Tag: wave energy

Here’s another post from the Energy Ocean show in Atlantic City, NJ.  As I mentioned earlier, ocean energy in its various forms, including off-shore wind, tidal, ocean current, wave, and OTEC, lacks the maturity of its cousins in renewable energy, e.g., …

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Just a quick note to let readers know that this Energy Ocean show is really worth-while, and I’m very glad I built an extra day onto my trip to New York to attend it.  The introductory speaker opened the proceedings …

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Here’s what Lockheed Martin and its technology partner Ocean Power Technologies are doing in wave energy. I’ve seen similar concepts, and I’ve always been skeptical. Will this generate electricity? Of course. Will it do so cost-effectively? I’m not sure.

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As a part of our ongoing quest to produce “infographics” that lay out the basics of energy, I invite you to check out the chart here, presenting the notion that all the energy we harness and use here on Earth …

Infographic – All Forms of Energy on Earth Came from the Big Bang Read More »

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I’ve been preparing to make a few videos for newcomers to the subject of clean energy that answer basic questions on renewable energy, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and the energy-related challenges we face.  I’ll be recording a series of short …

Energy Videos for Newcomers Read More »

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ozUfsAF8IM&w=425&h=349] Here’ s a short presentation on hydrokinetics, in particular, a few clean energy business plans that are based on run-of-river, ocean current, wave, tidal, ocean thermal, etc.  This is of particular interest to me as I go about …

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The world’s oceans are a new frontier in the renewable energy world. Ocean energy is emerging and will be ‘make or break’ in the next five years, says the firm Pike Research that focuses on research and analysis of renewable …

[The Vector] Harnessing the Ocean for Energy: the New Frontier? Read More »

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