Do you believe that tidal, or wave, energy will grow to be the next technology used to harness renewable energy along with wind, hydro and solar?

Global Marine Systems (GMS) has successfully completed the direct shore-end landing and lay of two new power cables at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) tidal test site at Eday, Orkney Islands and one new power cable at EMEC’s wave test site at Billia Croo, Orkney Islands, UK.

Wave Hub, the South West RDA’s (Regional Development Agency) pioneering marine energy project, has set sail for Cornwall in preparation for installation next week on the seabed 16km offshore.

Analysis shows countries are investing more in renewable energy sources, which could mean a trillion dollar market potential for the hydro, wave, and tidal power market.

The U.S. departments of the Interior and Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to strengthen the relationship between the two agencies on future development of offshore wind and water energy projects on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 97 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plant units were performing in the two highest categories.

RWE Innogy and German Pellets have inaugurated RWE's biomass-fuelled cogeneration station and the neighbouring pellet plant at the Wittgenstein industrial estate in Germany.

Spanish company Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has secured a contract for two electricity power lines, each 220 km of length in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, as well as two substations associated with the 750 MW La Yesca hydroelectric plant.

FuelCell Energy has announced the sale of a 1.4 MW DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to G3 Power Systems for installation at the Olivera Egg Ranch, a poultry farm located in French Camp, California, US.

The Chilean minister of Energy, Ricardo Raineri has been quoted as saying by El Mercurio that his government's energy policy will seek to secure around 20 per cent of the country’s power production from renewable energy sources by 2020.