Green Energy Now, And On The Tide

thpr writes "The Electric Power Research Institute and its partners have completed their Offshore Wave Power Feasibility Demonstration Project, which defined potential wave energy projects off the shores of the United States. This is building off of work already done in Scotland (and elsewhere). San Francisco, New York and other areas are considering trial installations of the technology. It is interesting to note (table 1 in the report) that the energy density (kW/m^2) that can be achieved is much higher than wind or solar. In addition, harnessing 24% of available wave energy near the US at 50% efficiency is equal to all of the hydropower currently generated in the US (~7% of total electricity production). On a separate note, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's $1.2B 2006 budget the Department of Energy is closing out the Hydropower Technologies Program. Maybe that's why this technology is missing from our National Energy Policy?" Until it reaches maturity, though, U.S. readers can pay for other forms of green energy.

Comments

So wouldn't that be ...

[isometrick]

nothing for you to "sea" here?

Other green energy sources

[momerath2003]

Don't forget nuclear power!

Re:Other green energy sources

[cyberfunk2]

I cant wait for someone to start a silly flame war about nuclear waste.

To head it off at the pass: Nuclear power: it came from the ground, we're extracting energy from it, and we put it back in the ground. Fundamentally, that's the same as oil. Except, with oil we put the excess into the air we breathe. Now which is better?

Re:Other green energy sources

[Jaidon]

Let us not forget about the Green Lantern's green power ring!!

Re:Other green energy sources

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice try, Ivan !

Re:Other green energy sources

[PMuse]

Hydroelectric isn't unlimited either: sooner or later you run out of damnable rivers.

Now, _there_ was a Freudian Slip.*

(*When you say one thing, but mean your mother.)

Re:Low impact system?

[mtrisk]

Save the Sun! Stop the use of solar power now! By taking energy out of the solar system, we will affect the local energy structure, causing quantum fluctuations in the time cube!!!!

Do YOU want to kill the sun and cause the solar system to collapse into a single point? That's quite un-american! Perhaps you're a terrorist!

I'm sorry, Valentine's Day got to me pretty hard.