Waving goodbye to oil
Soaring oil prices have convinced governments of the need for a change in energy technology – the race to build wave and tidal stream machines is on.
Tidal Energy
POWER FROM MOVING WATER
The technical and policy difficulties of harnessing ocean energy.
Australia: Innovative tidal energy generator gets go ahead
A self-taught inventor has signed a contract with Country Energy, one of the country’s biggest power grids, to test a new source of clean and renewable electricity that will harness ocean currents and has the potential to drastically reduce electricity costs on islands.
UK ‘green energy’ centre created
A new national marine renewable energy centre is to help lay the foundations for an industry based on wave and tidal movements.