A New Energy Storage Solution For Wind & Solar: Floating “Water Batteries”
A new, floating pumped hydropower system aims to cut the cost of utility-scale energy storage for wind and solar farms.
marine energy
Next-Gen Batteries, US Government Efficiency Improvement, Marine & Offshore Wind Research — US DOE News
The US Department of Energy continues to roll out great cleantech news as we approach the end of the year and the end of an epic presidential term for clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles. I’m going to roll through four stories from the past two days to catch … [continued]
Eastport, Maine Is The Ideal Place For Solar, Tidal Power, And A Microgrid
When the sun rises on America each day, it hits Eastport, Maine — the easternmost point of the continental US — first. Eastport is a small community of 1300 hardy people who live on an island on the edge of the Bay of Fundy. If you are looking to be … [continued]
What Do Battery Energy Density Improvements Really Mean For Trucks, Ships, & Planes?
The future of all ground transportation and an awful lot of aviation and marine shipping being electric, low-carbon, quieter, and a lot less smelly is within reach. It would be rude not to reach out and grab it with both hands.
Atlantic Crossing By Methanol-Powered Ship Is Neither Viable Nor Carbon Neutral
Over the past couple of years, I’ve reached the end of my first set of scenarios for marine decarbonization through 2100. My bets are on batteries for all inland and two-thirds of short-sea shipping, and biofuels for the rest. It took me years to work through the aspects of synthetic … [continued]
Thinking Inside the Blade: NREL’s 3D-Printed Water Power Prototypes
Years of out-of-the-box thinking have yielded a broad range of design concepts for the marine energy industry.
Dale Vince, Eco Warrior: Part 3, Journey Into The Future
Dale Vince, the founder and Managing Director of Ecotricity, gave this interview on 16th November 2017, and I am very pleased to present the third part of it here.
Wales Aims For Piece Of UK Wave Energy Pie, Eyes Global Market
Thousands of terawatts of wave energy are tantalizingly close, and Wales aims to be among the first nations to harvest some of that blue gold.
Wave Energy Prize Aims To Cut Costs Of Wave Energy Production In Half
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Compared to some of the other renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind, wave energy is still in its infancy (OK, maybe its early adolescence), and so far, wave energy advances haven’t yet come close to producing a cost-effective solution for electricity production. And yet … [continued]
ABB Will Link MayGen Tidal Power To UK Grid
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]
