A novel method for generating power from ocean waves – one that uses no moving parts – will be tested off the coast of New Hampshire this summer after trials this winter in Lake Washington, in the Seattle area, proved successful. “The power generator …

But in the swift-flowing tidal waters in between, Smith sees the future of energy generation. He and partner Trey Taylor are co-founders of Verdant Power, which generated electricity from underwater turbines in the river as part of a pilot project last …

Remember last September, when a tidal power device sent energy to the grid in the United States for the first time? Since then, the TidGen device, by Portland, Maine-based Ocean Renewable Power Company, has been in and out of the water a couple of …

US tidal power company ResHydro has announced plans to establish operations in Scotland, representing the first American renewable energy inward investment in the country. ResHydro is currently working on a hydrokinetic energy generation device that …

Aconcept for producing drinking water from seawater using wave energy has been developed at Aalto University, in Finland. This appears to be ground-breaking technology, as similar plants currently in operation use either electricity or thermal energy.

The old model of the Wave Glider relied on converting energy from the waves themselves into its fuel supply — helpful, since there’s no robot refueling station far out at sea. The SV3 version keeps the wave energy, but adds solar panels and battery …

A new company, Kepler Energy Limited, has been formed to develop a tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler, more robust and more scaleable than current designs. The turbine is the result of research in Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science by [...]

When it comes to wave and tidal power, the United Kingdom has enormous potential to become a worldwide leader in the proliferation and utilization of the boundless renewable energy found in the ocean.  The northern coast of the UK is one of the world’s top locations capable of harnessing wave and tidal power in order [...]

This past few years saw rising interest expressed for renewable energy—the kind of energy that is abundant and free, being taken from natural resources like sunlight, water, rain, geothermal heat, wind, and tides. Because of concern over dwindling fuel supply and the increasing problem of global warming, numerous governments and organizations from all over the [...]

The Irish are currently pursuing energy independence and the further development of their robust economy through the implementation of research and development into alternative energy sources. At the time of this writing, nearly 90% of Ireland’s energy needs are met through importation – the highest level of foreign product dependence in the nation’s entire history.  [...]

Anyone who has played in the ocean surf or experienced the current of a river, felt the tug of outgoing or incoming surf, recognizes that there is energy contained in moving bodies of water. Harnessing that energy to create electricity has been in third position, behind solar and wind, as a source of alternative energy. [...]