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Just the Tip of the Bloomberg
Mayor has big clean-energy goals for NYC |
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20 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:54 AM on 20 Aug 2008 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg touted clean energy Tuesday at, aptly, the National Clean Energy Summit. He said his city has issued a formal request to companies for ideas on how to source electricity from the wind, sun, and waves. "Perhaps companies will want to put wind farms atop our bridges and skyscrapers, or use the enormous potential of powerful offshore winds miles out in ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, local politics, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, wave and tidal power, wind power (all these topics) |
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Buoys
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David Roberts |
14 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Wave power takes its first baby steps. Instantly, whinging descends from all sides. |
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| Topics: energy, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
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Underwater Update
Tidal turbines in New York's East River halted temporarily for repairs |
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13 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Underwater Update Tidal turbines in New York's East River halted temporarily for repairs The company experimenting with underwater electricity turbines in New York's East River has found that the river's currents are powerful. Too powerful, if you want to get picky about it: the river sheared off several blades on the 20-foot-tall turbines, and has stressed the bolts on the repl ... |
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| Topics: energy, innovation, New York, news, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
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Getting Sloshed
On wave power |
Umbra Fisk |
01 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Hello Umbra, I just read a little bit about wave power and was wondering what you think the future potential is for this clean and never-ending energy source? Peter Blomquist Orlando, Fla. Dearest Peter, Wow. I'm a sucker for anything with a good name, like "LIMPET." There are fun technologies under development to harness the might of the sea as it swells up from the briny deep. Crest easy. Photo: iStockphoto Wind hits the surfac ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
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Tide Died
On tidal power |
Umbra Fisk |
25 Jul 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Much is made of wind, solar, geothermal, and even wave power, but why doesn't anyone talk about tidal power? It has more power than wind for the same turbine, without the eyesore of turbines, is totally renewable, and is predictable hundreds of years in advance. Yet nobody talks about it. What's wrong with tidal? Chris Morrison London, England Dearest Chris, The tides appear fruitful, but we disturb the ocean at our peril. Do oceans ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
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