This article discusses various aspects of research funding that seeks to use waves, tides, and thermal in different useful ways. The Department of Energy (DOE) program is set to explore technology that aims to harness some of the ocean’s energy and put it to work. It also presents a conception of a field of water mills designed by Marine Current turbines that turn the currents of tides into electricity. The researchers believe that the tidal energy resource is both reliable and predictable. With the escalating costs of oil and natural gas, it will become a viable resource soon. The DOE’s new program in marine renewable energies is an attempt to tap into a vast resource. Electrical utilities and private companies have made early commitments to participate in the centers. While conducting their own research, the universities will assist in the establishment of ocean field-testing sites and help the DOE keep a recently created marine renewable energy data base up to date.
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Renewable Sea Power
Waves, Tides, and Thermals—New Research Funding Seeks to put them to Work for us.
Michael E. McCormick is Corbin A. McNeill Professor of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy_ R. Cengiz Ertekin is a professor in the Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The authors are both ASME Fellows.
Mechanical Engineering. May 2009, 131(05): 36-39 (4 pages)
Published Online: May 1, 2009
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McCormick, M. E., and Ertekin, R. C. (May 1, 2009). "Renewable Sea Power." ASME. Mechanical Engineering. May 2009; 131(05): 36–39. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2009-MAY-4
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