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Tidal energy is the conversion of the energy of the ocean’s tides into usable forms of power. The ocean tides are much more predictable than wind and solar energy, thus making it easier to determine need to output ratios.

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The Australian government has put itself to the test by releasing its first national Energy Resource Assessment. The report shows that at the moment hydro energy is the largest renewable energy placed in Australia. But it also stated that the other renewable energy types (such as wind and solar energy) are gaining more importance.

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The British Checkmate Seaenergy have presented a huge 200m rubber tube that uses hydraulic turbines to drive an electric generator. This wave energy system with the snake design can produce 1 MW of wave energy.

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Aguçadora Wave Park, located in Portugal near Póvoa de Varzim, is the world's first commercial wave farm. It is a collaborative effort, developed by Bab***** & Brown, Energias de Portugal (EDP PL) Efacec, and Scottish company Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery). It opened in September of 2008.

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The Angling Trust will become Britain’s largest fishing organization when it is initiated on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. This organization is being created from six angling and conservation groups to try to gain more influence in matters of importance. The CEO of the Angling Trust, Mark Lloyd, believes that the concerns of local anglers are being overlooked by the Environment Agency.

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New Zealand power company, Meridian Energy, has passed the first of two preliminary stages in its bid to construct a $900 million hydropower plant using water from the Lower Waitaki River. If the plan passes the next stage and gains permission to build the hydropower plant, it would be New Zealand’s first hydro project since Clyde Dam.

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Bharat Petroleum, a state-run firm based in Mumbai, India, has an idea to capitalize on the process of creating hydrogen fuel cells by using its by-product, water, to open a start-up business in bottled water. Bharat Petroleum has initial plans to build a 1,000 MW hydrogen fuel cell plant within three to five years. According to the company, through the manufacturing process of using hydrogen fuel cells to create 1,000 MW of energy, 1 million metric tons of water will be produced. The company wants to bottle that purified water and sell it to consumers through the company’s fueling stations.

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Capturing the power of tidal waves to use as a viable renewable energy option often succumbs to paperwork and bureaucracy before the energy can be engaged to produce power. Connecting to a power grid poses a substantial obstacle. Any attempt at utilizing renewable energy has to be approved and go through certain procedures to qualify to connect to a power grid system. A plan currently in the making for a tidal energy resource to supply a computer data centre with power in Scotland is attempting to bypass the grid connection by providing a private cable to necessitate the transfer. Morgan Stanley is financing the cable.

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