Tidal power: Could waves provide 10% of America’s electricity?
These are coastal resources, and most people live along the coasts. In theory, the U.S. resource is immense. Waves and currents are relatively reliable in some areas, and tides ebb and flood twice a day like clockwork. They thus are more predictable resources than wind or solar power.
5 Billion Dollar Project to Power US East Coast with Offshore Wind
Investors led by technology giant Google announced a five billion-dollar project to power the US East Coast with wind from the Atlantic Ocean, in an ambitious bid to spur alternative energy.
Solar Power in the Maldives
With hardly any land more than 8 feet above sea level, thus particularly vulnerable should seas rise several feet by the end of the century, the Maldives stands at the front line of climate change, and has announced plans to green its energy sector and pledged under the Copenhagen Accord to become carbon neutral by 2020.
Think Atlantic Wind
The Atlantic coast has more energy to give via wind than it does from oil or gas.
World’s Largest Wind Farm Opens Off UK Coast
The world’s biggest offshore wind farm has opened today, off the coast of Kent, and is now generating power.
Exploring Algae as Fuel
Many academic laboratories, are pursuing the same goal, to produce algae as a source of, literally, green energy.