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  • BioPower boosts local employment

    November 16, 2012 - no Comments

    Australian renewable energy company BioPower is intending to source local labour and manufacturing services for its planned demonstration wave energy project. The BioWAVE demonstration energy plant will be constructed off

  • Big wave project announced for Portland

    July 13, 2012 - no Comments

    Australia’s largest wave energy project to date will be created off the Victorian coast. US defence contractor Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with wave technology company Ocean Power Technologies

  • Carnegie wins $9.9 million grant

    May 2, 2012 - no Comments

    Perth-based wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has received a A$9.9 million grant from the Federal Government’s Emerging Renewables Program (ERP). The grant will be used to support Carnegie’s grid-connected

  • NZ marine energy hooks up with Oregon

    March 23, 2012 - no Comments

    The NZ marine energy industry is linking up with its counterpart in the US state of Oregon to help develop the sector in NZ. The Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy

  • Big potential in wave energy for USA

    January 31, 2012 - no Comments

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two nationwide resource assessments showing that wave and water sourced energy can deliver up to 15 pc of the nation’s energy needs

  • Carnegie goes to Chile

    December 16, 2011 - no Comments

    Wave and tidal energy developer Carnegie Wave has announced the completion of site assessments along the Chilean coast and has appointed a South American development partner. Carnegie says its sit

  • Carnegie gets Canada grant

    December 9, 2011 - no Comments

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has secured a A$1.9 million grant from the Province of British Columbia to continue the development of a 5MW CETO demonstration project off the

  • Carnegie welcomes UK wave power boost

    October 31, 2011 - no Comments

    WA-based wave developer Carnegie Wave Energy has welcomed an announcement from the UK Government of increased support for wave and tidal energy through a combination of grants and tariffs. The

  • Tidal developer in $4m capital raising

    October 21, 2011 - no Comments

    Sydney-based Elemental Energy Technologies has embarked on a $4 million capital raising to commercialise its tidal energy turbine based on proprietary Vortex Reaction technology. Formed in 2007, the company is

  • Grant for Stewart Island wave project

    October 19, 2011 - no Comments

    A tidal energy project on NZ’s remote Stewart Island has received NZ$312,000 in Government funding. NZ based Tangaroa Energy is working with a Norwegian wave technology company to build a