Creativity & Exploration Drive Marine Energy Research

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 22:34:48 +0000

NREL’s Marine Energy Team Lead Believes 2022 Will Be Defined By Collaboration With Current and Future Industry Leaders Mike Lawson leads the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) marine energy team, which focuses on wave and water current energy research and development. We asked him where he sees marine energy going in the near future. The entire NREL water […]

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Wave-Powered Desalination Device Sets Sail

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 03:50:38 +0000

On a sun-filled winter day, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers visited Jennette’s Pier, which sits on the shore of Nags Head beach in North Carolina. Amid salty air and crashing waves, the crew deployed a wave-powered desalination test device and anchored it to the nearby seabed — a long-awaited feat for the research team. […]

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Wave Energy Nails Spot Among 68 New Projects Getting $175 Million Love Tap From ARPA-E

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:26:10 +0000

wave energy usa arpa-eA new remote-controlled mooring system for wave energy devices is part of ARPA-E’s plan for drinking the milkshake of fossil energy stakeholders.

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A Window Into the Future of Wave Energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:57:46 +0000

Award Helps Move Cost-Effective, Productive, Robust Wave Energy Design a Step Closer to Commercialization and Widespread Use In 1974, Stephen Salter, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, sent his “ducks” into the Scottish seas, launching the world’s first major wave energy project. But the ocean’s rough heaves and surges proved too much for his house-sized, […]

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Ocean Energy Gets Its Galaxy Quest On: Never Give Up, Never Surrender

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:45:37 +0000

ocean energy pacwave south wave energyUSA seeks to catapult self into vanguard of ocean energy R&D with PacWave South, a first-of-its-kind wave power test site off the coast of Oregon.

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Green New Deals For The World Are Green Good Deals

Credit to Author: Mark Z. Jacobson| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:45:57 +0000

The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect

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