For GSS Energy Use chapter 10. Excerpt: ...For assistant professor Reza
Alam, an expert in wave mechanics, the seafloor “carpet” he is
proposing will convert ocean waves into usable energy. “There is a vast
amount of untapped energy in the oceans, and with increasing worldwide
demand for power, the need to find cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels
is critical,” said Alam. “We are also seeing greater population growth
along coastal cities, so the ocean-based system we are developing would
produce electricity in a carbon-neutral way right where it is
needed.”.... http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/01/28/seafloor-carpet-catches-waves-to-harness-energy/. Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News Center. See also http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/02/140220-five-striking-wave-and-tidal-energy-concepts the website site of Pelamis Wave Power - http://www.pelamiswave.com/pelamis-technology
- full scale prototype machine tested at the European Marine Energy
Centre between 2004 and 2007 following a series of sea trials in the
North Sea. In 2008 Pelamis Wave Power secured an order from Portuguese
electricity utility Enersis to build the world’s first wave farm off the
northwest coast of Portugal at Aguçadoura. |
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