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Large-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Power Is Finally Here

Source: treehugger.com Published: March 10, 2017 © Scottish Government Offshore wind energy has been growing like crazy in the last few decades—so much so that there’s even talk of serious talk of multi-gigawatt offshore wind farms in the US in the not too distant...

Dutch Tidal Power Developer Launches 20-Year Project at European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney

Source: scottishenergynews.com Published: February 22, 2017 Tocardo Tidal Power has launched a planned 20-year commercial demonstration project at the European Marine Energy Centre with the arrival of its InToTidal system at Kirkwall in Orkney. With the installation...

Powered by the Wave: Tidal Wave Energy Generation Becomes a Reality in U.S

Source: futurism.com Published: September 21, 2016 Jelor Gallego Two Hawaiian buoys mark step forward for the U.S. Two Buoys, One Goal Albeit a younger technology, tidal wave energy generation is a prospective source of endlessly renewable power. Much of the world is...

Scotland The Wave (Tidal Power Takes Over in The North)

Source: earthtimes.org Published: January 6, 2017 The 4-year-old BOLT design by Fred Olsen is one of the most successful wave-power devices, approaching commercial production after extensive testing in the UK’s Falmouth testing area. BOLT image; Credit: © Fred Olsen...

Clear Orb Sculpture Provides Energy And Drinkable Water For The City Of Santa Monica

Source: designboom.com Published: August 29, 2016 By Nina Azzarello For the 2016 land art generator initiative, a team of designers from south korea has conceived ‘clear orb’ as a proposal for sustainable infrastructure in santa monica, california. The 40-meter...

Dutch Company To Test Floating Turbine In Bay Of Fundy In Late 2017

Source: thestar.com Published: July 12, 2016 By Keith Doucette HALIFAX—By late 2017, the quest to generate commercial quantities of electricity from the powerful tidal currents in the Bay of Fundy could include testing of a Dutch-engineered floating turbine system...

Portland’s New Pipes Harvest Power from Drinking Water

Source: fastcoexist.com Published: January 23, 2015 “It’s pretty rare to find a new source of energy where there’s no environmental impact,” says Gregg Semler, CEO of Lucid Energy, the Portland-based startup that designed the new system. By Adele Peters If you live...