|
Support nonprofit, independent environmental journalism.
|
|
 Stories About: wave and tidal power
| Headline |
Author |
Published |
Section |
If Only We Could Afford to Live There
San Francisco gets even greener |
|
07 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:09 PM on 07 Mar 2008 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom got jiggy with eco-measures this week. He signed into a law a requirement that the city's taxi fleet be converted to low-emission vehicles by 2011; ordered all city departments to purchase 100 percent recycled paper and reduce overall paper use by 20 percent by 2010; and announced his support for a tidal-energy project in the San Francisco Bay, despite a recent ... |
|
| Topics: energy, local politics, news, placemaking, politics, recycling, San Francisco, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
|
|
Buoy Meets World
Utility PG&E agrees to buy electricity from future wave-power farm |
|
19 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 6:38 AM on 19 Dec 2007 The utility Pacific Gas & Electric this week became the first power company in the United States to sign a deal agreeing to purchase electricity generated by wave power. The wave-power farm that would generate said electricity is still years from completion -- not to mention government approval -- but securing a power buyer is seen as an important step. In the first phase ... |
|
| Topics: business, news, United States, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
|
|
Buoys
|
David Roberts |
14 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Wave power takes its first baby steps. Instantly, whinging descends from all sides. |
|
| Topics: energy, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
|
|
Underwater Update
Tidal turbines in New York's East River halted temporarily for repairs |
|
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 ... |
|
| Topics: energy, innovation, New York, news, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
|
|
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 ... |
|
| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
|
|
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 ... |
|
| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics) |
|
|
|
|
©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.