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Glycon Garcia

ENN: Harnessing Energy from the Oceans - 0 views

  • Forever moving - our restless oceans have enough energy to power the world. As long as the Earth turns and the moon keeps its appointed cycle, the oceans will absorb and dissipate vast amounts of kinetic energy - a renewable energy resource of enormous potential.
Energy Net

6 Different Ways the Waves & Tides Can Generate Electricity : TreeHugger - 0 views

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    When people talk about types of renewable energy they normally say something like "wind power, solar power, geothermal" and list wave power almost as an afterthought. Though it certainly isn't as developed as these other renewable energy sources, significant potential exists. Though I wouldn't go so far as to say that the reason wave power plays second fiddle to other sources is because with most ways of generating power from the ocean the technical aspects take place out of sight, below the water, maybe that's part of it. In any case, check out this slideshow showcasing: 6 Different Ways the Waves & Tides Can Generate Electricity
davidchapman

Technology Review: A New Twist on Hydropower - 0 views

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    taking advantage of energy-packed vortices that are formed when water flows past a cylindrical object, even at low speeds. Salmon and trout are known to leverage the force created by these naturally occurring water swirls so that they can swim upstream. A new mechanical device designed to economically harvest that energy and convert it into electricity could turn waterpower into a much larger part of the world's renewable-energy mix.
Energy Net

Tide turns for wave power - Times Online - 0 views

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    WIND POWER faces difficult obstacles, but its supporters can at least point to wind farms already in operation. By contrast, tidal power, often touted as an environmentally friendly alternative, has struggled. A firm quoted on London's Alternative Investment Market believes it is on to the next big thing in carbon-neutral energy - wave power.
Colin Bennett

£20m for energy-efficient material boffins | Greenbang - 0 views

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    According to the egg-headed twosome the projects are looking into: * Energy efficient bio-based natural fibre insulation * New materials and methods for energy efficient tidal turbines * A new manufacturing process to produce a novel cellular vacuum insulation panel for retrofit into buildings, to reduce heat loss and energy * Sustainable power cable materials technologies with improved whole life performance Here's a sample of a couple of projects that got the nod:
Colin Bennett

Wind Leading the Pack of Winning Clean Tech Technologies - 0 views

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    Wind comes out the clear winner. Concentrated solar power, geothermal, solar photovoltaics, tidal, wave, are good additions to the mix. Hydroelectric is added for its load balancing ability. Nuclear and coal are less beneficial. Corn and cellulosic ethanol should not be included in policy options. Hopefully, the next administration will be wise enough to follow Pr. Jakobson's recommendation . . . and align its subsidies with the right kind of technologies.
Gina-Marie Cheeseman

U.S. Government Agencies Divvy Up Offshore Renewable Projects - 0 views

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    On March 17, two U.S. government agencies announced they would work together to help spur the development of offshore energy projects. Under the agreement, the Interior Department has jurisdiction over offshore wind and solar energy projects, and the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) has jurisdiction over wave and tidal currents projects.
frank smith

OPT | Ocean Power Technologies - 0 views

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    "Every continent on the planet is surrounded by a cleaner, safer, more efficient answer to our energy needs. The power in ocean waves. Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is a leading renewable energy company specializing in cost-effective, advanced, and environmentally sound offshore wave power technology. The electrical power generated by OPT's technology is key to meeting the energy needs of utilities, independent power producers and the public sector. OPT's PowerBuoy® system extracts the natural energy in ocean waves, and is based on the integration of patented technologies in hydrodynamics, electronics, energy conversion and computer control systems. The PowerBuoy is a "smart" system capable of responding to differing wave conditions. The result is a leading edge, ocean-tested, proprietary system which generates reliable, clean, and environmentally-beneficial electricity."
Colin Bennett

2 New & Innovative Ocean Wave Energy Devices - 2 views

  • Ocean Treader is a floating device. It will be tied up 1 – 2 miles offshore in ocean wave systems. It will not pose any obstruction on the shoreline. The theory has been put to test in wave tank. Now the company is producing a full size machine for offshore testing. Wave Treader has grown out of our work with Ocean Treader. Wave Treader uses its Sponsons and Arms and are mounted on the base of a static offshore structure. That structure can be a Wind Turbine or Tidal Turbine. By sharing the high infrastructure costs with another device, such as the foundation costs, cabling costs, etc., the economics of both devices are enhanced and the energy yield for a given sea area greatly improved.
Colin Bennett

FT.com / UK - £50bn 'green' energy market predicted - 0 views

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    A market worth more than £50bn will be created for new wind, wave and tidal power equipment in British waters by 2020, the head of the new government-backed energy research and development group has said.
Phil Slade

Hydrovolts - 3 views

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    "New Clean Technology to Generate Renewable Energy from Canals, Waterways, Spillways, Rivers, Streams, and Tidal Currents Hydrovolts offers new in-stream hydrokinetic turbines for distributed energy generation around the world. Featured on video by US Department of Energy Technology Assistance Program Large File! Right click link above and save to your computer for best playback. Videos now online at YouTube Hydrovolts"
Hans De Keulenaer

http://www.freeflow69.com - 0 views

  • FreeFlow 69 is a newly established company, focusing on tidal and inland river hydro energy systems. Our expertise is from a diverse background, enabling this dynamic team to take a new approach to problem solving in this increasingly important industry. Below are links to our current research projects.
Hans De Keulenaer

139 Countries Could Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Under New Plan - NBC News - 5 views

  • A team headed by Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson outlined plans for 139 nations to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by the year 2050.
  • The shift would also allow the countries to avoid the 3 percent they now spend in their Gross Domestic Products to address the costs of air pollution — mainly in the form of higher health care spending.
  • The plan maps each country and the energy sources it would rely on to reach the 100 percent renewable goal. Water-bound and geologically active Iceland would get 28 percent of its power from hydroelectric sources and nearly 23 percent from geothermal. Parched and wide-open Australia would get nearly 45 percent of its power from wind farms. Poland would get nearly two-thirds of its power from the wind.
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  • The paper envisions a world of rapid technological change and a shift in which electricity replaces coal, oil, and gas. Fully implemented, the plans anticipates that 57.6 percent of that electricity would come from solar, 37.1 percent from wind and the rest from a combination of hydroelectric, geothermal, tidal and wave energy.
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