Source: scotsman.com Published: April 9, 2014 The Falkirk Wheel. Picture: Robert Perry A marvel of Scottish engineering, the Falkirk Wheel in central Scotland, completed in 2002, is known as the world’s first and only rotating boat lift. Set with the task of making...
Source: apnews.com Published: September 19, 2016 In this July 26, 2016 photo, Patrick Cross, specialist at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, shows a model of a wave energy machine called the Lifesaver, a donut-shaped device that...
Source: heraldscotland.com Published: August 30, 2016 A tidal turbine said to be the world’s most powerful is due to begin testing in Orkney. The turbine is 63 metres (206ft) long and can generate more than 2MW of power. Scottish energy minister Paul Wheelhouse...
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...
Source: linkis.com Published: August 27, 2016 A 30 MegaWatt “wave farm” of Pelamis Wave Energy Converters (Business Wire) There’s enough wave energy in the oceans to power the world, and scientists are finally close to harnessing it. Diane Stopyra...
Source: theguardian.com Published: August 11, 2015 Illustration showing how Kepler Energy’s turbine rotor blades will look installed in a tidal fence configuration. Photograph: Kepler Energy Alex Kirby for Climate News Network, part of the Guardian Environment Network...
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...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 7, 2016 CorPower Ocean buoy rendering by Cat DiStasio We already harness energy from the sun, the wind, and many other natural processes for our own uses, and electricity generated from ocean waves could be the next big thing in...
Source: cleantechnica.com Published: November 2, 2015 Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Western Australian wave power company Carnegie Wave Energy has revealed that it is collaboration with WA network operator Western Power to develop the world’s...
