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Project Sea Horse: Japan’s Original Approach to Harnessing Ocean Power

Guest Contributor — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:37:16 +0000

Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology are currently developing technologies that could help us harness the power of our oceans, in order to generate clean energy. Tsumoru Shintake, a professor at the institute originally researched high-energy accelerator fields, however, he has shifted its focus towards developing new environmentally safe ways of generating […]

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Does Ocean Energy Mean Wave Power or Tide Power?

Benji Jerew — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:03:10 +0000

Another form of hydroelectricity being investigated involves the movement of the ocean. Here, consistency could mean the difference between wave power or tide power. Like the wind that drives them, ocean waves are intermittent. Thus, any wave power generators that have been developed suffer from the same problems that on- and off-shore wind power generators […]

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New SOLO-TREC Thermal Engine Powers Ship Indefinitely by Using Ocean Energy

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:17:51 +0000

The Office of Naval Research is funding a project called "SOLO-TREC" (Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer -- Thermal RECharging), that uses the temperature difference in layers of the ocean to generate electricity and propel a ship theoretically indefinitely.

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Swing Door WaveRoller Generates Up to 300KW of Energy in the Surge Zone

Cristi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:33:01 +0000

One of the simplest ideas of harvesting the ocean power was developed by Rauno Koivusaari, a fin diver who got inspired by exploring the depths of the seas and lots of shipwrecks.

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OTEC: Lockheed Martin Studies Ocean Energy Production Tech

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:39 +0000

Lockheed Martin, specialized in building rockets and aircraft engines, is surprisingly taking over this niche of energy production. They spent the last year studying how to make a big and long fiberglass pipe to sink it into the ocean.

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Anaconda Bulge Wave Power: Incredible Rubber-based Power Device

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:16:18 +0000

Francis Farley, an experimental physicist (I like them much more than the theoreticias), has invented the "Anaconda" wave powered device. It can mainly be described as a large distensible tube, made out of rubber, closed at both ends and filled with water. The Anaconda tube is designed to be anchored just below the sea's surface, with one of its ends facing the oncoming waves.

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