Biomass

Wave Energy

A Wave-Powered Prototype Device Is Aiming to Produce Drinking Water From the Ocean

Ocean Oasis says its technology will enable “the production of fresh water from ocean waters by harnessing the energy of the waves to carry out a desalination …

Simpler, Cheaper Electrical Generator Can Be Made With Store-Bought Tape

With an ability to turn friction into small amounts of electricity, triboelectric generators may one day be used in clothes that turn movement into power, in ba…

Hydrogen Production

New Approaches to Create Hydrogen Energy From Biomass Feedstocks

An engineering group believes in the integrated promise of two paths to carbon-neutral power: biomass and hydrogen.

EUBCE — 31st European Biomass Conference & Exhibition

EUBCEThe Leading Platform for Global Biomass InnovationEUBCE isthe largest biomass conference and exhibition in the world.Each year, EUBCE brings together the g…

Hydrogen Production

Indonesia Tests Co-Firing of Coal and Gas With Biomass and Hydrogen

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to explore co-firing less carbon intensive fuels at power plants owned and operated by Indonesia Power.

Wave Energy

Sea Trials Show Promising Results for AWS Wave Energy Device

​Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy has announced encouraging results from the current phase of sea trials of its wave energy device at the European Marine Energ…

CCS

Babcock & Wilcox to Test Carbon Capture for Waste Coal and Biomass Project

US-based energy services company Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) was awarded a contract to study its carbon capture solution at a waste coal and biomass plant currently …

Wave Energy

A New Four-Year Project Will Test the Viability of Large-Scale Wave Energy in Europe

The WEDUSEA collaboration involves 14 partners from academia and industry.

Tidal Energy

U.S. To Provide Millions in Funding for Tidal Energy and River Current Systems

DOE says the funding opportunity represents the “largest investment in tidal and river current energy technologies in the United States.”

Tidal Energy

UK’s HydroWing Taps Tidal Energy Potential in Indonesia

UK-based tidal energy developer HydroWing has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with state-owned company Indonesia Power to develop tidal energy projec…

Wave Energy

Giant, Megawatt-Scale Wave Energy Generator to Be Tested in Scotland

Irish company OceanEnergy has already tested its oscillating water column generators at significant scale in Hawaii, and it's just signed on to a four-year proj…

Smart Grid

Marine Energy Smart Grid Pilot Enters Next Test Phase

A smart grid controller designed to integrate ocean and other energy resources and regulate their distribution is going into full-scale testing.

Carbon Emissions

New Technology Converts Waste Biomass into Solid, Clean-Burning Fuel

To prepare fields for planting, farmers the world over often burn corn stalks, rice husks, hay, straw, and other waste left behind from the previous harvest.

Wave Energy

NREL Granted Patent for Marine Renewable Energy Technology

Scientists with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have received a patent for a fledgling technology domain – distributed embedded energy converter techn…

Biomass Power Plant

Doosan Škoda Supplies Turbines for La Reunion Coal-To-Biomass Conversion

Czech turbine manufacturer Doosan Škoda Power had been awarded a contract for a biomass plant on the island of La Reunion.