Promoting Energy Technologies from Clean Renewable Ocean Resources
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- OREC Members' Accomplishments Recognized by Media
Congratulations to OREC Member, Verdant Power for being named by Inc. Magazine as one of the most intriguing companies that are helping to drive today's green revolution. (Article here). And congratulations are also in order for new member, AquaEnergyGroup (a...
- OREC Speaks at OST Partnership Conference on Wave Energy in Oregon
On June 13, 2006, OREC founders Sean O'Neill and Carolyn Elefant each delivered a presentation to an audience of 150 at the invitation only, Oregon Science and Technology Partnership (OSTP) Conference on Wave Energy in Oregon. O'Neill briefed the crowd...
- Update on the DOER Act
There's been further progress on the DOER (Deep Ocean Energy Resource) Act since our last post here. As we wrote, and also reported in this article from Renewable Energy Access, the House Bill includes $20 million per year for fiscal...
- Ocean Renewables Hit the Big Times (the NY Times)
Wave, ocean and tidal power are now officially part of all the news that's fit to print as evidenced by this write up (August 3, 2006) on these technologies in this New York Times business section article. The piece profiles...
- OREC Founders to Speak At Oregon Wave Conference
On July 14, 2006, OREC President Sean O'Neill and CEO Carolyn Elefant will serve as featured panel speakers at the Ocean Renewable Energy Conference: Harnessing the Power of the Waves sponsored by the Oregon Science and Techology Partnership. If you...
- What's New At the OREC Website?
We've added a few additional materials to the OREC website. In the left menu bar, the OREC Resource Library contains links to some excellent papers that deal with economic benefits of developing wave and tidal resources, as well as links...
- OREC Participates in Three Scoping Sessions on MMS Programmatic EIS
In May and June, 2006, MMS conducted scoping sessions at various locations across the nation in connection with development of a Programmatic EIS for Alterate Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf. OREC members gave testimony at three of the hearing...
- OREC Works With Others To Secure Funding for Ocean Energy
Back in late fall 2005 and February 2006, OREC was hard at work, supporting legislative proposals like this and this to secure funding for wave, tidal and current renewable technologies. A few weeks ago, with the efforts of our allies...
- LIPA to build a wind park off Jones Beach
The Long Island Power Authority is currently in the planning and promoting stages of building one of the first wind energy parks in the United States. The wind park will be built off the coast of JonesBeach. Mineral Management Service...
- MMS Begins Scoping on Alternate Energy on OCS
MMS launched the first set of its scoping sessions on alternate energy uses on the Outer Continental Shelf, with a session in Washington D.C. last Thursday, May 18, 2006 and a session last evening, May 23, 2006 in Trenton, New...