I did nto mean to imply that I was the first to think of it,. I have seen stuff like this before, but if I remember correctly, at the time, it was fairly expensive for what amounted to very little energy in return.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > You weren't the only one to think that. > http://interestingenergyfacts.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-wave-energy-farm-opened-in.html > > > First wave energy farm opened in > Portugal<http://interestingenergyfacts.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-wave-energy-farm-opened-in.html> > > Portugal looks to be heading to the wave energy sector as the two wave power > machines launched off the coast of Portuguese town Oporto. Wave energy > converters called Pelamis generate electricity from the movement of the > waves. Wave energy is clean and renewable energy source with great future > potential, and Portugal plans to add another 25 Pelamis converters off the > coast of Oporto in years to come. > > Rui Barros, representative of the company Enersis that stands behind this > project said how Pelamis generates the equivalent of what a wind turbine > was producing five years ago, which is about 750 kW and this machine alone > can meet the energy demands of 500 Portuguese homes a year. > > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cwrSE63jF7Y/SOkN3m8BCqI/AAAAAAAAAeA/lHcNhtCHBs4/s1600-h/pelamis_wave_power_system.gif>Pelamis > wave power system. > > The basic working principles of this machine that utilizes wave energy are > fairly simple. It consists of two swells, forward and back swell, that > activate hydraulic rams and, which in end of the process, generates > electricity. Enersis Director Ian Sharpe also has high opinion about future > of this project as he added how wind technology was probably the main > renewable technology to become commercial, but there's a very great resource > for wave energy. This is the first commercial demonstration of that. > > Portugal's Economy Minister Manuel Pinho was thrilled when opening this > brand new wave farm and explained that his country wants to make renewable > energy sector dominant with the use of different renewable energy sources: > We are currently generating almost 45% of the electricity used in this > country from renewable energy sources. The aim is to hit 60% by 2020. This > whole shift is creating more industry. New businesses are being set up here. > There are already more than 10,000 people working in the sector. > > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cwrSE63jF7Y/SOkN3Od7ojI/AAAAAAAAAd4/O590uvR8Thw/s1600-h/pelamis_wave_energy_converter.jpg>Pelamis > wave energy converter. > > But there is not only that as the state also guarantees a purchase price for > the electricity generated from renewable energy in order to boost this > sector. This has great potential and aims to encourage partnerships between > the public and private sectors in its turn to renewable energy sector. In > order to ensure this new renewable energy trend Portugal already created a > pilot zone in the north of Lisbon which is open, and encourages the > installation of new renewable technologies. This is not only open for > domestic purposes but also for foreign companies that want to bring their > renewable technologies here as Portugal also wants to share their > experiences to enhance its renewable energy sector. > > It looks like Portugal wants to be major renewable energy force in Europe, > and this brand new wave power project is only one of many other renewable > energy sources that Portugal wants to further explore. > > Pelamis wave energy converte > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
