underwater turbines Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:11:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Hydrokinetic Power Does Not Affect Fish Populations https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrokinetic-power-does-not-affect-fish-populations-20100112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrokinetic-power-does-not-affect-fish-populations-20100112/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:11:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6176 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrokinetic-power-does-not-affect-fish-populations-20100112/feed/ 0 6176 New Underwater Turbines Use Shallow Water to Make Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrovolts-underwater-turbine-20090804/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrovolts-underwater-turbine-20090804/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:35:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4259 Seattle-based Hydrovolts Inc. has developed a new system which can be used to generate electricity from small, unassuming waterways such as irrigation canals, without the use of dams.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrovolts-underwater-turbine-20090804/feed/ 0 4259 Florida Harvesting the Gulf Stream for Electricity and Hydrogen https://www.greenoptimistic.com/florida-harvesting-the-gulf-stream-for-electricity-and-hydrogen-20090802/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/florida-harvesting-the-gulf-stream-for-electricity-and-hydrogen-20090802/#respond Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:20:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4235 Florida's needs of electricity have made scientists think about never energy solutions. The needs of 4-7 million homes are so big that conventional energy would be too expensive and pollutant to still be used.

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