Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference Countdown: Profiles in Ocean Energy
The Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference is a little more than two months away. So in the time leading up to the conferece, OREC will be launching a special “Profiles in Ocean Energy” series, highlightling the pioneer developers, regulators, engineers, lawyers and environmentalists at the forefront of the industry. If you are interested in being [...]
Save the Date for Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference
The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition is co-sponsoring the Global Marine Energy Conference. Save the date – April 17-18, 2008 and visit the above link to register.
Join OREC’s Facebook Group
As part of our continuing outreach program, OREC has set up a Facebook Group that we invite you to join. This is an ideal way to network with others who have an interest in marine renewables and to raise public awareness about the promise of marine renewable energy.
Update on FERC Pilot Project Process
On October 2, 2007, FERC held a public hearing and technical conference on a proposed expedited process for pilot projects. Carolyn Elefant, legislative and regulatory counsel for OREC, delivered an abbreviated version of these comments which will be filed with the Commission. In addition, you can view the full transcript of the FERC conference at [...]
A Report on Our Website and Blog
OREC’s newly designed website and blog have been up and running since the spring, to rave reviews. Here are some things you should know about our site: –We installed an open source Google based calendar on the front page which lists activities and conferences of interest to the marine renewables community on the front page. [...]
Member News
If you’re interested in an update on some of our members’ activities (specifically, Ocean Power Technologies and the Pelamis Wave Compay, f/k/a Ocean Power Delivery, visit this post from my Renewables Offshore Blog. Also in the news is one of our law firm members, Stoel Rives, which announced the release of The Law of Ocean [...]
OREC Updates Events Calendar
At the home page of the OREC Website, we maintain a calendar of upcoming conferences of interest to the marine renewables, and broader renewables community. We’ve just stocked the calendar with upcoming events for the next twelve months, so take a look and see if anything interests you. And, if you know of an event [...]
FERC Adopts OREC Recommendation for Short Term, Super-Expedited License
On July 19, 2007, the Commission issued this Press Release announcing that it will convene a technical conference to discuss a proposal for a process for new wave, tidal and hydrokinetic technologies that would allow them to complete licensing in as little as six months. The process would be available for projects 5 megawatts or [...]
OREC Update Coming Soon
This Summer stay tuned for updates on the OREC website.
