All Posts Tagged With: "Wave Energy"
Taranaki billed as a top spot for wave energy
“Around Taranaki it would be more attractive to develop the technology with waves not tides,” Dr Huckerby said. “You would not be able to see the devices due to the curvature of the earth and, in some instances, the device is completely submerged.”
24Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | ContinuedRenewable Energy – Sources That Never Get Exhausted
As you can see, there are various renewable energy sources available to us as an alternative to fossil fuels. There are many advantages to them among the most popular being that they will not deplete in supply, meaning they will be around forever. Renewable energy sources are not new. They have been utilized in some way for many years. Unfortunately, low fossil fuel prices have stunted renewable energy’s popularity and growth in the United States. But an increasing awareness of human and environmental concerns, as well as, a need to find non-exhaustible energy sources, will keep it as a mainstay for the future.
24Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 7 comments | ContinuedUK holds half of Europe’s wave energy potential
New report suggests Great Britain could derive 20 percent of energy needs from ocean power, with electricity production valued at as much as £190 million annually. The U.K. is the global leader in marine energy, with both the government policies and natural resources to derive 20 percent of its energy needs from wave and tidal [...]
15Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 1 comment | Continued