Google plans wave-powered floating data centers
Way cool, and seriously out-of-the-box thinking indeed. These data centers will be portable and can be moved anywhere in the ocean as needed.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category Energy
Co-Generation: Clean as wind, reliable as coal
From Solve Climate Co-generation takes energy that is wasted or dissipated by heavy industry and uses it to generate power. We think we could make about 19 to 20 percent of U.S. electricity with heat that is currently thrown away…
Next-gen tidal turbines
The Transverse Horizontal Axis Water Turbine (THAWT) produces more energy with lower production and maintenance costs than previous turbines.
Japan plans floating wind/solar “eco-rigs” the size of small villages
Japan is definitely thinking big, and out of the box. Real big. Like 2km x 800m. These floating renewable energy platforms will also power underwater lights to grow seaweed thus attracting fish and plankton in an effort to replenish dwindling…
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Hawaii swaps coal power plant for biomass