A Woman, A Plan, A Canal…Hydrokinetic Energy!
Who gives a dam? Drop-in hydrokinetic turbines could bring hydropower to canals, rivers, and tidal waterways without damming up the flow of water.
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Department of Energy Puts $35 Million into Hydrokinetic Technology
Underwater renewable energy systems are ready for their place in the sun, thanks to $35 million in grants for hydrokinetic energy R&D from the US Department of Energy.
Waves & Tides Star As DOE Rekindles Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Program, Targeting Commercialization
We are happy to report waves and tides have returned to the US renewable energy research and development boards by targeting hydrokinetic energy development. Though the marketplace has steered away from wave, tidal, and current energies, UtilityDIVE reports the Department of Energy has renewed its effort to develop a viable commercial market … [continued]
1st Commercial Hydrokinetic Projects Approved in US
New hydrokinetic energy technologies that generate electricity by harnessing the energy from ocean waves, tides, and river currents are advancing toward commercial development in the United States. They are not expected to add major power supplies anytime soon, but federal regulators this year approved licenses for two hydrokinetic energy projects to produce electricity from wave power buoys anchored off the Oregon coast and from underwater turbines driven by the current in New York City’s East River. […]
Hydrovolts Hydrokinetic Turbines
A hydrokinetic turbine company, Hydrovolts, has been getting into the news recently for innovative new hydrokinetic turbines that will go where no hydrokinetic turbine has gone before. “Clean technology innovator Hydrovolts is using software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to create unique hydrokinetic turbines that are more easily installed … [continued]
$3 Million Grant Will Push Green Jobs and Sustainable Hydrokinetic Power
Tulane University has just won a $3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to build RiverSphere, a renewable energy center that will focus on developing new hydrokinetic turbines. The project includes floating barge facilities that will be available to private technology companies for testing prototype hydrokinetic turbines in … [continued]
A Man, a Plan, a Canal…Hydrokinetic Power!
Hydrovolts, Inc. has been going at clean hydrokinetic power hammer and tongs with a mini-turbine called the Flipwing. The company is specializing in drawing sustainable energy in the form of hydropower from existing canals and other waterways where the current is predictable. The Flipwing is a self-contained device similar in … [continued]
Radio-Toting Fish Give Thumbs-Up to Clean Hydrokinetic Power
According to a recent study, fish can live with a new type of hydropower that does not involve constructing dams, weirs, or other fish-unfriendly infrastructure. It’s called hydrokinetic power, and it simply uses underwater turbines to harness the energy of existing currents in rivers. Sounds good so far, but the … [continued]
U.S. Hydrokinetic Installation Squeezes More Clean Power from Mississippi River
With the flick of a switch, the first ever commercial-scale hydrokinetic power plant in the U.S. officially commenced operation in the Mississippi River yesterday. The hydrokinetic turbines, manufactured by Hydro Green Energy LLC, are located below an existing hydropower plant at Hastings, Minnesota. The initial turbine has a capacity of … [continued]
First Commercial Hydrokinetic Turbine Installed in US
The United States’ first hydrokinetic turbine was recently installed in the Mississippi River. The turbine, which harnesses power from moving water, is downstream from a hydroelectric-plant dam.
