Alstom, a company supplying both services and equipment for electricity generation, has conducted an inaugural ceremony to launch a facility for Alstom Hydro’s Ocean Energy Activities in the Nantes region.
S.D.E. announced that it has started the construction of the first model of the 1000 kW power plant in Cancun, Mexico. The plant will be established completely in the coming six months. This plant will be the initial step towards the construction of more such plants alongside the coasts of Mexico.
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has announced a plan of installing the first large scale tidal energy farm with an investment of £35 million. The designing, manufacture and construction of the four SeaGen turbines would be subcontracted to companies in Scotland.
According to an industry specialist, the earth’s Ocean Tides could provide 10% of the American electricity requirements. Supporters of renewables contend that tidal energy is only a part of the future and hence a few years away.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) gets a 45% stake in the Wave Energy Developer Aquamarine Power as it has given the go ahead for further investments of GBP 2.7 million, thus totally investing an amount of GBP 19.8 million during the past three years.
The North West Development Agency (NWDA) and the Peel Energy partnership have selected the Mersey Estuary site located between Eastham and New Ferry for its Mersey Tidal Power development.
The tidal power projects are slowly loosing momentum and are gradually on the decline. The recent shift in the policy announcement in the UK frightens the future of tidal power and leaves them without assistance.
A recent survey of US green industry leaders was conducted by law firm Cooley LLP. The subject of the survey was to gather and analyse the varied perspectives and opinions on the Chinese presence in the international market.
Nova Scotia is another step closer to cementing its reputation as the leading tidal energy site in the world. The government of Canada is contributing $20 million for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) tidal project in the Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world.
David Kappos, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said that the deadline for filing petitions under the Green Technology Pilot Program has been extended from December 8, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
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