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6 Wave-Powered Prototypes to Set Sail

March 16, 2022 admin clean power, research, SCIENCE, Water, wave energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:03:49 +0000

Six teams of marine energy innovators are angling to free their ocean-observing technologies from their tethers and set sail to test their recharging abilities. The multistage Powering the Blue Economy: Ocean Observing Prize challenges competitors to integrate marine renewable energy into ocean observation platforms. The end goal? To devise tomorrow’s hurricane-monitoring devices and protect coastal communities from dangerous […]

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Wave-Powered Desalination Device Sets Sail

March 15, 2022 admin clean power, marine energy, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, Water, wave energy

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

February 21, 2022 admin arpa-e, clean power, makai ocean engineering, marine energy, ocean wave energy, Oregon, Oregon State University, pacwave south, renewable energy, sea wave energy, wave energy

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

A 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

February 18, 2022 admin clean power, marine energy, nrel, research, SCIENCE, university of massachusetts amherst, Water, 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, […]