Wave Energy
Wave energy is the harnessing of kinetic power from ocean waves. This section links to stories about wave energy, its use as a renewable and emissions free energy source, and how companies are capturing power from tidal motion. There are also articles on other forms of hydroelectric power.
Morgan Stanley Plans Tidal-Powered Data Center
Morgan Stanley and Atlantis Resource Corp. are planning a large-off-grid computer data center in Scotland, powered directly by tidal energy.
It's estimated that the project would cost between £250 million to £300 ...
Google Eyes Offshore, Wave-Powered Data Centers
Google data centers may someday float on the ocean. The search giant recently filed a patent for a “water-based data center,” which uses ocean surface waves to power and cool the ...
Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption
As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models. Portugal is happy to oblige.
Portugal? Yes Portugal. While most of the world remained ...
Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms
A growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative energy sources from traditional fossil fuels and the expansion and renewal of infrastructure, ...
Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which illustrates clean energy patent trends and the top patent owners, shows fuel cells continuing to dominate long term trends, intellectual property law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti ...
TerraPass Launches Customizable Offset Portfolio
TerraPass has announced the first version of a feature through which customers buying carbon offsets can direct the company's efforts to projects the customers like the most.The company believes this is an industry first.
TerraPass ...
Biggest Clean-Energy Projects In The World
In a depiction of some of the world's largest energy projects, Forbes.com takes readers to Bahrain, where, a few weeks ago, three 100-foot-wide propellers began turning between the two towers of the ...
Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?
Due to volatile markets and plunging stocks, Wall Street is not so keen on funding renewable energy projects involving new technologies, Reuters reports. That's what Aaron Lubowitz, managing director of ...
PG&E To Purchase Wave Power From Finavera
Pacific Gas & Electric has signed a power purchase agreement with Finavera Renewables for 2 megawatts of electricity that will come from a wave farm, CNET reports.
The plan is for the wave ...
67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power
Sixty-seven percent of consumers polled across six countries - Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States - would be more willing to pay for eco-friendly energy, according to ...
NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a short-term action plan (PDF) to begin reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the City's municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent by 2017 ...
U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’
The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and without requiring big changes ...
Number Of Green Jobs Could Hit 40 Million By 2030
A new report (PDF) from the American Solar Energy Society shows that as many as 1 out of 4 workers in the U.S. will be working in the renewable energy or energy efficiency ...
Global Energy Roadmap Published
The InterAcademy Council released a report today commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China identifying and detailing the scientific consensus framework for directing global energy development.
"Lighting the way: Toward a sustainable energy ...
Survey: Most Americans Want To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Phase In Alternative Sources
Americans may be addicted to coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels today, but a survey from the Opinion Research Corporation finds that that the public is ready to go “cold turkey” and put an ...
Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030
Morgan Stanley estimates that global sales from clean energy sources like like wind, solar and geothermal could reach $1 trillion a year by 2030, Reuters reports.
Population growth and soaring prices for fossil fuels are ...
Cantor Adds Voluntary Carbon Markets To CantorCO2e Trading Platform
CantorCO2e has launched a web-based marketplace, emissionstrading.com providing information about multiple domestic and international projects creating carbon dioxide equivalent offsets. Registered users can see prices, quantities, and brief descriptions of the projects. Clients ...
GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies
AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments.
Hundreds of private companies were nominated for the GoingGreen ...
Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies
With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability leaders to talk about ...
CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit
A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva.
Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel, L M ...
