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

  • 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
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Tidal Energy | Renewable Energy Development - 0 views

  • The cost of setting up a tidal power station can be very high, although once in place the operating costs are low. As an example of the cost of setting up, a proposed 8000 MW tidal power plant and barrage system on the Severn Estuary in the UK has been estimated to cost US$15 billion, while another in the San Bernadino strait which would produce 2,200 MW as a tidal fence in the Philippines will cost an estimated US$3 billion.
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What is Solar Energy? - 0 views

  • Solar power is energy from the sun and without its presence all life on earth would end. Solar energy has been looked upon as a serious source of energy for many years because of the vas
  • amounts of energy that are made freely available, if harnessed by modern technology.
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    What solar power is
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Environmental impact of wind power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Compared to the environmental impact of traditional energy sources, the environmental impact of wind power is relatively minor, slightly higher than the environmental impact of hydro power on a life-cycle basis. Unlike electricity derived from fossil fuel-powered generating plants, wind power consumes no fuel and emits no air pollution in operation. As well, wind power consumes no fuel in operation, unlike nuclear power plants which do.
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How does wind generate electricity? - Curiosity - 1 views

  • the wind turbine collects kinetic energy from the wind and transfers it to the generator. The blades on the turbine turn as the wind blows. As these blades move, they rotate a shaft connected to the rotor of a generator. The spinning magnets of the generator convert that rotational energy into electricity.
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    how wind becomes electricty
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Wind Energy: Facts - 0 views

  • 1 MW of wind energy can offset approximately 2,600 tons Waste heat recovery  file size 4MB of carbon dioxide annually.
  • 29,440 Megawatts (MW) of wind energy are currently installed in the United States, and an additional 5,866 MW are under construction.Over 8,500 MW were installed in the US in 2008 (just beating out China with 6,300 MW). This represents: 50 percent increase from 200742 percent of all new generating capacity installed in 2008$17 billion investment44 million tons of carbon emissions avoided (equivalent of 7 million cars)35,000 new jobs
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Where Does Solar Energy Come From - PV Gap - 0 views

  • Solar energy is energy from the sun, it is a renewable source of energy and does not cause pollution.
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    where does solar/photovoltaic energy come from? answer above!
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Tidal Power - How Tidal Power Plants Work - 0 views

  • Tidal power traditionally involves erecting a dam across the opening to a tidal basin. The dam includes a sluice that is opened to allow the tide to flow into the basin; the sluice is then closed, and as the sea level drops, traditional hydropower technologies can be used to generate electricity from the elevated water in the basin. Some researchers are also trying to extract energy directly from tidal flow streams.
  • Another form of ocean energy is called tidal energy. When tides comes into the shore, they can be trapped in reservoirs behind dams. Then when the tide drops, the water behind the dam can be let out just like in a regular hydroelectric power plant.
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    How it works
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Fuel Cell Vehicles - 0 views

  • Currently, most hydrogen is made from natural gas through a process known as reforming. Reforming separates hydrogen from hydrocarbons by adding heat. Hydrogen can also be produced from a variety of sources including water and biomass.
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STELR :: wind ENERGY - 1 views

  • STEP 1: Moving air pushes against the blades of the turbine, which are tilted to the direction of the wind. This makes the blades spin. In the process, some of the kinetic energy of the moving air is transformed into the mechanical energy of the spinning blades. (The wind still has some kinetic energy as it flows away from the turbine.) STEP 2: The shafts and the gears inside the gear box transfer the mechanical energy of the turbine to the generator. (The gears make the drive shaft to the generator spin faster than the shaft connected to the blade hub.) STEP 3: The generator transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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    steps to converting win power to electricty
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Wind Turbines - How Long Have They Been Around? - 1 views

  • Essentially wind turbines were made first between 500-900 A.D. by the Persians and were used as a water pumping system
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    when it was first made 
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Tidal Energy Ltd » The Technology - 0 views

  • Tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of the tides into electricity or other useful forms of power. The tide is created by the gravitational effect of the sun and the moon on the earth. Tidal energy is therefore a predictable form of renewable energy, which can be harnessed in two forms:
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    what it is.
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World's fist commercial scale tidal energy generator nears completion - 0 views

  • April 4, 2008 Bristol based renewable energy company Marine Current Turbines has completed the first installation phase of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System at Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough - a site chosen for its combination of fast tidal current and ability to provide shelter from bad weather which may hinder the construction process.
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How Green is Geothermal Energy?: Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy: Gr... - 1 views

  • It is an energy source that is considered renewable because both rain and heat in the earth replenish themselves naturally.
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    Geothermal energy is renewable
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Aquamarine Power - Why wave power? The potential to capture clean sustainable energy fr... - 2 views

  • Ocean waves are generated by wind passing over the surface of the sea - a process which often begins many hundreds or thousands of miles from shore.
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    "Ocean waves represent our planet's last untapped natural renewable energy resource.  Over 70 per cent of the earth's surface is covered with water.  The energy contained within waves has the potential to produce up to 80,000TWh of electricity per year - sufficient to meet our global energy demand five times over. The potential to capture energy from the sea offers a vast and endless source of clean sustainable electricity."
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