News tagged with tidal turbine
Composites for energy
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Advanced composite materials are playing a vital role in improved design and reduced operating costs for renewable energy technologies. Research presented today will highlight how wind, marine and solar power could address ...
Oxford turbines to harvest energy from tides
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Oxford researchers have developed a new tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler and more robust and scaleable than current ...
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Tidal energy farms influence the natural transport of sands
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tidal stream farms, in which electricity is generated by turbines from regions of strong tidal flow, may influence the natural balance of marine sands, according to research at Bangor University.
Compact tidal generator could reduce the cost of producing electricity from flowing water
Jun 13, 2006 |
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What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had successfully built an electric ...
Quiet wind turbine could provide up to 30% of a home's power
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A quiet wind turbine developed in Scotland is now available in the US and Canada. Its developers say that the roof-based turbine can provide significant power for homes and commercial buildings ...
World's first floating wind turbine opens in Norway
Sep 08, 2009 |
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The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday.
Rooftop wind turbine invention seeks support in Google contest
Jan 29, 2009 |
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(Physorg.com) -- A Seattle man has invented a small wind turbine that can be installed on homeowners' rooftops. The "Jellyfish" wind turbine generates about 40 kilowatt hours each month, which is enough to ...
Scalable wind turbine might fit on your roof
May 26, 2008 |
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When you think of wind power, you probably picture gigantic wind turbines spinning gracefully in the middle of large open areas.
North West tidal barrages could provide five percent of UK's electricity
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Liverpool claim that building estuary barrages in the North West could provide more than 5% of the UK's electricity.
Cisco buys Tidal Software for 105 mln dlrs
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Tidal Software Inc. for 105 million dollars in a move aimed at enhancing the US networking giant's next-generation data centers.
Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers searching for rocky planets that could support life in other solar systems should look outside, as well as within, the so-called "habitable zone," University of Arizona planetary ...
Researchers Say Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars
Nov 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Planet hunters searching for planets suitable for life will likely find them first around low-mass stars because it's technically easier than finding such planets around hotter, more massive ...
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