Portugal seems to be setting itself up as the European proving grounds for
wave energy companies, with both Ocean Power Delivery, and now AquaEnergy, deploying their first commercial projects in Portugese waters.
Already,
wave energy companies are active in the state.
After the bankruptcies of two pioneering
wave energy companies, the Scottish government has gone back to the drawing board.
Not exact matches
And the
company isn't just about cars anymore, as it has made
waves in the development of clean
energy solutions, like its much - anticipated solar roof.
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B) is making
waves in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) this morning after it revealed a 10.8 percent stake in
energy company Phillips 66 (PSX) after Friday's close.
In 2007 & 2008, a huge
wave of
companies began to enter the alternative
energy arena, particularly solar
energy.
Atmocean, a
company developing ways to harness
energy from ocean
waves, looked into making devices to cool the surface of the ocean after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Wello is a Finnish clean
energy company providing a
wave energy based solution for power generation.
As many local activists
waved signs protesting the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, she denounced her Republican opponent, former state legislator John Faso of Kinderhook, as a lobbyist for an
energy company dealing in fracked gas and promised to «stand up against big polluters who want to pollute our waterways.
«Imagine a
wave of customers cutting ties with their local power
companies because they have a self - contained
energy system,» he said in an emailed response.
The
company hopes to next year begin building another 25
wave -
energy converters that could eventually increase the output to 21 megawatts, which is expected to serve the electricity needs of more than 15,000 Portuguese households.
OIST has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment and
Energy of the Republic of Maldives and Kokyo Tatemono Company Limited of Tokyo, Japan, to embark on a wave energy project in the Mal
Energy of the Republic of Maldives and Kokyo Tatemono
Company Limited of Tokyo, Japan, to embark on a
wave energy project in the Mal
energy project in the Maldives.
The seven - speed gearbox has new software to maximise the engine's new performance output and there's also the latest version of the
company's Inertia Push technology that, when in Track mode, harness the built up kinetic
energy to deliver a
wave of torque when the next gear is engaged.
Australian firm Carnegie was given # 9.6 m from the European Regional Development Fund to support the development of commercial
wave energy, but it is the latest
company to decide against using
Wave Hub.
«Watching the
wave of investor pressure wash across carbon - fuel capital expenditure in the closing months of 2014, I now think this is how the carbon war can be won,» Leggett, formerly science director for Greenpeace and founder of a successful British solar
energy company, said.
Fledgling Industry Oceana will harm development of tidal
energy «at a time when large institutional
companies are beginning to invest in
wave and tidal
companies,» Verdant said.
And in February, the utility filed permit applications for a swath of sea water where it hopes multiple
wave -
energy companies will test their technologies.
In late October, the
company watched its
wave - to -
energy test buoy sink off the shores of the central Oregon coast.
In a statement released Friday, Southern
Company, the Atlanta - based parent company of Alabama Power, said the soot regulations, in combination with a wave of other regulations for power plants, are «disappointing and will potentially make energy less affordable.
Company, the Atlanta - based parent
company of Alabama Power, said the soot regulations, in combination with a wave of other regulations for power plants, are «disappointing and will potentially make energy less affordable.
company of Alabama Power, said the soot regulations, in combination with a
wave of other regulations for power plants, are «disappointing and will potentially make
energy less affordable.»
So it looks like there's a showdown a-comin», between the massive, entrenched coal conglomerates and the new
wave of clean
energy companies — and it could get ugly.
In order to obtain approval, Jason Bak, Finavera's CEO, says that his
company will first need to ameliorate its technology and get the necessary funding.Roger Bedard, an analyst at the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto who co-wrote a report on
wave energy, is bullish about its future: «An average of 37,000 megawatts of
energy dissipates on California's 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) of coastline.
But this paper has discovered a series of new flaws in it including: The publication of inaccurate data on the potential of
wave power to produce electricity around the world, which was wrongly attributed to the website of a commercial
wave -
energy company.
Some of the
companies working on incorporating biomimicry into design are: Calera (biomineralization) Novomer (CO2 into biodegradable plastics) Dyesol (solar cells) Qualcomm (display screens) WhalePower (wind turbines) BioPower (
wave power) Purebond (bonding systems) Regen
Energy (energy solutions) Qinetiq (water harvesting) Grimshaw (architecture) Aquaporin (water purification) PAXwater (flow forms) Cambridge Biostability (preservation) Biosignal (antibacterial methods) The Land Institute (agriculture sy
Energy (
energy solutions) Qinetiq (water harvesting) Grimshaw (architecture) Aquaporin (water purification) PAXwater (flow forms) Cambridge Biostability (preservation) Biosignal (antibacterial methods) The Land Institute (agriculture sy
energy solutions) Qinetiq (water harvesting) Grimshaw (architecture) Aquaporin (water purification) PAXwater (flow forms) Cambridge Biostability (preservation) Biosignal (antibacterial methods) The Land Institute (agriculture systems)
the Albany
wave energy project under discussion between the
company that builds it and the govt election commitment here in the west is a case in point.
Portuguese
company «Sea For Life» has developed a «gravitational
wave -
energy absorber», WEGA.
Ofgem say the consultation unveiled today is «the first of four
waves of reform» — in November, they will unveil detailed proposals to reform the
energy market to help the business sector; in December there will be further decisions on proposals on liquidity to break the stranglehold of the Big Six in the wholesale electricity market; and in the New Year they will publish a report into how to make
energy company accounts more transparent.