Sentences with phrase «from tidal flows»

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A large dam, gate or lock to manage tidal flows could help locals cope with anticipated sea level rise from climate change

At the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, just off the coast of Maine, a tidal power system built and operated by the Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) draws energy from currents created as 100 billion tons of water flow into and out of the bay.

These forces occur on Earth in glacial ice as it flows due to gravity, and in space as icy satellite bodies, such as the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respond to tidal forces from their parent bodies.

And though he had many supporters, including powerful state legislators who pushed through a special bill that transferred powers from the school board to the superintendent, Amato could not survive the disastrous financial reports, audits, and indictments that began flowing through his office in 2005, almost as a prelude to Katrina's tidal surge.

The tidal inlet at Bolsa Chica Wetlands, a multi-million dollar project, has helped restore this wetlands to its earlier state in which fresh salt water ebbs and flows daily from the ocean into the wetlands.

Over the long night, when the Arctic Ocean is mostly totally frozen, the only (non cyclonic) clouds that be are caused by leads (from open water), caused by tidal and wind effects, there are no other aside from ocean air flows.

As far as other alternative energy is concerned, generating power from wave action or tidal flow is tempting the UK, although they lead only in offshore wind power generation so far, just ahead in production from Denmark.

Given that, unlike other tidal devices, it doesn't need expensive foundations or towers, it ought to be cheaper, and less invasive, and there should be many locations where it could extract power from relatively low tidal flows - thus, in effect expanding, the potential tidal resource.

Siphon from gulf of California to Death Valley... Put power generation on it and ride the tidal flow.

Wave energy is developing rapidly, but perhaps not quite so rapidly as tidal - current systems - in part since it's harder to develop devices that can extract energy from the chaotic multi-vectored energy pattern that exists at the interface of the sea and the air, than from the smooth laminar tidal flows further down.

Internet Radio and Online Music Enjoy a limitless flow of music, sports, talk, and news entertainment from internet radio stations and on - line music services, including Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, TIDAL, and DEEZER (currently not available in the US).

The standard property policy EXCLUDES Water: Flood, surface water, waves, tides, tidal water or spray from any of these Mudslide or mudflow Water that backs up or overflows or is otherwise discharged from a sewer, drain, sump, sump pump or related equipment Water under the ground surface pressing on or flowing or seeping through: Foundations Basements Doors or windows Unless through one of these the result is a fire, explosion or sprinkler leakage.