Houston – We Have A Future !

Houston, Texas based Hydro Green Energy, in partnership with the city of Hastings, Minnesota, installed in late 2008, the United States’ first-ever commercial, federally-licensed hydrokinetic power station to generate clean, emissions-free hydrokinetic power from the Mississippi River. Power operations began in early 2009, with the second of which is being installed this spring.

Hydrokinetic energy generates power by using underwater turbines to harness the energy from the natural velocity of flowing water, be it river, tidal or ocean current. Traditional hydropower, in contrast, relies upon dams, diversionary methods, or other manmade impounding structures behind which potential energy in the water is stored. (more…)

New Concept Could Harness the Power of Ocean Waves

NASA researchers who developed a new way to power robotic underwater vehicles believe a spin-off technology could help convert ocean energy into electrical energy on a much larger scale. The researchers hope that clean, renewable energy produced from the motion of the ocean and rivers could potentially meet an important part of the world’s demand for electricity.

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