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dpurdy

Tidal Power - Generating electricity from tidal currents - 2 views

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tidal tide potential future wave

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  • "But if we could harness 0.1 percent of the energy in the ocean, we could support the energy needs of 15 billion people.
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levendosjoh99

History of Tidal Energy in Europe - 0 views

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tide history

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  • Europe has a long history of employing tidal forces to generate power, and tide mills dating back to the Middle Ages can be found across the continent. A dam with a sluice was constructed spanning a tidal inlet, or a section of a tidal estuary was turned into a reservoir.
mannixjul00

Tidal Energy Advancing in USA >> Offshore Wind - 1 views

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usa tide current

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  • Verdant Power founders are planning to install up to 30 turbines with the total capacity of 1MW in the East Channel of the East River, writes The Day news portal.
  • Verdant Power is among the first companies that are exploring the potential of the tidal energy. Unlike the wind and solar power, tidal power is predictable as the tides move in correlation with the movement of the moon
  • The initial costs for the development of this technology are high. The company has raised USD 35 million so far and needs USD 25 million more.
wrighteri99

Tidal Wave Energy: New cutting edge technologies - 0 views

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future change

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  • Tidal wave energy
  • Environmentally friendly power sources which are clean and do not cause pollution or environmental harm are the key to the future
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    What do we have to do to make this resource work for us in the future?
wrighteri99

The Big Data Tidal Wave | The World Financial Review - 0 views

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Infrastructure ( wave )

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    Tidal Energy Source link
adamsaub98

Tidal power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    "tidal power has potential for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable than wind energy and solar power."
sconzomic99

Tidal energy extraction: renewabl... preview & related info | Mendeley - 0 views

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cost tide sustainable

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  • The tidal flow of sea water induced by planetary motion is a potential source of energy if suitable systems can be designed and operated in a cost-effective manner
crandallmad00

Energy Resources: Tidal power - 0 views

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tide wave

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  • A huge dam (called a "barrage") is built across a river estuary. When the tide goes in and out, the water flows through tunnels in the dam. The ebb and flow of the tides can be used to turn a turbine, or it can be used to push air through a pipe, which then turns a turbine. Large lock gates, like the ones used on canals, allow ships to pass. If one was built across the Severn Estuary, the tides at Weston-super-Mare would not go out nearly as far - there'd be water to play in for most of the time. But the Severn Estuary carries sewage and other wastes from many places (e.g. Bristol & Gloucester) out to sea. A tidal barrage would mean that this stuff would hang around Weston-super-Mare an awful lot longer! Also, if you're one of the 80,000+ birds that feeds on the exposed mud flats when the tide goes out, then you have a problem, because the tide won't be going out properly any more.
adamsaub98

How long has the concept of tidal power been around? | GreenAnswers - 0 views

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history

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  • Mills using tidal power can be dated back to 12th century Europe,
westkea00

Ocean Wave Energy Power Technology - History - 0 views

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  • Currently, numerous wave power plants (so called wave farms) have been implemented throughout the world. Many different organizations have designed various wave power systems that differ in size, cost, and effectiveness. A wave farm is a collection of wave power systems in order to create mass quantities of power. One example of a wave power plant is the Aguçadoura Wave Farm in Portugal from Pelamis Wave Power Ltd. It is the first wave farm ever established and produces 2.25 megawatts of power. It was completed in 2008. Other wave farms, with other companies involved, have been proposed.
  • In contrast to tidal power, ocean wave energy plants do not make use of the energy difference between high tide and low tide, but generating energy from continuous wave motion. So, wave energy generation is the conversion of the forces from the motion of waves into usable energy.
  • Wave energy is considered a form of hydropower, although it is the wind blowing over the surface of the ocean causing waves. So in many ways, wave energy is also wind energy - with all the pros and cons.
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  • Wave energy is about using the energy of ocean waves for producing electrical current. It is a renewable energy resource and often confused with Tidal Power.
  • Wave power generation has been tested over the past century as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels to create electrical power, sea water desalinization, and reservoir pumping. Unfortunately, despite of all examinations and tests, the price for generating energy from ocean waves is still about twice as high as that of wind energy. Companies involved in wave energy generation hope to be able to cut 50% of the costs within the next couple of years.
  • During the 1970's gasoline crisis, wave power was pushed in order to be a good long term energy solution. Later, the energy crisis was resolved yet the leaps and bounds made in the innovation of wave power remained. Though there were not many wave power plants actually implemented, it has proven to be a benefit to modern resolutions with current power crises. Fuel prices are rising exponentially and the greenhouse effect is having potentially disastrous effects on the environment. There has never been more need for alternatives to fossil generated energy.
smithkai143

Re: How is tidal power converted to electricity? - 0 views

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tidal convert how electricity

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  • Tidal Energy originates from gravitational energy. Imagine you have a damn- like structure built along a river. During the high tide, the water flows into the river, causing the turbine to rotate and thus generating electricity. During the low tide, the water flows from the river to the sea, again, turning the turbine. (An electricity generating turbine consists of rotating wires surrounded by strong fixed magnetic field)
smithkai143

What environmental benefits does tidal energy have compared to the traditional fossil f... - 0 views

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tidal form fossil fossil fuel fuel

shared by smithkai143 on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • A benefit is very little pollution. However, there is a very serious potential draw back. It can be very hard of fish populations. The proposal for tidal power is to put turbines on the bottom of a bay and let the water rushing in and out with the tide turn them and generate electricity. However, along with the water will come fish and other marine animals. What do you think will happen when these critters get sucked into the turbines. Can you say sushi, boys and girls? Putting some kind of screen in front of the turbine to prevent this would just mean that the animals would be sucked up against the screens, obstructing the flow of water through the turbines.
hughesacam99

Wave Energy Pros and Cons - Tidal and Ocean Wave Power Still Niche Technologies | Green... - 2 views

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pros wave energy

shared by hughesacam99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Wave Power is quite immature,costly and unproven in large scale. While some companies have made good progress, the technology remains largely unproven and has only been put to actual test in pilot cases.
  • While Wave Energy has been known since the 1700s the progress has been extremely slow.
  • One of the biggest problems of Renewable Power is that it is intermittent in nature as it generates energy only when there are waves. This problem can be solved with energy storage however this leads to additional costs.
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  • Severe Weather like Storms and Typhoons can be quite devastating on the Wave Power Equipment especially those place on the Sea Floor.
  • This is a disadvantage which is common to all  the 3 types of Water based Energy that is Tidal, Hydro and Waver Energy. Some forms of Energy are just better suited to some places.
  • Wave Power generate power quite far away from the consumption of electricity. Transportation of Wave Energy can be quite cumbersome and expensive. Some Wave Energy Generators are converting power at the bottom of the ocean or far away from the shoreline. Moving that power towards where it is used can be difficult.
  • The sight of wave generators around the shoreline can look quite ugly and cause loss of tourism potential around shorelines. Also local residents can have problems even with wave power equipment which is not far offshore. The Cape Wind Energy project off the shore of Massachusetts has been delayed by over 10 years as it has drawn serious objections from the owners of coastal homes about loss in their property values.
  • A Wave Power Plant can cost around$6-10 million million to be spent in building 1 Megawatt.
  • Waver Energy does not require any fuel like most other sources of energy
  • Wave Energy is powered by the waves of the ocean which are totally free just like Wind and Sunlight.
  • Wave Energy Generators can be installed in various sizes with as little as 1 MW. This is not possible for other energy forms which require a minimum large size such as Coal, Nuclear etc.
rascoekat00

Hydropower: Generate Energy with Rivers and Ocean Tides - For Dummies - 0 views

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tide energy electricity

shared by rascoekat00 on 20 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • When water flows toward the shore with the incoming tide, it flows through a tidal energy system, turning a turbine that generates electricity. When the tide shifts and flows in the opposite direction, away from shore, the tidal energy system again captures the energy with a turbine and converts it into electricity.
  • An important source of alternative energy is hydropower: converting the flow of rivers and ocean waves and tides into electricity through dams and turbines. The best part about both of these water sources is that they’re 100 percent renewable.
  • The main advantage of using ocean tides for energy is that tides and waves are a constant, unchanging, clean source of energy. The main disadvantage is that tidal energy systems may impact the environment by changing the flow of water into shoreline and estuarine ecosystems.
crandallmad00

Tides of the Ocean - Windows to the Universe - 0 views

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tide wave sustainable

shared by crandallmad00 on 26 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Each day the ocean surface rises and falls because of tides. The highest point of the rise is called high tide. The lowest point is called low tide. Most places have two high tides and two low tides each day. Tides happen because of the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on ocean water. The Moon has a much greater impact on tides than the Sun because it is much closer. The Moon pulls water that is closest to it making a high tide on the side of the Earth closest to the Moon and there is a high tide on the opposite side of the Earth too. Low tides happen in places between the high tides. Because Earth is rotating, the tides change over time. The difference between high tide and low tide is called the tidal range. The tidal range can be as little as a few centimeters to as much as several meters depending on the shape of the ocean floor. In Canada's Bay of Fundy the tidal range is very large – 16 meters.
wrighteri99

Energy - Student Resources: Impacts of Energy Sources - 0 views

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Infrastructure

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wrighteri99

http://www.cyberiad.net/library/pdf/wind_wave_tidal_energy_storage.pdf - 0 views

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pollution

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    Tidal energy sources
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