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Images of Bilbao and an excellent public seminar

Tidal Power in Norway

Lesley Riddoch of EquiMar travelled to Hammerfest in Norway to meet Inger Lise of Hammerfest Strom to discuss the current initiatives. Their discussion is recorded on the EquiMar youTube Channel 'EquiMarVid'.

Public interest and awareness growing as the Bilbao seminar approaches..and new demos

There have been several news articles about the forthcoming EquiMar seminar in Bilbao. Interest has been growing as the global energy issues feature in the G20 talks. You can read the press stories in Spanish here.

There have also been some exciting new developments with new devices being demonstrated at Olympia UK earlier this month.

Deliverable 1.1 is Published

This document entitled ; "Global analysis of pre-normative research activities for marine energy" is now published and is available for download.

A New Public Equimar Event Announced - Bilbao April 3

Equimar is organising an Open Seminar on April 3 2009;with the theme;“Towards the Harmonisation of Ocean Energy Development”. In it, the advantages of harmonisation will be discussed, and the up-to-date available information will be presented. This will be dealt with from the perspectives of different aspects in the implementation of ocean energy projects, such as the assessment of physical environment, concept appraisal, sea trials, environmental and economic assessment.

More details of the venue address, agenda, speakers, and how to registrer for this event which is open to the public you can download Bilbao Seminar Details or visit the European Ocean Energy Association website

Pelamis announce an order from E.on

Pelamis Wave Power is delighted to announce an order from E.on for one of its next generation machines. The details of this exciting development are available here.

Tide on the rise for wave generation

Andrew Bolger writes in the Financial Times on 2 February 2009;

"Could the credit crunch actually benefit the development of Scottish wave and tidal power?

This intriguing prospect has been raised by Cameron Johnstone, director of Strathclyde University’s energy systems research unit and a member of EquiMar, Europe’s largest ocean energy research programme."

To continue reading this article where Cameron Johnstone delivers his insightrs and analysis; click here.

The Guardian podcast and marine energy

A recent podcast for the Guardian's Comment is Free was about 'Harnessing Scotland's energy '.  Equimar partners, including Cameron Johnstone of Strathclyde University were involved and it touched a number of issues which are becoming more important as the current economic situation unfolds.

Interesting material from the Wave Power Group

The Wave Power Group website has a comprehensive range of resources including videos,documents, links, references and even a vintage photograph or two. The web site gives a good introduction to Wave Power  and its development. The Edinburgh University creators collated a valuable collection which is suitable for the casual browser as well as the academic visitor. Notably, there are a number of short videos on the web site and a trailer below will give you a taste of what is there. Certainly, a website to explore and discover for yourself.

Equimar website launches to public

Marine Energy has a vast potential to contribute eco-friendly energy but has only 10 years to prove itself as a viable technology, or risk being eclipsed by other energy sources. This is the message from Scottish based scientist, Dr. David Ingram, at the launch of EquiMar, Europe’s largest ocean energy research programme, at the WREC conference in Glasgow.

You can download the full press release here.