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Solar may be the green energy source that's been hogging the headlines lately, but there are other fossil-fuel free ways that can help meet society's electrical needs. One of these is tidal power, and the US is set to start harnessing the ocean's electricity-generating potential this summer with the TidGen Cobscook Bay project -- the first such commercial project in the States. Located just off the coast of Eastport, Maine, turbines will be placed in 50-100 feet deep water to take advantage of the 100 billion tons of water that flow in and out of Cobscook Bay each day. When the project goes live, it'll feed into the public power grid and generate enough juice to power between 75 and 100 homes, and the plan is to eventually install enough turbines to generate 3MW of power -- which should cover the needs of over 1,000 homes and businesses. There's more info, plus plenty of political self-congratulation in the source below.
US launches first commercial tidal power project this summer, Maine to reap moon's gravitational benefits originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Amazing weblog! Do you might have any suggestions for aspiring writers? I'm hoping to start my own weblog soon but I'm a little lost on everything. Would you suggest starting with a totally free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? You’ll find so several choices out there that I'm completely overwhelmed .. Any tips? Appreciate it!
Hi!
As far as the platform is concerned, I wouldn't choose anything subscription based or requiring some kind of fee, since the free choices (like the Blogger.com) provide all the facilities an amateur web columnist would ever need or require (like customizable appearance, traffic reporting, article and comments management, ads, etc).
As for the content, I prefer to comment or just reproduce events (since my free time is limited, that's the most common practice in my blog) or analyze ideas or theories I come across.
That's it more or less :) I hope I've helped.
Ta ta,
elias a.k.a. diluted
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