SwellGen

SIE-CAT™ technology provides a two-phase approach to harnessing wave energy. In many ways, it is analogous to and competitive with a land based hydraulic project:

The inventors of the Searaser, an ocean-based pump that drives an onshore hydro-electric turbine, claim it can generate electricity at a rate of 1.5p per kWh – less than a quarter of the cost of other renewable sources and even lower than coal, gas or nuclear.

By EcoFriend, 2010-05-23

By Renewable Energy World, February 22, 2007

A new pump system designed to turn salt water into fresh water when combined with desalination systems -- and produce clean renewable energy when combined with hydroelectric systems -- is currently being tested in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Texas coast.

Press release, Aquamarine Power, June 12, 2009

Aquamarine Power (“Aquamarine”) has been celebrated as a leading force in the UK’s renewable energy sector, winning the coveted ‘Innovator Award 2009’ for its market leading Oyster® wave energy converter at this year’s British Renewable Energy Awards.

Staff witer, Small Cap News, June 11, 2009

Wave energy expert Ocean Power Technologies has reached two major manufacturing milestones in the development of its flagship PB150 PowerBuoy, which is set to be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland by the end of 2009.

PB150 is a state-of-the-art wave energy converter, which OPT intends to test in Orkney and then deploy to projects around the world at locations including Reedsport in Oregon, US, Victoria, Australia and Cornwall, UK.

By Derek Markham, Clean Technica, May 20th, 2009

By Greer McDonald, The Dominion Post, 23/05/2009

A wave-energy device trialled in Wellington Harbour has moved closer to full production after the company behind its design received a $760,000 government grant.

The grant could help spark the introduction of offshore "wave farms" that would have clusters of tidal devices grouped together, invisible from shore.

Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced this week that Wellington-based Power Projects Ltd would get the money from a fund for marine energy research.

By staff writer, New Energy Focus, 07/05/09

Checkmate have been carrying out proof-of-concept testing on Anaconda at a wave tank in Gosport

A 1MW "snake-like" wave device could be in the water generating electricity by 2014, its manufacturers have said.

By Roger J. Bedard, Mirko Previsic, and Brian L. Polagy, Renewable Energy World,  April 30, 2009

How much marine energy is available for development in the U.S.? This article provides information on the amount of electrical capacity available and extractable from two forms of marine energy: wave and kinetic stream.