Wave Gliders successfully complete record breaking journey across Pacific
A Robot called Benjamin is one of the four wave gliders developed by Liquid Robotics, which has travelled more than 3000 nautical miles from San Francisco to Hawaii and broke the record of travelling the longest distance that any unmanned vehicle has cove
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‘Power Buoy’ works on wave motion to generate 400 watts for electricity
The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency and a team of researchers from MBARI lead by Andy Hamilton are working together on project ‘power buoy’ that will supply electricity for oceanographic instruments in Monterey Bay. The basis of the project
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Scotland successfully completes underwater turbine test to harness tidal power
With the world going gaga about environment friendly technology to suffice our daily needs, Scotland is not far behind. Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) has conducted a test on an immersed turbine which can be utilized to harness tidal power to produce ele
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Wave power to be harnessed in Maine for electricity production
Today with increasing global warming and increasing awareness of other environmental hazards, more and more people across the world are focusing on harnessing natural sources of energy like wind energy. Wave power is a renewable source of energy and is av
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Eco Wave Power develops devices to generate power from waves
Energy companies are finding success in efforts to generate power from sea waves. As the search for more alternative energy sources is going wild, an Israel start-up energy company Eco Wave Power has developed two small-scale devices for wave energy. The
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Five innovative systems designed to harvest wave power
With the need for energy growing all around the world, we have to explore newer and better sources of energy. One resource that has been largely untapped till now is the energy from sea and ocean waves. The best thing about this resource is that it is com
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What’s Next: Affordable wave power
As we know itGenerating electricity from sea-waves is a costly affair. Although, it forms one of the most constant source of renewable energy as compared to the sunlight and wind. While the latter two sources are affected by weather conditions, the waves
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The Good, the bad and the ugly: Wave power
Oceanic waves are huge source of renewable energy. It has been estimated that waves alone can produce about 2-3 million megawatts of electricity to power the entire world. It can be done by placing electric generators on the ocean surface. However, harn
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Everything I need to know about generating power from tides
While technology has done a lot to improve lifestyles, the numerous inventions and man-made machines require energy to run on and depend on some form of fuel. The high demand for fuel has caused the most-widely used fossil fuels to become dearer and the c
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