Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:08:03 +0000
The secrets of tidal energy are finally beginning to crack open, as demonstrated by an ambitious 200-megawatt tidal project in the Faroe Islands featuring new “Dragon Class” kite-style underwater turbines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 13:10:46 +0000
US lawmakers propose a new $1 billion funding pot to stimulate launch the domestic marine energy industry into the big leagues of the renewable energy transition.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:10:32 +0000
The Turbine Will Collect and Share Data To Deepen Our Understanding of Tidal Energy To innovate in marine energy requires some extracurriculars: turning wrenches at the barge, conducting trial runs in the wave pool, and talking through ideas with a supportive team. All this appeals to University of New Hampshire … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 19:15:44 +0000
The 1,300 people who call Eastport, Maine, home live in the easternmost point in the continental United States. The bridged island, connected to the mainland by a single causeway, faces powerful Atlantic Ocean winds and is susceptible to disruptive power outages. But it was not always that way. The city … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 12:36:06 +0000
Much of Alaska is empty—of humans, at least. Vast tundra and forest separate cities and villages, dividing the state into more than 150 isolated power grids. The largest of these grids, known as the Railbelt, carries 70% of the state’s electrical energy to about three-quarters of its population. Today, that … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:25:58 +0000
Tidal energy innovators are racing to harness renewable energy generated by the powerful force of the Moon on the oceans of the Earth.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:35:58 +0000
Offshore wind makes sense for decarbonizing energy production and building energy security and independence when it comes to ocean renewable energy production in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), according to an analysis by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Their new report, “Feasibility Study for Renewable Energy Technologies … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:14:34 +0000
Tidal energy projects can compete on scale and cost with nuclear energy while creating new urban parks, alternative transportation routes and flood control opportunities, too.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:20:27 +0000
Minesto is one of those companies that takes a natural phenomenon and builds on it to create new technology for … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 02:48:31 +0000
Marine energy is the sleeping giant of clean power, and a relatively modest grant program could be the spark that wakes it up.
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