Offshore renewable energy development new rules and regulations could be introduced in the U.S. this year, potentially cutting the red tape for companies looking to put their wind, wave, or tidal projects in the water. …

A look at the wave, tidal and ocean current power renewable energy technologies, the companies and project news during 2008.
While much of the attention on renewable energy in recent years has focused on solar and …

The Marine Current Turbine SeaGen project in the UK, is the world’s first commercial scale tidal stream turbine. Today it has been reported that the strong tidal flows of Strangford Lough have enabled the turbine …

Edinburgh-based Aquamarine Power, which claims to be the only UK firm developing wave and tidal energy generation devices simultaneously, has made a “significant investment” in Ocean Flow Energy, from North Shields. Aquamarine Power has increased its …

Existing hydropower technologies require an average current of five or six knots to operate efficiently, while most of the earth’s currents are slower than three knots. This new technology can generate electricity in water flowing …