Month November 2010

Hybrid tugboat cuts emissions

A new study by University of California, Riverside scientists of what is believed to be the world’s only hybrid electric tugboat found that the vessel is effective in reducing emissions at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Hybrid…

Wave power. A new design

This more efficient design for wave power from Columbia Power Technogies can generate from up and down as well as sideways motions. Plus it’s made of fiberglass which lasts longer in the ocean with much less maintenance. A test will…