Hydroelectric
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Dr. Margot Krasojevic's futuristic offshore floating Hydroelectric Waterfall Prison concept would produce energy for homes on the mainland.
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Norwegian researchers have filed a patent to store potential energy at the bottom of the sea.
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Japanese company Ibasei has developed a compact hydropower generator that can be easily installed along a river or waterway to deliver 250 W of electricity.
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Industrial design student Anthony Reale has borrowed from the basking shark to create ‘strait power,’ a water-powered turbine generator that 40 percent more efficient that current designs.
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A new study details one scenario to completely convert the world to clean, renewable energy sources in 20 to 40 years using technology available today at costs comparable to conventional energy.
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Bourne Energy has unveiled the military and civilian Backpack Power Plant (BPP) - an ultra-portable hydroelectric generator which can create clean, quiet power from any stream deeper than four feet.
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The world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device has been officially launched in Scotland. Known as ‘Oyster’, the device is, at present, the world’s only hydro-electric wave energy device producing power.
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A new milestone for marine energy was achieved recently when UK based Wave and Tidal Technologies company Aquamarine Power Ltd signed a 1,000 MW (1 GW) Development Agreement with the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy, Airtricity.