Comments on: How We Can Use Energy from Waves, Tides and Currents? – Updated Article With Extra Information http://www.bionomicfuel.com/how-we-can-use-energy-from-waves-tides-and-currents/ Green energy investments and news Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jim http://www.bionomicfuel.com/how-we-can-use-energy-from-waves-tides-and-currents/#comment-42740 jim Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:52:33 +0000 #comment-42740 The problem with tidal barrages of-course is that they have a large local environmental impact. Its ironic that many environmentalists are against tidal barrages! For instance, green parties lobbied against the Severn barrage scheme in the UK, and they won. In this case, it would have destroyed about 50% of habitat in the estuary, and possibly would have led to salmon extinction in the estuary. Personally I think that the environmental concern are nothing compared to the enormous benefit of such a scheme – if it had gone ahead it would have supplied about 5% of the UK’s needs! The problem with tidal barrages of-course is that they have a large local environmental impact. Its ironic that many environmentalists are against tidal barrages! For instance, green parties lobbied against the Severn barrage scheme in the UK, and they won. In this case, it would have destroyed about 50% of habitat in the estuary, and possibly would have led to salmon extinction in the estuary.

Personally I think that the environmental concern are nothing compared to the enormous benefit of such a scheme – if it had gone ahead it would have supplied about 5% of the UK’s needs!

]]> By: jake http://www.bionomicfuel.com/how-we-can-use-energy-from-waves-tides-and-currents/#comment-42734 jake Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:47:40 +0000 #comment-42734 I have read that out of all the ocean technologies, tidal is the most mature. It promises to provide predictable, low-cost electricity, and a standard design has been developed. I have read that out of all the ocean technologies, tidal is the most mature. It promises to provide predictable, low-cost electricity, and a standard design has been developed.

]]> By: mike http://www.bionomicfuel.com/how-we-can-use-energy-from-waves-tides-and-currents/#comment-42731 mike Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:45:50 +0000 #comment-42731 The UK is currently the world’s leader for tidal and wave energy. more than 300MW of projects are set to be implemented over the next 5 years. This is despite of the recent set back - the cancellation of the Severn Estuary tidal scheme. The UK government aims to add 1.3GW to the grid by 2020 through tidal and wave power. This is been driven by the requiremnts to produce at least 15% of power from renewables by 2020. Other key markets are Ireland, France, Portugal, and Australia. It is in these countries that the industry will be focusing on in the next decade. The UK is currently the world’s leader for tidal and wave energy. more than 300MW of projects are set to be implemented over the next 5 years. This is despite of the recent set back – the cancellation of the Severn Estuary tidal scheme.

The UK government aims to add 1.3GW to the grid by 2020 through tidal and wave power. This is been driven by the requiremnts to produce at least 15% of power from renewables by 2020.

Other key markets are Ireland, France, Portugal, and Australia. It is in these countries that the industry will be focusing on in the next decade.

]]> By: jon http://www.bionomicfuel.com/how-we-can-use-energy-from-waves-tides-and-currents/#comment-42727 jon Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:42:17 +0000 #comment-42727 The global ocean energy sector is really taking off. Only a dozen projects were implemented last year, but there are more than 45 wave and tidal projects which will be tested in 2010 and 2011. The global ocean energy sector is really taking off. Only a dozen projects were implemented last year, but there are more than 45 wave and tidal projects which will be tested in 2010 and 2011.

]]> By: greentogo http://www.bionomicfuel.com/how-we-can-use-energy-from-waves-tides-and-currents/#comment-29 greentogo Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:33:27 +0000 #comment-29 The ocean's are a great source of untapped, unharnessed energy. To be able to use them as an energy source would definitely be one way to help stop things such as strip mining around the world. The ocean’s are a great source of untapped, unharnessed energy. To be able to use them as an energy source would definitely be one way to help stop things such as strip mining around the world.

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