Sentences with phrase «of tidal energy»

Fledgling Industry Oceana will harm development of tidal energy «at a time when large institutional companies are beginning to invest in wave and tidal companies,» Verdant said.

When a basin is resonant, energy from the gravitational attraction of the moon aligns with the length of the ocean basin, causing an amplification of tidal energy.

The Tidal Modelling Project will investigate the interaction between tidal energy extraction systems located at different positions around the UK, and how energy extraction at one site might affect the energy available and nature of the tidal energy resources at other sites.

«Nova Scotia is becoming well known for being at the forefront of tidal energy technology development,» said Nova Scotia Energy Minister Geoff MacLellan.

Despite the high predictability of tidal energy's resource and timing, long construction times, high capital intensity and low load factors will most likely rule out significant cost reductions in tidal technologies in the near term.

I am working on the development of a tidal energy system, that may be efficient enough for low current speeds.

Her latest work envisions a futuristic hotel that makes use of tidal energy to produce its own electricity and would move with the tide in a way likened to surfing.

While part of the tidal energy is dissipated on the coasts, another part turns into the circumpolar current and is ultimitely dissipated on the ocean floor, and that current could be reduced or eliminated if the Strait of Magellan froze deep, reducing the rate of deceleration and allowing the core to catch up a little (in its deceleration).

He added, «This development - the largest tidal array in the world - does just that and will be a milestone in the global development of tidal energy.»

Practical use of tidal energy is highly anticipated, because tidal currents are widely distributed worldwide, are largely unaffected by weather and climate, and are capable of producing a stable supply of electricity.

Due to the cyclical nature of tidal energy, each tidal flow offers varying levels of power, with the highest amount occurring approximately every six hours.

Less than 2 weeks ago, thanks to Angela Smith who saw a public notice posted in the North island Gazette, we became aware of a proposal by SRM Projects of Nanaimo, B.C. to conduct an investigation of the tidal energy potential of Blackney Pass at the entrance to Johnstone Strait.

``... the amount of tidal energy being injected into [Enceladus today] falls short of the energy coming out of Enceladus» south pole by a factor of five.»

The crucial number in determining how fast that happens is the «quality factor», Q, which tells us the fraction of the tidal energy that is dissipated in each cycle.

The Energy Department is drafting its first nationwide assessment of the tidal energy resource.

«No one really has reliable knowledge of tidal energy's global potential,» he said.

Not exact matches

The proposal by Tidal Energy Australia for a compromised plan to provide power to the Kimberley appears to be a desperate last roll of the dice.

In addition to Yussuff, Corbett, and McGowan, the task force includes five other members from the trade union movement, municipal councillor Rick Smith from Leduc, Alberta, former EcoTrust Canada president Brenda Kuecks, former SaskPower president John T. Wright, and sustainable development specialist Anna Redden, director of the Acadia Tidal Energy Institute.

five other members from the trade union movement, municipal councillor Rick Smith from Leduc, Alberta, former EcoTrust Canada president Brenda Kuecks, former SaskPower president John T. Wright, and sustainable development specialist Anna Redden, director of the Acadia Tidal Energy Institute.

Such exports hit a peak of 874,260 barrels in total in July, before falling back to 346,921 in August... The re-exports have become a relief valve for both countries by reducing some congestion of supplies within the U.S. «We've got so much rail capacity now and pipe capacity is really starting to come on line, especially heading down to the U.S. Gulf,» said Martin King, analyst at FirstEnergy Capital Corp. «One way or another, the market's figured out a way to get Canadian crude to a country other than the U.S.» Tidal Energy Marketing Inc., a unit of Enbridge Inc., is one company that has shipped Canadian crude from the Gulf Coast, sending a cargo to Spain in May.

Their frequent challenges to «the way things are» can feel overwhelming to the most patient of parents, and their sometimes epic meltdowns when all of that extreme energy explodes out of their small frames can act like a tidal wave of emotion that gets everyone swept up in the maelstrom.

Apart from the nuclear issue, the exploitation of Scotland's fossil - fuel resources is a major industrial activity, and even more a source of tax revenue, while there is outstanding potential for renewable energy generation, especially wind, wave and tidal.

A scheme that captures the natural energy in the Severn - the second highest tidal rise and fall in the world - could meet five to seven per cent of UK electricity needs.

Answers received by Ms Swinson also show the # 2 million budget for monitoring the environmental impact of wave and tidal energy has gone unspent, as has four fifths of the available budget for infrastructure support

REA's Philip Wolfe said: «The reality is that we are the laggards, despite having the continent's best resources of wind, wave and tidal energy.

The UK is currently a world leader in the field of wave and tidal energy development, with around 25 % of the world's technology development taking place on our coastline.

The Scottish Executive is to give over # 1 million of funding to a tidal energy research centre in Orkney.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have expressed fears for the future of the planned Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, after the project was not mentioned once in the Energy Secretary's key speech today.

Industry also thinks that prospects for tidal power are rosier under a new ministerial team at the Department for Business of Energy and Industrial Strategy, and in the light of government backing for Hinkley and a third runway at Heathrow.

This tidal energy produces more than enough internal heat to create a global water ocean, possibly as thick in places as 50 kilometers, buried under an outer layer of ice a few kilometers thick.

Tidal power has lagged behind other forms of renewable energy for almost 30 years.

Harness these powerhouses, and tidal power would help smash all previous predictions of how much energy the oceans can provide.

James Hunt, chief of environment and energy services for Boston, says climate change will be a challenge throughout the city, half of which is built on filled tidal lands.

«We think the energy source is a new mechanism of tidal dissipation that had not been previously considered,» Kite said.

We would like to lay claim to the first quantum tidal turbine — the description of the Kepler Energy turbine...

Several organizations are hard at work developing and testing tidal - harnessing technology as a source of green energy

In addition, another question has come up: how has the conversion from the tidal energy to the heat energy in the soft layer affected the motion of the Moon relative to the Earth, and also the cooling of the Moon?

Whereas previous research also suggests that some part of the energy inside the Moon due to the tidal deformation is changed to heat, the present research indicates that this type of energy conversion does not uniformly occur in the entire Moon, but only intensively in the soft layer.

Grant acknowledges that tidal - derived power has a long way to go before it can be used as a mainstream source of energy.

Of course tidal barrages can have a big impact on the local environment, but they must be part of the solution if we are serious about moving to sustainable energOf course tidal barrages can have a big impact on the local environment, but they must be part of the solution if we are serious about moving to sustainable energof the solution if we are serious about moving to sustainable energy.

Investing in technology that turns tidal energy into clean power has paid off for the state of Maine.

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.

Tidal barrages use proven technology and can provide predictable power generation as well as a degree of energy storage.

But tidal power is garnering increasing attention as a niche supplier of renewable alternative energy in Washington, Maine and Alaska.

Instead of wind, tidal flows turn the turbine, converting the kinetic energy of moving seawater into electrical energy.

«There is a realization that a diversified suite of renewable energy resources will displace fossil fuel,» said Monty Worthington, who is directing a tidal energy project in Alaska for the Maine - based Ocean Renewable Power Co. «To establish a place in the emerging marine renewable market, the time for [U.S.] investment is now.»

Indeed, last month the British government withdrew support for a $ 24 billion tidal energy project across the Severn Estuary that could have generated five percent of the United Kingdom's electricity.

Entries poured in for the # 10 million ($ 17 million) Saltire Prize, to be awarded by the government of Scotland for wave or tidal energy technology that can produce a continuous output of 100 gigawatt - hours for two years.

We would like to lay claim to the first quantum tidal turbine — the description of the Kepler Energy turbine in «Rising tide» (17 September, p 48) suggests that its blades «can rotate in both directions at once»!

And the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust) is considering a proposal from a federal MP for harnessing tidal energy in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.