Instant Drinking Water: Just Add Wave Energy & Solar Panels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:20:12 +0000

solar panels wave energy desalination OnekapngA new, easy-to-install desalination system runs on wave energy with an assist from on-board solar panels

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Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology Updated

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:46:24 +0000

Appreciatively, we acknowledge the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment & Security for the sheer depth and width of its work. Its records of necessity offer a constant focus towards egalitarian access to essential resources and documentation of lack of worldwide access to water. And thus to life. Water nurtures all life, inconceivably miraculous […]

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SCOTUS Reinstates Trump-Era Environmental Certification Rule

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:57:02 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 6 reinstated a Trump-era environmental rule that limited state and tribal roles in enforcing a section of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to project certification. The order is a temporary triumph for eight states and three energy trade associations, including the National Hydropower Association (NHA). The high court’s […]

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Environment — Clean Water Bots

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 03:40:07 +0000

Measuring water quality throughout river networks with precision, speed and at lower cost than traditional methods is now possible with AquaBOT, an aquatic drone developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The maneuverable AquaBOT measures water quality indicators such as nitrate, temperature and dissolved oxygen along the entire length of mid-sized streams where water quality can […]

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Ocean Energy? River Power? There’s A Toolkit For That

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:20:07 +0000

Revamped Software Offers Marine Energy Industry the Data It Needs To Succeed, Ocean Energy & River Power Is marine energy finally here? This question, in various forms, pops up in news articles every year if not every month. In 2021, Wired Magazine claimed, “The United States is finally trying to unlock the power of wave energy.” In 2022, […]

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More Power to the Women — Renewable Energy Leaders

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 02:26:07 +0000

For Women’s History Month, Let’s Celebrate the Powerful Women of Water Power Again This article is the second of two in a Women’s History Month series that showcases a handful of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) outstanding women researchers in water power. “Why do women need renewable energy?” asked an NREL report published in 2000. From sophisticated mud stoves […]

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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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