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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/08/oyster-20090801.html
Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn1 August 2009
A new type of wave power machine—Oyster—is being installed on the seabed off the Atlantic shores of the Orkney Islands for trials that begin this autumn.
In contrast to many other wave power devices, Oyster uses hydraulic technology to transfer wave power to shore
The whole field of generating electricity from wave power is ground breaking, but Oyster technology is highly innovative because it relies on simplicity. Its offshore component—a highly
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http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/trawling-for-500m-in-ocean-power-1553/
Ucilia Wang
October 9, 2008
Trawling for $500M in Ocean Power
A new Greentech Media report analyzes the technologies, players and funding in the emerging ocean power industry that generates energy from waves and tides.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/15/low-carbon-economic-area-wave-hub
South-west of England to become world centre for wave and tidal energy
Wednesday 15 July 2009
The PowerBuoy wave energy converter, which is to be used as part of the Wave Hub project. Photograph:
The south-west of England will become a world centre for wave and tidal energy under plans published by the government today.
Business secretary Lord Mandelson named the region as the UK's first low carbon economic area at the launch of the low carbon industrial strategy. The government also announced an investment
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VersaBuoy Sea Platforms - New system is 1/2 the cost of existing deepwater oil platforms; and is modular, opening many new possibilities, including off-shore wind and wave energy harnessing.
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Ocean Power Technologies Launches PowerBuoy for US Navy - Ocean Power Technologies proprietary PowerBuoy® system is based on modular, ocean-going buoys that capture and convert predictable wave energy into low-cost, clean electricity for remote at-sea power applications, where there is no need to connect to a shore-based grid. (BusinessWire; Oct. 16, 2008
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Finavera Renewables's Aquabuoy. (Photo Courtesy of Finavera Renewables)How It Works /// In Europe, where funding has been more generous, wave- and ocean-based electrical generators look like caterpillars, floating reservoirs and boxing speed-bags. Companies in North America favor technology that works on some variation of the buoy or bob. So far, the AquaBuoy from the Vancouver-based Finavera Renewables is the only North American prototype to generate power in a real-world test. A neutrally buoyant piston in the AquaBuoy rises and falls with each wave. It is attached to two hoses filled with seawater. As they stretch and compress, the hoses pump the water through a turbine inside the buoy. Unfortunately, the AquaBuoy sank late last year. The failure seems to have been in the buoy, not in the power generator, says Myke Clark, senior vice president of business development and corporate communications for Finavera. He expects a new prototype to be in the water next year. Time Frame /// For Finavera, the next six years are crucial, says Clark. That's when the company's first commercial projects will come on line, as well as when stockholders can expect the first dividends from its wave energy division. Wave and ocean energy seems futuristic, and sure enough, a key report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) doesn't see this generation method contributing significantly for at least 15 years.
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http://www.sde.co.il/index.htmis a world leader in the planning, building and marketing of power stations, producing power from sea waves .SDE's method consists of using sea wave motion to generate hydraulic pressure, which is then transformed into electricity. The system takes advantage of the wave's speed, height, depth, rise and fall, and the flow beneath the approaching wave, thus producing energy. A full-scale model was operated in Israel and produced 40ekW for almost one year. The model has been checked and approved by experienced engineersCurrently, the company holds Letters of Intent and orders from state leaders and electric companies in an approximate amount of US $3 billion dollars. In order to implement them, it welcomes proposals for investment, either through a sal
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Directory:Ocean Wave EnergyFrom PESWikiJump to: navigation, searchSee also PowerPedia:Ocean Wave EnergyMethods for harnessing the undulating action of waves to generate usable energy. From research and development to presently implemented solutions that harness the power of waves for energy production.
Anaconda uses an entirely novel concept to harvest wave energy. Wave energy is free and widely available to the UK and Eire. Other potentially rich coasts include the USA and South American western seaboards, South Africa, Australia, parts of Malaysia, Japan, New Zealand and the western facing coasts of Europe.The Inventors proposed the concept of a distensible rubber tube anchored to the seabed and floating just beneath the surface head to sea, in which bulge waves are excited by passing sea waves. The device is continually squeezed by passing sea waves. These waves form bulges in the water-filled tube and travel down its length developing the power to drive a turbine generator in the stern.Wave energy is a particularly rich, but as yet untapped, energy resource which government studies state could produce 3%-5% of our electricity initially and up to 20% eventually.The Anaconda project team has been testing a scaled device, part of a programme of rigorous development, completing the final stage of an exhaustive proof of concept phase at QinetiQ’s Haslar Marine Technology Park at Gosport, Hampshire using the UK’s largest wave testing facility where the strength and frequency of ocean waves the device may encounter canbe simulated.Paul Auston, Chairman of the Checkmate Group, said: “The UK is known for its engineering excellence and politicians of all parties have been keen to challenge companies to come up with renewable energy projects that can be sold around the world. With Anaconda we have an invention that changes conventional thinking and it will help to meet the ambitious government target of providing renewable wave energy from our coastal waters. It will also help cement the UK’s world leading position in this technology.”“We’ve seen excellent results in scale model testing, and we are now gearing up to attract the necessary investment to develop Anaconda and take this proven concept through to full commercialisation within the next five years.”---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By SELINA WILLIAMS
Scotland, which boasts some of the fastest-flowing tides in the world, is placing a big bet on what many believe is the next wave of renewable energy -- marine power.The government is encouraging companies to invest in projects designed to convert the motion of tides and waves into electricity with the aim of generating as much as one gigawatt of electricity -- enough to power roughly 940,000 homes -- from its coastal waters by 2020.The Journal ReportSee the complete Energy report.Although some experts say Scotland eventually could rely on marine power for 40% or more of its electricity needs, the technology is still in its infancy. Among the industry's biggest challenges: developing equipment that can withstand the punishing environment off the Scottish coast and reducing the cost of generation so that marine power can better compete with more established sources of energy. Making things even more difficult is the credit crisis, which has made project financing harder and more expensive to get.Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre, a marine-energy testing site located in Orkney, Scotland, sees a parallel with the early days of the aviation industry, saying that while wave and tidal equipment is well along in terms of development, lengthy testing is required before it can be deployed on a commercial scale."I believe we're now where the Wright brothers were when they did the first tentative flights, but they still needed to do short hops and then longer hops before they got to master the sky," he says.
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(The Swell Fuel “Lever Operated Pivoting Float” electricity generating buoy is not a Coast Guard approved device and is not intended for use on commercial waterways.)
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Houston TX –(May 5, 2009) – As countries around the world seek to curb their dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil, many American-based companies are offering alternative energy solutions to help avert a full-blown energy crisis, which include wind, solar and wave energy technology. One such company, based in Houston, Texas, is providing unique ocean energy converters and has announced the additional licensing of its Lever Operating Pivoting Float (LOPF) to several companies for testing purposes.
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