable power.
  
  
• Wave Farm Points Way Ahead for Scotland
  Feb 20, 2007
  
  The world's biggest wave-power farm is to be built off Scotland's coast, ushering in a revolution in green energy production, The Scotsman can reveal.
  
  
• SCOTTISH FIRM INTERESTED IN HARNESSING OREGON WAVE ENERGY
  Feb 18, 2007 The Associated Press
  
  A Scottish firm is the second company to express interest in harnessing wave energy along the Douglas County coastline.
  
  
• Maine Maritime wants to create tidal energy testing center
  Feb 14, 2007
  
  Maine Maritime Academy wants to establish a tidal power test facility in the waters of the Bagaduce River.
  
  
• OPT Wave Farm in Spain
  Feb 2, 2007 RenewableEnergyAccess.com
  
  The Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) wave power station to be constructed off the coast of the Cantabria region in northern Spain, which will use OPT's patented PowerBuoy technology, signed an operation and maintenance (O&M) contract following the signing of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract last July.
  
  http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47315
  
  
• Energy From the Restless Sea
  Aug 23, 2006 The NY Times
  
  There is more riding the waves here than surfers, thanks to a growing number of scientists, engineers and investors. A group of entrepreneurs is harnessing the perpetual motion of the ocean and turning it into a commodity in high demand: energy. Right now, machines of various shapes and sizes are being tested off shores from the North Sea to the Pacific — one may even be coming to the East River in New York State this fall — to see how they capture waves and tides and create marine energy.
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/business/worldbusiness/03tides.html?ex=1312257600&en=a0172afbc7c00d14&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
  
  
• The Ocean's Power
  July 19, 2006 Ken Silverstein, EnergyBiz Insider
  
  When Maine decided to enact an energy bill that would require 10 percent of its generation sources to come from renewable energy by 2017, it knew the task would be challenging. To get there, it will try and take advantage of one form of green energy that gets little attention: ocean energy.
  
  http://www.energycentral.com/centers/energybiz/ebi_detail.cfm?id=178
  
  
• Power plan makes waves
  June 24, 2006 - The Dominion Post
  
  Cook Strait could be the answer to New Zealand’s energy problems say scientists.
  
  
• The Age of Undersea Windmills Begins
  Mar 16, 2006 Harry Valentine - EnergyPulse.com
  
  An announcement was made during late February in Bermuda advising that construction was to begin on an undersea windmill installation that will provide up to 10% of Bermuda's electricity. This project will be the first commercial application of a technology that can generate electrical power ocean currents. It is a concept that has been debated, researched and debated over several years. Unlike tidal power stations that can only generate power for up to 10-hours per day, installations like the proposed Bermuda project could generate power throughout the day.
  
  
• Sustainable and Innovative Wave Energy
  Nov 2005 energetech.com.au
  
  Port Kembla Trial Deployment Results
  A full-scale ocean trial of the Energetech wave energy device took place at Port Kembla on October 26, and real power was generated into the on-board grid. A proportion of this power was used to produce desalinated water on-board the device.
  
  
• Power Plan Makes Waves
  
  Power companies are investigating an ambitious project to place underwater turbines in Cook Strait as an answer to New Zealand’s electricity shortage.
  
  www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3710325a11,00.html
  

• Wave Power - From Dream to Reality
  
  Energetech has developed a practical wave energy power generator (and built a first operating unit) using a set of patents which address all of the above, in a manner that shows the use of wave power to now be a viable (and commercially efficient) means of generating electrical power.
  
  http://www.vic.engineersaustralia.org.au/groups/eesa_events.html
  
  
• Waves run this power plant
  Jan 2, 2001 msnbc
  
  Oceans seen as powerful and profitable source of energy
  Waves inside this bunker off the Scottish coast create air drafts, which turn blades inside the green turbine. The energy generated is sold to two utilities.

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