Magnificent Tidal Energy Project To Double As New City Park
Tidal energy projects can compete on scale and cost with nuclear energy while creating new urban parks, alternative transportation routes and flood control opportunities, too.
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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.
Life After Covid-19, Part II: Secret Renewable Energy Weapon Lurks Beneath Waters of the US
Support for a COVID-19 recovery fueled by renewable energy just got $38 million in love from the US Department of Energy, for new hydrokinetic research.
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. […]
With Canal Hydropower, Still Waters Make Electricity
A modest-looking canal hydropower project in Oregon could be the start of the next big thing in alternative energy in the U.S. Instead of requiring the construction of a new dam, the new Klamath Irrigation District“C-Drop” project scavenges power from an existing canal system. It’s a relatively cheap, painless way … [continued]
New York East River Home To New Tidal Energy Project
On Monday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its first pilot project license to Verdant Power for a tidal energy projected located in New York City’s East River. The Project is known as the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project and is expected to generate 1,050 kilowatts of energy … [continued]
World Water Day: 60 Posts on Water & Cleantech
Today is world water day. We’ve written quite a number of posts on different ways water is connected to cleantech and clean energy. Rather than write a whole new post on one or two aspects of this, I’ve decided to do a compilation piece. The following are articles on CleanTechnica (and a few from our sister site Planetsave) on some of the connections between cleantech and water.
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.
