Ocean Power Rides the Green Wave

Summer is coming in the Northern Hemisphere and tens of millions of us have plans to flock to the beaches. As we frolic along the shore we will also be awed by the relentless, eternal power of the ocean.This power has been tantalizing engineers since the dawn of the electric age in the 19th century. Those great tidal havens, the Bay of Fundy and the Bay of Biscay, have had electrical entrepreneurs salivating down through the years.Yet harnessing the ultimate renewable energy resource has lagged its two big renewable competitors, wind and solar.… Read more...

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Ocean Power Rides the Green Wave