Here at CleanTechnica, Michael Barnard is the primary marine shipping author. Some other writers have an interest as well, but I have only created several posts, sticking mostly to electrified boats. However, in reading some of his articles, and perusing the user comments, an idea has come up, which is also … [continued]
New Jersey’s crowded, cluttered coast is the perfect spot for offshore wind turbines, depending on who’s talking.
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21 million in funding for three projects supporting offshore wind energy technology demonstration and resource characterization.
A new research paper published this week has raised the specter of accelerated global warming due to a weakening of the North Atlantic Ocean’s circulation system, which is not only expected to continue to weaken in the coming decades but which could impact global surface temperature levels.
Before getting into the crux of this article, it’s probably necessary to explain that the climatic changes that have occurred over the last tens of millennia (observable in the paleoclimate record) haven’t always been gradual, widespread, or consistent.
Atlantis Resources Limited, owner of development rights to the Pentland Firth, has awarded Zurich-based ABB the contract to install tidal power conversion and grid connection systems for the four-turbine, 6-megawatt demonstration phase of the MeyGen tidal stream project. ABB is the world’s premier maker of power grids and a well-known multinational engineering company. … [continued]
Planetsolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, arrived safely in New York on June 17, 2013. She has been transformed into a scientific platform as part of the “PlanetSolar DeepWater” expedition, and has joined by a team of researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), led by Professor Martin Beniston, climatologist and … [continued]
The world’s largest solar powered boat, MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, established a new speed record for a solar-powered transatlantic crossing on May 18 of this year. She did this by beating her own record that was set on her 2010 voyage. The clean energy catamaran now begins a new life by transforming into a scientific research vessel. … [continued]
This is a year for solar-powered nautical and aviation records being broken and new ones being set. PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, has established a new speed record for a solar-powered transatlantic crossing, beating her own record that was set in 2010. Another solar-powered record was set this month by Solar Impulse, the solar … [continued]
Now Cui and his team of researchers have calculated a way to alternate the flow of river water and salty seawater through a battery to produce electricity that can be used for charging purposes. It might also be possible this same process can be reversed to remove salt from seawater to produce drinking water.
