renewable energy wave power hydropower uk

Free energy from the seas! could you get enough of it?

A prototype wave energy converter has begun harnessing electricity from Atlantic waves off the west coast of Ireland, the Wavebob company said on Tuesday. Full article in our Sustainable Energy Forum.

The world's first large scale wave farm, to be built off the coast of Cornwall, UK, will get the go-ahead it has emerged.

The UK government is poised to announce planning permission for the £28m renewable energy project. It could generate enough electricity for 7,500 homes, saving 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over 25 years and meeting 3% of Cornwall's domestic electricity needs.