Offshore wind makes sense for decarbonizing energy production and building energy security and independence when it comes to ocean renewable energy production in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), according to an analysis by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Their new report, “Feasibility Study for Renewable Energy Technologies … [continued]
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.
Minesto is one of those companies that takes a natural phenomenon and builds on it to create new technology for making renewable energy. Reduced to its essence, the founders of the company noticed nearly twenty years ago that a kite has a tendency to travel in a figure eight pattern … [continued]
Marine energy is the sleeping giant of clean power, and a relatively modest grant program could be the spark that wakes it up.
The global tidal energy industry is gathering momentum for the leap into full scale commercial production.
Wake-up time for marine energy is finally here, in the form of new devices that harvest the natural motion of waves, tides, and currents.
A new material could help make clean energy technologies, like the tidal energy turbines pictured here, even more sustainable.
Renewable Energy Discovery Island Offers Closer Look at Power Beneath the Waves
Harnessing the power of waves, tides, and currents could unlock the secrets to achieving greater energy security with minimal environmental impact. By some estimates, there are enough marine energy resources in the U.S. to meet a whopping 57 percent of the nation’s energy needs — supporting a clean energy future and … [continued]
Revamped Software Offers Marine Energy Industry the Data It Needs To Succeed, Ocean Energy & River Power Is marine energy finally here? This question, in various forms, pops up in news articles every year if not every month. In 2021, Wired Magazine claimed, “The United States is finally trying to unlock the power … [continued]
