Wave and tidal power news articles 
Natural Power and Inova Energy partner to offer international wind farm management experience to the Brazilian market
Natural Power and Inova Energy have joined forces to develop asset management services in Brazil. This agreement is set to offer international wind farm management experience coupled with wind energy experience specific to the Brazilian market. Natural Power currently performs wind management services on 64 operational wind farm sites, totalling 1.2GW, for multiple wind farm owners in the UK and Ireland through a number of industry leading pr... [more]
Natural Power develops high resolution tidal energy resource models for Scotland's West coast
The tidal potential of the Mull of Galloway, Mull of Kintyre, Kyle Rhea and the Rhinns of Islay have long been recognised by industry and public bodies as areas of high tidal energy potential. Situated away from the Pentland Firth, these locations have been the target of the recent Further Scottish Leasing Round carried out by The Crown Estate. Natural Power’s marine renewables team have developed high resolution hydrodynamic tidal energy res... [more]
Natural Power partners withNowa Energías on the Argentinean renewables market
In 2009 Natural Power established their 12th office globally in Valparaiso, Chile from where Natural Power is currently helping clients all across Latin America. Natural Power has now signed an agreement with Argentinean renewables company Nowa Energías SA, which enables Nowa to promote Natural Power's products and services exclusively in the Argentinean renewables market for the next twelve months. Nowa is a leading Argentinean renewable ener... [more]
Renewing the Humber event highlights how the Humber could become the UK's renewable energy capital
With an estimated £15 billion investment planned for the UK in off-shore wind power, the Humber has the potential to create thousands of jobs within the renewable energy sector over the next five years. There are also many growth opportunities for small businesses as the wind and wider renewable energy supply chain develops, all of which will be explored at the conference. Renewables Network is to run Renewing the Humber, a two-day event takin... [more]
Natural Power expands in the biomass sector
Natural Power has announced its move in to the biomass sector, further adding to their global products and services provided in the wind, wave and tidal markets. A dedicated team of experienced professionals across the biomass and associated industries have joined Natural Power’s renewable energy experts at their global headquarters in Scotland. The biomass team led by Dan Gates, formerly from a forestry background with engineering and... [more]
Other Wave and tidal power news and reviews
New report studies wave and tidal energy
The U.S. Department of Energy released two reports last week detailing the country's ocean wave and tidal resource energy potential.
New energy secretary confirms green targets
LONDON (Reuters) - Newly-appointed Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey on Monday confirmed the country's commitment to its green energy targets and its focus on growing the offshore wind power generation capacities. "There may have been a change at the helm, but there'll be no change in direction or ambition," he said at the Building Research Establishment's Innovation Park near ...
Tide May Be Turning for Power Generated by Moon and Waves
According to the studies, wave and tidal power could generate about 1,420 terawatt hours, or TWh, of electricity per year. The U.S. uses 4,000 TWh each year.
Ecotricity set to harness wave power
Green energy company Ecotricity has today (January 23) unveiled plans to install 200 wave power devices off the UK coast as it looks to grow its portfolio of wind and tidal technologies.
Report highlights California's huge 'wave power' potential
A new report by the Department of Energy says that waves off California's 1,100-mile coastline could generate over 140 terawatt hours of electricity per year -- enough to power 14 million homes -- if tidal and wave energy was developed to its maximum potential.
DOE reports: Maine could generate 10% of all tidal power
Maine has the potential to produce 10 percent of the nation's tidal power energy, or 15 terrawatt-hours of electricity per year, according to recent reports by the U.S. Department of Energy.
'Bicycle pump' to turn wave power into clean energy
Searaser device that pumps saltwater to an onshore generator has been tested in prototype and praised by ministers An aquatic "bicycle pump" is set to take to the seas and turn wave power into clean electricity after being acquired by green energy company Ecotricity . The Searaser device, which pumps saltwater to an onshore generator, has been tested in prototype and praised by ministers ...
Aquarium hooks up to tidal power in green energy boost
A PIONEERING tidal power generator that will soon provide half the electricity used by The Deep aquarium in Hull has been towed into position in the River Humber.
First UK marine energy park to be built in south west
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's first marine energy park will be developed in the south west of the country, in a bid to speed up the commercial expansion of the wave and tidal industry from 2020, the government said on Monday. Over the past seven years, over 100 million pounds have been invested in the south west marine energy industry. The park will stretch from Bristol to Cornwall and the Isles ...
Tidal energy turbine gets all-clear
A tidal energy turbine in Co Down has been given the environmental all-clear, the developers have said.
