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Ocean Energy - Inventions, Research, Innovations,
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- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Indeed,
the Earth has an enormous natural solar collector - the tropical oceans.
"On an average day, 60 million square kilometers (23 million square
miles) of tropical seas absorb an amount of solar radiation equal in
heat content to about 250 billion barrels of oil." Energy
"equivalent to at least 4000 times the amount presently consumed by
humans." If we can tap into this renewable source, considering
thermodynamics and entropy, approximately 1% of it could provide the
entire current worldwide demand for energy. Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion (OTEC) is a technology that can extract useful work from
solar energy stored in the sea. Since the sea IS the energy storage
medium, OTEC offers 'always on' baseline supply - during bright clear
days and dark nights, in still air and ferocious wind storms - without
the expense and complications of artificial energy storage systems. Read
more from this June 2006 article from Energy Bulletin
- Wave Farm Planned to Harvest Ocean Energy -
SolarAccess.com - December 29, 2003 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Minnesota-based
energy technology company Independent Natural Resources Inc. (INRI) has
successfully tested its new system for transferring ocean-wave power
into renewable energy. Conducted in a wave tank at Texas A&M
University's Offshore Technology Research Center, INRI's tests validate
the results of several years of concepts and planning, showing the
company's "Seadog" wave-pump technology has the potential to
serve as a viable source of renewable power by harvesting renewable
power from ocean waves. To further prove the wave pump's viability, INRI
is now looking to create a "wave farm" test field in a coastal
area capable of providing consistent ocean swells -- a concept similar
to electricity-generating "wind farms." More from this Dec 2003 report
- Ocean Renewable Energy
Group (OREG), Canada - The goal of The Ocean Renewable Energy Group
(OREG) is to align industry, academia and government to ensure that
Canada is a leader in providing ocean energy solutions to a world
market. OREG is a national organization, with over 70 Canadian and
international members.
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- Wind's energy transfer to ocean quantified for first
time – News
release at Eureka Alert, 5-Mar-2003 - Breakthrough could help
resolve serious problems in oceanography and climate research -
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the University of
California-Irvine have finally been able to field-test theories about
how wind transfers energy to ocean waves, a topic of debate since the
19th century that had previously proved impossible to settle
experimentally. The new results may help lead the way to the resolution
of a longstanding problem in scientists' understanding of how energy and
momentum are exchanged between the atmosphere and the oceans. Scientists
have shown that interactions between wind and the surface of the ocean
creates waves of varying sizes, from the waves that crash ashore at a
beach to the waves that imperil ships at sea during storms. They have
also demonstrated that waves can grow by extracting energy from the
wind. However, when they tried to bring together models for atmospheric
dynamics and ocean circulation, the ocean models suggested that the
atmosphere should contribute much more energy to the ocean than the
atmospheric models seem to suggest the atmosphere could possibly
provide. The new findings in Nature could potentially help scientists
improve climate modeling research by further refining their picture of
energy flow between the atmosphere and the ocean. They will also help
efforts to improve prediction of weather and wave activity. See link
above for more on this news release.
- New Wave-Pump Technology Successfully Hits the Water and
Captures Energy from Waves - Independent Natural Resources Inc.
(INRI(TM)) pioneers new SEADOG(TM) technology in the Gulf of Mexico,
offering power generation from renewable source of ocean waves
- MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 15, 2007?? /PRNewswire/ --
Minnesota-based energy technology company Independent Natural Resources
Inc. (INRI) announced it is successfully operating and testing its new
ocean wave conversion system in the Gulf of Mexico, off of Surfside,
Texas. The versatile SEADOG pump system can provide abundant fresh
water when combined with desalination and produce clean renewable
energy when combined with hydroelectric systems.
- Current testing in the Gulf of Mexico validates the
results of several years of concepts and planning, showing the
company's SEADOG wave-pump technology's potential to serve as a viable
source of renewable power - from ocean waves.
- SEADOG captures ocean-wave energy from swells or waves
to pump large volumes of seawater to shore-based storage or sea-based
platform systems while consuming no fuel. While there are many possible
applications for the SEADOG pump, INRI is currently developing seawater
desalination systems and hydroelectric energy generation.
- See the full
press release here
- Waves run this power plant - Jan 2, 2001 MSNBC - Oceans
are seen as a powerful and profitable source of energy.
- Waves inside a bunker off the Scottish coast create air
drafts, which turn blades inside the green turbine. The energy
generated is sold to two utilities.
- Wavegen has created the world's first commercial wave
power plant, and it's been producing enough electricity to light 400
homes.
- Researchers are also looking at the possibility of
offshore wave power plants.
- A new attempt will be made by Sea Power, a Swedish
company, which plans to install a floating wave power “vessel” off the
Shetland Islands in 2002.
- More from this Jan 2001 news
report
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