Archive for category Wave power

Australia’s Best Spots for Harvesting Wave Power Shown by New Study

Posted by Ovidiu in Wave power on August 18, 2010

The Australians have just evaluated their potential for producing wave-based energy, within an area stretching from Gerlandton in Western Australia to King Island in Tasmania, and found out that by only using 10% of this area’s potential they could meed 50 percent of the entire country’s need.

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AK1000: World’s Most Powerful Tidal Power Turbine Unveiled in Scotland

Posted by Mike in Wave power on August 13, 2010

Atlantis Resources Corporation has unveiled the most powerful and largest tidal turbine ever built, at Invergordon in Scotland. Dubbed AK1000, the new turbine will be installed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland, later this summer.

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FloDrive Turbine – 1kW Hydroelectric Generator to Power Homes in Developing Countries

Posted by Mike in Wave power on July 8, 2010

Students at Cambridge University have recently created a portable hydroelectric generator that is able to supply up to 1 kW of electricity when installed in free-flowing rivers. Called the “FloDrive Turbine”, this generator could be used to power homes in developing countries, being very easy to install and needing no special equipment or infrastructure.

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Power Generating River Turbines To Be Installed Under Famous Parisian Bridges

Posted by Ovidiu in Wave power on June 30, 2010

After having installed the heating systems of some of their buildings based on underground springs, and mini-windmills on buildings, the people of Paris will have yet another clean energy generation project right under their famous and historical bridges. They call them “hydroliennes”, or water turbines, powered by the river Seine (if you haven’t visited Paris, you should).

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Sailing Ships to Produce Hydrogen Onboard With Oceans’ Energy

Posted by Mike in Wave power on May 29, 2010

Scientists at the University of California Davis are working to develop a technology that will allow sailing ships to generate electricity from the ocean while they are far from the shores. This fleet of sailing ships would then turn wind power into hydrogen, which would be stored onboard, to be unloaded later and used.

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Oyster 2 – A New Wave Power Generator Producing More Electricity

Posted by Mike in Wave power on May 22, 2010

Aquamarine Power, a wave energy developer, has recently unveiled a new wave power generator called Oyster 2, that is able to capture about 250% more electricity than its predecessor. The Oyster 2 measures about 85 feet long and 53 feet wide, being capable to produce 800 kilowatts of energy.

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How to Build a Small-Scale Hydroelectric Generator

Posted by Mircea in How to..., Wave power on March 9, 2010

If you want to produce electricity using a river near your home, the best way you can do it is to build a small-scale hydroelectric generator. Often called as a low-impact hydro, micro-hydro or run-of-stream hydro generator, this system is not very hard to build.

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Hydrokinetic Power Does Not Affect Fish Populations

Posted by Cristi in Wave power on January 12, 2010

We all need electricity for powering different stuff in our home, to make our lives more pleasant. But if the electricity is produced using green sources it’s even better. One of the most used types of energy up to now was hydropower, but this one involves the construction of dams, weirs or other structures that could affect fish.

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HydroWing – Tethered Tidal and Marine Current Energy Generator

Posted by Mike in Wave power on January 7, 2010

The SeaKinetics company recently has developed an innovative, tethered tidal and marine current energy generator known as the HydroWing, that is capable to provide zero carbon emission renewable energy by converting tidal power into clean electricity.

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Aegir: Scotland’s Largest Wave Power Project

Posted by Cristi in Wave power on December 27, 2009

Just recently, Scotland-based energy developer Pelamis has signed a joint-venture with the European energy giant Vattenfall, for the huge energy project off Scotland’s Shetland Islands. The costs of the project rise to almost $100 million.

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