Wave power all at sea until tide turns

By Richard Wilson ( The Sunday Times)

Extract all the wave power you can from the Atlantic coast of Scotland and it would add up to the equivalent of about four nuclear power stations, says David MacKay, professor of natural philosophy in the physics department at Cambridge University. “It’s a very large amount. A ballpark estimate of what is required to get Scotland off fossil fuels is either 10 nuclear reactors, or 10,000 wind turbines.”

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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article4546182.ece

Bay of Fundy tidal-power turbines clear first hurdle

By Paul Halpern (Correspondent)

A strategic environmental assessment (SEA) released this month concludes that a proposed tidal power pilot project for the Bay of Fundy should proceed, but must include measures for ongoing monitoring and a clear set of sustainability principles.

The SEA is one milestone in bringing to reality the Fundy Tidal Generation Demonstration project announced in mid-January by Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald

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http://www.dcnonl.com/article/id27799

DynaGen, Dal to work with China on project dealing with energy from tidal and wave action

By Chris Hayes (The Cape Breton Post )

SYDNEY — DynaGen Technologies Inc. and Halifax’s Dalhousie University plan to work on a tidal and wave energy research project that will be developed with partners in China.
Jason Gu, a professor of electrical … http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=137019&sc=152

Clean Coal Project Declared a Significant Project

By Linc Energy Ltd

Queensland has taken a major step forward in the support for clean coal technology initiatives ­ and the international community is taking notice…. http://www.lincenergy.com.au/release-15.php

Queensland company promotes cleaner energy in Vietnam

By Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment & Industrial Relations (The Honourable John Mickel)

HANOI: Queensland Smart State company Linc Energy Ltd will partner with Vietnamese and Japanese companies in an Underground Coal Gasification project in northern Vietnam.

A Memorandum of Understanding between Linc Energy, Vietnamese company Vinacomin, and their Japanese partner Marubeni was signed yesterday in the presence of Queensland Minister for Trade John Mickel and the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

As part of the agreement Vinacomin will invest US$5 million into Linc Energy and Linc will also be paid by the consortium to undertake stage 1 of the project, a trial Underground Coal Gasification field in the Red River Delta.

“Stage one of the project is to demonstrate that the coal deposit in the Red River Delta innorthern Vietnam is suitable for Underground Coal Gasification,” Mr Mickel said.

“To put this project in perspective, it is expected to produce enough underground coal gas to generate electricity to power between 1.5 and two million homes in Vietnam. Eventually the plans are that it will power up to six million Vietnam homes with cleaner energy.

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…. http://www.lincenergy.com.au/pdf/release-18.pdf