The Pelamis Wave Power located in Edinburgh, Scotland and recipient of the British Best Renewable Energy Company of 2007 is turning the energy of the ocean waves into renewable power sources. The ...

20 May 2005 – The UK wave energy development firm Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) announced Thursday the signing of an order with a Portuguese consortium, led by Enersis, to build the initial phase of the ...

1 September 2004 – Ocean Power Delivery’s Pelamis Wave Energy Converter (WEC), has been successfully installed at the newly opened European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney producing the first ...

Since 1844, when the first tide wheel was built, inventors have been trying to harness the immense power of the ocean with little success. Now the next generation of engineers is trying to break the ...

Marine energy prototypes in the UK are sailing ahead of entries from the rest of the world, propelled by government backing and public support. According to a recent analysis from Carbon Trust, a ...

EDINBURGH, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A first attempt fell victim to the crisis: now in the docks of Scotland's ancient capital, a second-generation scarlet Sea Snake is being prepared to harness the waves of ...

Wave power is a type of hydroelectric power that relies on the capture of energy held by ocean waves. Like wind and solar power, wave power has the potential to be a valuable part of the energy ...

In what owners claim to be the world’s first commercial wave-generated power project, three snake-like Pelamis machines recently began generating electricity 5 km off Aguçadoura, Portugal. Each ...

Get out your atlas, see if you can find Agucadoura, Portugal. Just three miles offshore there, these big metallic sea snakes are bobbing in the ever-restless waves of the North Atlantic. And they're ...