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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Teams Ride Wave of Winnings to Succeed in Water Desalination Challenge
Seasoned Waves to Water Prize competitors are developing novel, wave-powered desalination devices that can provide clean drinking water to coastal and island communities as well as in disaster recovery scenarios
US Navy Wades In With Another Pitch For Low Cost Renewable Energy
The Trump Administration is no friend to renewable energy, but the US Navy is determined to carve out a safe space for hydrokinetic power.
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]
US Plows Another $10.5 Million Into Futuristic Water Mills
Keystone, schmeystone, Part Deux: marine energy is yet another vast untapped clean power resource in the USA and the Obama Administration is tapping it.
Eastern Seaboard Is A Tidal Energy Hotspot
Wave power has been grabbing the spotlight lately, but the US also has vast tidal power potential and the race is on to engineer a tidal energy device that can overcome some serious obstacles, namely interference with shipping, aquatic life, and recreation. It looks like a research team at Brown … [continued]
3% Of U.S. Electricity Could Come From U.S. Rivers
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently completed a mapping and assessment of hydrokinetic resources in continental U.S. rivers and found that these undeveloped resources could provide 3% of the nation’s annual use of electricity. The assessment is part of an Energy Department effort to assess U.S. hydrokinetic waterpower resources, … [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. […]
