tidal energy

The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that two marine projects will receive a combined $6 million to develop a tidal energy pilot site. The announcement marks the first of five phases in a $35 million investment from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and could help deploy a tidal device for testing in Cook Inlet later this year.

The oil and gas company announced last spring it might not be able to meet utilities' natural gas needs beyond the next contract cycle. Now, it's testing tidal technology from its old oil and gas platforms.

A Maine-based renewable energy company with plans to build a tidal generator in Nikiski is now eyeing a second tidal site, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

After studying the tides near Nikiski this summer, researchers said they’ve confirmed it would be a world-class place to put a tidal power generator.And…

Companies have been dreaming about turning Cook Inlet’s tides into energy for years. The inlet has the largest tides in the country and some of the…

Cook Inlet has long been a hotbed of oil and gas development in Alaska.But for years, renewable energy advocates have been eyeing another Cook Inlet…