» Fish Survival Study on Hydrokinetic Power Turbine Shows Device is Ultra Fish Friendly - January 6, 2010
Over 99 percent fish survival achieved at nation’s only licensed and commercial hydrokinetic power project...
» Hydro Green Energy CEO Testifies Before U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee - May 19, 2009
At a hearing today in Washington, DC, Wayne F. Krouse, Chairman and CEO of Hydro Green Energy, LLC, a renewable power company operating in the waterpower sector, spoke to members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about the potential business development and economic growth opportunities facing this country through the implementation of new clean energy policies, such as climate change legislation...
» Testimony of Wayne F. Krouse, Chairman and CEO of Hydro Green Energy, LLC Before the Committee on Environmental & Public Works United States Senate - May 19, 2009
» NHA Announces Prestigious President's Award for Hydro Green Energy, LLC - May 12, 2009
The National Hydropower Association is pleased to announce that it bestowed its prestigious President's Award on Hydro Green Energy, LLC, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., today...
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» Hydro Green Energy Wins Prestigious Waterpower Industry Award - May 12, 2009
At a ceremony today in Washington, DC, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, a renewable energy company operating in the waterpower sector, was presented with the President’s Award by the National Hydropower Association (NHA). This prestigious award is given to an NHA member company that has “blazed new pathways to strengthen and invigorate the hydropower industry.”...
» U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Leadership Tours Nation's First Commercial Hydrokinetic Power Project - May 8, 2009
Brigadier General Michael J. Walsh, Commander of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi Valley Division, and Colonel Jon L. Christensen, USACE St. Paul District Commander, yesterday toured the nation’s first federally-licensed, commercially-operational hydrokinetic power facility in Hastings, MN. The Hastings project is powered by patented technology from Hydro Green Energy, LLC, a renewable energy systems developer and integrator operating in the waterpower sector...
» Power Magazine Feature Article on Hydro Green Energy - April 1 ,2009<
Hydrokinetic energy — which generates power by using underwater turbines that harness moving water — is on the rise in the U.S. In January, the first U.S.-licensed, commercial, grid-connected hydrokinetic project installed the first of two 100-kW nameplate-rated turbines downriver from an existing run-of-river hydroelectric plant on the Mississippi River...
» Interior and FERC Announce Agreement on Offshore Renewable Energy Development - March 17, 2009
In a joint statement issued today Secretary of the Interior (DOI), Ken Salazar and Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Jon Wellinghoff announced that the two agencies have confirmed their intent to work together to facilitate the permitting of renewable energy in offshore waters...
» President Obama Calls on U.S. Interior Department to Advance Renewable Energy - March 3, 2009
In a March 3 speech at U.S. Interior Department headquarters, President Barack Obama said to a large gathering of DOI staff, “the nation is depending on you to help us end the tyranny of foreign oil and become energy independent – by harnessing the wind and the sun, our water, our soil, and American innovation.”...
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First Commercial Hydrokinetic Power Turbine Is Successfully
Installed - January 5, 2009
Hydro Green Energy has successfully completed the installation of one of two turbines at the nation’s first-ever commercial hydrokinetic power project. Once the electrical systems are tested, the hydrokinetic turbine will send clean, environmentally-friendly, renewable electricity to the Minnesota electric power grid...
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Hastings Home to Nation's First Hydrokinetic Power Station
- December 29, 2008The city of Hastings will be home to the country's first commercial hydrokinetic station...
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Moeller Says FERC Hydrokinetic Approval Paves Way For Technology
- December 19, 2008
FERC’s first-ever unanimous approval of a commercial hydrokinetic electricity facility to be installed behind an existing dam has gone a long way in establishing the criteria the commission will consider when evaluating future hydrokinetic projects, according to FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller and the project’s developer...
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Federal Regulators Approve an In-Stream Hydrokinetic Project
- December 17, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its first full license for an in-stream hydrokinetic power project on December 13...
First
Commercial Hydrokinetic Power Project Approved by FERC - December
16, 2008
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved
by a 5-0 vote the licensing and installation of the nation's first
ever, commercially-operational hydrokinetic power station. The
City of Hastings, Minnesota will soon rely on broadly patented
technology from Hydro Green Energy, LLC to generate clean, emissions-free
hydrokinetic power from the Mississippi River...
NHA
Hails First Commercial Hydrokinetic Technology License - December
15, 2008
National Hydropower Association member Hydro Green Energy announced
today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has
awarded the City of Hastings, Minnesota, with a license for the
country’s first commercial hydrokinetic power station...
FERC
Approves First Hydrokinetic Device for Existing Hydroelectric
Project - December 15, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the
first installation of a hydrokinetic device at an existing FERC-licensed
hydroelectric project, to be located on the Mississippi River
in Hastings, Minn...
First
Commercial Hydrokinetic Power Project in U.S. History is Approved
by FERC - December 15, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved by a 5-0
vote the licensing and installation of the nation’s first ever,
commercially-operational hydrokinetic power station. The City
of Hastings, MN will soon rely on broadly patented technology
from Hydro Green Energy, LLC to generate clean, emissions-free
hydrokinetic power from the Mississippi River...
Hydro
Green Energy and the W.E.S.T. Group Sign Agreement to Explore
Hybrid Offshore Wind-Hydrokinectic Power Projects- July 28, 2008
Hydro Green Energy, LLC and the Wind Energy Systems Technology
Group (W.E.S.T.) have agreed to explore the potential to develop
the world’s first hybrid offshore wind-hydrokinetic ocean current
power projects...
Hydro
Green Energy Praises House Appropriations Committee for Bold Action
on Hydrokinetic Power R&D - June 25, 2008
Hydro Green Energy LLC (HGE), a Houston-based hydrokinetic power
company, today applauded the House Appropriations Committee for
its approval of $30 million in research and development funding
for ocean and marine renewable technologies for Fiscal Year 2009...
Hydro
Green Energy closes $2.6 million lead investment - April 15, 2008
Hydro Green Energy, LLC (HGE), a Houston-based hydrokinetic river
power and tidal energy technology integrator and project developer,
today announced that it has closed its $2.6 million Series-A funding
round led by the Quercus Trust, a prominent investor in the renewable
energy sector...
Committee
on Ways And Means, Statement of Wayne Krouse - July 26, 2007
As the President, C.E.O. and Founder of a U.S. company with hydrokinetic
power projects currently in development, I appreciate the opportunity
to provide my thoughts in writing to the Subcommittee on Select
Revenue Measures regarding...
Hydro
Green Energy bags FERC permits - June 13, 2007
News Hydro Green Energy bags FERC permits 13 June 2007 US firm
Hydro Green Energy has been awarded four preliminary permits for
plants in Mississippi state by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC). The four projects will have a total capacity of 100MW...
FERC
gives nod to water energy projects - June 13, 2007
According to Hydro Green Energy, LLC, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) has issued preliminary permits for the first-ever
water energy projects in the State of Mississippi. The four projects,
which will be owned and operated by Houston, Texas-based Hydro
Green, will combine traditional...
First
Ever Water Energy Projects in Mississippi Given Initial Approval
-
June 11, 2007
Four preliminary permits for the first-ever water energy projects
in the State of Mississippi were issued today by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC). The four projects, which will be
owned and operated......
Hydro Green
Energy Retains James H. Hancock Jr. of the Law Firm of Balch &
Bingham - January 22, 2007
Hydro Green Energy, LLC announced today that it has retained James
H. Hancock, Jr. as Hydropower Licensing Counsel to the Company.
Mr. Hancock is a Partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham
LLP. His expertise is focused......
NASA confirms
superiority of Hydro Green Energy kinetic hydro power technology
- August 29, 2006
Hydro Green Energy, LLC announced today that a study
sponsored by the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP),
which is sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) has confirmed that the Company’s patented kinetic hydro
power technology is materially superior to other technologies
to the extent that it can generate 300% higher power output...
Hydro
Green Energy accepts invitation to join Houston Technology Center
- May 15, 2006
Hydro Green Energy awarded first United States Patent
on October 18th, 2005 for Hydropower Turbine Array technologies
October 18, 2005 - Hydro Green Energy was awarded its first United
States Patent covering its Hydropower Turbine Array technologies.
This broad Patent will allow Hydro Green Energy to protect and
aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights. Additional
United States and International Patents are pending.
"This Patent will enable potential investors in Hydro Green
Energy to have confidence in the intellectual property rights
that belong to Hydro Green Energy. With the eminent completion
of field testing of the Hydropower Array technology in the early
First Quarter of 2006, Hydro Green Energy will be positioned to
submit a Notice of Intent with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
for its first pre-commercial prototype in the 250 kW category.
The Company expects to file the Notice of Intent in the Second
Quarter of 2006. The Company is actively engaged in identifying
potential project partners from within the Hydropower industry,"
says Chairman & CEO, Wayne Krouse.
Hydro Green Energy currently constructing second Prototype
October 4, 2005 - Hydro Green Energy initiated the construction
of it's second prototype demonstrating its Hydropower Turbine
Array technologies. This second prototype will demonstrate multiple
technologies in our pending Hydropower Turbine Array patent. Field
testing is expected to commence at the end of January 2006.
Hydro Green Energy currently constructing first prototype
November 1, 2004 - Hydro Green Energy initiated the construction
of it's first prototype alternative energy device in the company's
history. The first device, a solar water heater, helps provide
energy efficiency to residential and light commercial customers.
In the United States, 50% of the electricity expenditures of homes
and businesses is used to heat their water for things such as
bathing water, dishwater water, clothes washer water, pool water
and sanitation water.
Hydro Green Energy Files 2nd and 3rd alternative energy
technology patents
October 21, 2004 - Hydro Green Energy has significantly expanded
it's patent portfolio by issuing a series of new patents based
on it's innovative Solar Collector and Concentrator technology.
These alternative energy devices utilize solar energy and water
to provide energy efficiency and electricity generation for residential
and commercial customers. These patents will underpin a significant
expansion in the product offering of Hydro Green Energy to cover
all market segments from residential, commercial to industrial
and utility class renewable electricity generation and energy
efficiency.
Please contact Hydro Green Energy for
more information.
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