We write a lot about wave power here at Inhabitat, but functional wave farms are few and far between.
Now Ocean Power Technologies has hooked up its PB40 PowerBuoy to the grid at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii, marking the first time waves have provided energy to the U.S. electrical grid.
Unlike many tidal power devices, the PowerBuoy generates energy from the rising and falling of the waves. A 10 MW PowerBuoy station occupies 12.5 hectares of ocean.
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- Making Waves @ OSU: Energy Secretary, Senators, Governor tour Oregon State Wave Labon August 10, 2022 at 5:02 am
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Oregon U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visited the O.H.
- Thousands in NJ Lose Power Amid Heat Wave After High Voltage Line Sparks Brush Fireon August 9, 2022 at 8:01 pm
More than 65,000 customers were in the dark Tuesday afternoon, the vast majority of whom were in Morris and Sussex counties ...
- Power Prices Hit Fresh Records as Heat Wave Scorches Europeon August 8, 2022 at 7:56 am
German and French power prices hit record highs as a heat wave bolstered demand, putting pressure on energy supplies ahead of the critical winter period.Most Read from BloombergChina Seizes on Pelosi ...
- Sea-wave electricity plant heads to Port of Los Angeleson August 7, 2022 at 3:55 am
Installation at Gibraltar is on its way to AltaSea ecofriendly business center at Port of Los Angeles, set to arrive in September 2022.
- Texas threatened by heat wave again; record power use expectedon August 4, 2022 at 7:35 am
Texas is once again being threatened by extreme heat, with high temperatures in the triple digits. ERCOT, the state's power operator, said it will meet demand.
- Wave Energy Devices Market Research Report Analysis by Competition, Sales, Revenue, Market Size 2022 to 2028on August 4, 2022 at 1:02 am
During the forecast period 2022 to 2028, the “Wave Energy Devices market" is expected to rapidly grow at a CAGR rate. The Wave Energy Devices market research for B2B is being bo ...
- Sea waves power homes for 12 months, thanks to a blowhole wave generatoron August 3, 2022 at 12:20 pm
Waves overseas have tremendous energy potential. However, scientists haven't arrived at an efficient design to tap into them. Could that change now?
- Riot Blockchain Mined 28% Less Bitcoin in July as Heat Wave Cut Power Supplyon August 3, 2022 at 7:35 am
(RIOT), one of the largest bitcoin miners, said it produced 318 bitcoins in July, 28% fewer than in the year-earlier month, as it shut some operations to accommodate the high energy demand during a ...
- Tens of thousands lost power in the July heat wave. Is the electrical system prepared for climate change?on August 3, 2022 at 4:14 am
The networks of wires and substations that bring electricity to homes and businesses are already stressed as housing density increases, and many parts of them will likely need upgrading or expanding.
- Eco Wave Power's Innovative Wave Energy Pilot is on its Way to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeleson August 2, 2022 at 6:37 am
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq Capital Market: WAVE) ("Eco Wave Power'' or the "Company") announced today that the energy conversion unit, formerly deployed in Gibraltar, is officially on its ...
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- Video: Heat wave comes to an end in New Hampshireon August 9, 2022 at 2:42 pm
A heat advisory is in effect for Rockingham County and eastern Hillsborough County NH through Tuesday evening. Actual air temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90, and with the humidity it will feel ...
- Experts: Climate Change Will Affect Health of Farm Workerson August 9, 2022 at 2:59 am
Rural populations may find these dangers more deadly, as access to healthcare and the nature of hard, physical labor add to the severity of climate-related ailments.
- Inside the great crime wave sweeping the British countrysideon August 7, 2022 at 12:00 am
“The thought that there are criminals somewhere on the farm is always worrying away in the back of my mind,” says Luke Palmer as he drives around his family’s 4,000 acres of rich Fenland soil. “It ...
- Weather Blog: Second heat wave before cold front arriveson August 6, 2022 at 4:44 am
We had a high Friday of 96°, so today and Sunday will make three days in a row with highs of 95° or higher. This means our second heat wave of 2022 is on the way.
- Could St. James pause solar farm plans until next year? Officials consider moratorium againon August 4, 2022 at 9:45 am
St. James Parish officials are taking another crack at a temporary, parish-wide moratorium on large-scale commercial solar farms while they study the farms' long-term impact and craft rules to regulat ...
- Outdoor movie experience returns to South Farms in Morrison August 2, 2022 at 3:34 pm
The big screen is coming to town this month, when the Boondocks Film Society brings back its traveling movie-going experience to South Farms, and it’ll be much more than just a screening. Co-founded ...
- German 2022 winter wheat crop up 1% on year- farm associationon August 2, 2022 at 12:35 am
Germany's 2022 winter wheat harvest will increase about 1% on the year to an estimated 21.38 million tonnes, the DBV association of German farmers said on Tuesday. Winter wheat harvesting is ...
- Soaring prices are driving a new wave of rural farm theftson August 1, 2022 at 10:05 pm
A new wave of farm machine and fuel thefts is "quickly gathering momentum", warned insurers - despite figures showing the cost of ...
- Jim Keen: Mink farms are a perfect breeding ground for COVID-19on August 1, 2022 at 5:00 am
Through a series of Tribune news articles starting in August 2020, we first learned that thousands of mink on a dozen farms in Utah died from coronavirus also found in farm workers and that a wild ...
- This nation is scorching in a heat wave and wildfires, yet it’s returning to planet-baking coalon August 1, 2022 at 1:35 am
Greece was confident it could close all existing coal-burning plants by 2023. But an energy crunch that has turned into a full-blown crisis since Russia invaded Ukraine has sent that whole timeline up ...
