Tag: waves
New Kind Of Surfer Is Riding Waves — And Producing Power
NLR and University of Hawaii Deploy Wave Energy Device, Capturing and Sharing Data for Marine Energy Industry By Samantha Cuneo, NLR Like a surfer, the Small Underwater Research Flap Wave Energy Converter, or SURF-WEC, rides the ocean’s waves—but this system converts wave motion into electricity. The WEC recently made the leap … [continued]
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MN Power Ordered to Continue Investigating Alternatives to New Gas Plant
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rejected Minnesota Power’s request to build a costly new gas plant to meet future energy demand and ordered the electric utility to continue investigating alternatives that would maintain grid reliability. Clean Energy Organizations (CEOs) — including Clean Grid Alliance … [continued]
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Denmark Can Produce 140% Of Its Electricity Demand From Wind Power…So What Happens To The Extra 40%?
Denmark achieved a record-setting pace for wind power last week, reaching 140% of the nation’s entire electricity demand during an early-morning period.
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The Coming Tsunami Of Wave Energy Is Still Coming
Wind turbines and solar panels got the thumbs-down from US President Donald Trump, but the new PacWave South wave energy test bed somehow survived the chopper.
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Project to remove thick mats of algae on Lake St. Clair begins this fall
By Anna Barnes
A pilot project to remove large mats of algae build-up from three locations on Lake St. Clair is set to begin this fall.