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Galician waves are best for producing energy
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The best coastal areas in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of harnessing wave energy are the Costa da Morte and Estaca de Bares, in La Coruña, Galicia, according to two pioneering studies by researchers from ...
New work on leading wave power
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world. In his dissertation, Rafael Waters presents the findings from ...
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Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market
Jul 03, 2008 |
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A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.
Portuguese wave-power snake dead in the water
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Opened in September as a world "first" in producing electricity from waves, a pioneering installation here is dead in the water having functioned for only a few weeks in a stormy process of research and development.
Pelamis Wave Power: In the Sweet Spot of the Curl for Renewable Energy
Nov 09, 2007 |
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The Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power Converter has undergone stringest testing over the past ten years before its launch into the commercial market. The project has achieved world-wide attention and created ...
Researchers eye clean energy possibilities along Portuguese coast
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to ...
Answers.com launches website for inquiring minds
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Answers.com on Wednesday debuted a website that merges the power of crowds with knowledge from encyclopedias to sate the curiosity of inquiring minds.
IMEC develops low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS
Feb 09, 2009 |
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At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference, IMEC presents a 60GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45nm digital CMOS technology. These building blocks pave ...
On the Crest of Wave Energy
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the ...
New High Frequency Amplifier Harnesses Millimeter Waves in Silicon for Fast Wireless
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New imaging and high capacity wireless communications systems are one step closer to reality, thanks to a millimeter wave amplifier invented at the University of California, San Diego and ...
In radiation 'ventriloquism,' electromagnetic waves travel backwards
Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Typically, electromagnetic waves travel away from their sources. For instance, a radar system emits radio waves that travel all the way to a target, such as a car or plane, before being reflected ...
Fujitsu Develops World's First GaN HEMT Able to Cut Power in Standby Mode and Achieve High Output
Oct 10, 2008 |
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Fujitsu today announced the development of a new type of gallium nitride (GaN)-based high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) that features a new structure ideal for use in amplifiers for microwave and millimeter-wave ...
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