Comments on: Secret Clean Energy Stash Discovered in Oceans

By: wideEyedPupil

wideEyedPupil — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:45:00 +0000

Not really. Deployment drives innovation. Every doubling of capacity sees new innovations and efficiencies in manufacturing. It’s iterative. The thing about the military is they have big budgets and big needs for energy. They can buy whatever interests them but it’s mostly happening outside the military I would say.

By: wideEyedPupil

wideEyedPupil — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:43:00 +0000

“Landlubbers”. You write about the military and you write like that. Wish I could be you for a day.

By: Biomimicry Inspires Carpet to Harvest Energy from Waves

Biomimicry Inspires Carpet to Harvest Energy from Waves — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:58:30 +0000

[…] sector, and the Navy has provided funding for Lockheed Martin to develop a new kind of ocean thermal energy conversion […]

By: The Week in Water: Feb 11-17, 2012

The Week in Water: Feb 11-17, 2012 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:01:15 +0000

[…] Lockheed Martin, with the help of the Department of Defense, is working on ocean thermal conversion systems. […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Thanks

By: GreenSteve

GreenSteve — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

the military seem to consistently be one of the biggest drivers of renewable innovations, especially the navy- a lot of their vehicles run off bio fuels now…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:08:00 +0000

you meant Stirling engines that use a piston between hot and cold zones. Ranking engines uses steam to turn a turbine.