wave energy
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Australian Floating Generator Transforms Ocean’s Motions Into Megawatts
While winds may die and clouds may obscure the sun, nothing can stop the rhythmic lapping of ocean waves. Now, an Australian company hopes to harness that power and covert it to usable electricity with the most powerful wave-energy generator ever created. And this is just their small-scale prototype.
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Here’s Proof That People Have Been Trying To Go Green For Over A Century
When you think power generation in the early 1900s, coal and steam generally come to mind. But in Alexis Madrigal’s upcoming book, Powering The Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology, he shows that people were trying to find environmentally friendly alternatives via ocean waves in the nascent days of household electricity.