What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? In short, it stops being a motor and becomes a generator. Following this principle, researchers at the University of Southampton have built a new ...

The first tidal energy generator demo is now installed and ready for operations testing off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The DeltaStream turbine is a great example of the groundbreaking ...

June 28, 2007 The tidal motion of water offers us an amazing source of energy - it's immensely powerful, predictable, reliable and can be harvested with no emissions and very little impact on the ...

A Maine-based renewable energy company with plans to build a tidal generator in Nikiski is now eyeing a second tidal site. Ocean Renewable Power Company hopes it can harness the strong tides in the ...

The first tidal generator in North America has gone online this month in the Bay of Fundy, and is expected to generate enough electricity to power 500 homes. While most hydro generators harness the ...

A Portland company hopes to have its 60-kilowatt underwater tidal generator in Cobscook Bay fully operational in August after conducting favorable beta tests, paving the way for a larger commercial ...

What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had ...

Explore the marvel of sustainable engineering with our deep dive into "The World's Largest Tidal Turbine." Discover how this colossal innovation harnesses the power of ocean tides to generate clean ...

EASTPORT, Maine (AP) -- What's being called the country's first commercial-scale tidal power generator is being launched in eastern Maine. Ocean Renewable Power Co. 's first fully assembled turbine ...

Chris Sauer was speaking at a 2007 energy conference in Anchorage, Alaska, about his ambitions to test a marine power generator in the massive tides of Cook Inlet when a participant asked if the ...

We've already heard about renewable energy systems that use aerial kites to generate electricity via the wind. Well, the Manta system is kind of similar, although it uses an underwater kite that ...

What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had ...