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Wave Power Summary
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The oceans are an enormous reservoir of energy. One form in which that energy appears is waves. The energy in waves is derived from the wind energy that generates them. Since wind currents are produced by solar energy, wave energy is a renewable...
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Wave power Information
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Wave power refers to the energy of ocean surface waves and the capture of that energy to do useful work - including electricity generation, desalination, and the pumping of water (into reservoirs). Wave power is a form of renewable energy. Though often...


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E : the Environmental Magazine
Wave Power
05/01/2008: 483 words, approx. 2 pages
The Uncertain Frontier of Ocean-Based Energy Development In the 2007 state legislative session, Oregon passed a renewable energy standard bill mandating that the states largest utilities get 25 percent of their energy from homegrown renewable sources by 2025. To meet the requirement, Oregon...
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
New research hints at the power of waves
09/01/2003: 446 words, approx. 2 pages
NEWS AND NOTES Internal waves cause a mighty churning of ocean waters-something invisible to and unfelt by anyone at the surface. Now in a novel use of data from moored buoys, a University of Washington researcher has calculated just how much power these...
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AP News
EU Commission to present energy plan
1/7/2007: 1,433 words, approx. 5 pages
An energy crunch that chokes fuel supplies, dims the lights at homes and workplaces, and ravages Western economies may no longer be the stuff of 1970s history books. It could be a vision of the near future.The 1970s oil crisis gave Western countries a glimpse...
 


 

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