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Two Quirky Turbines, Combined At Sea

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A Japanese company will apparently give hybrid wind-and-tidal energy a go with a device employing Darrieus and Savonius turbines. Read more →

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Big Pharma Fail: Scots Reject GSK Renewables

Illustration of proposed wind turbines at the Montrose, Scotland, facility (image via GlaxoSmithKline)

GlaxoSmithKline wants to power a Scottish manufacturing plant with renewable energy, but its proposals keep getting shot down. Read more →

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A Video Primer On The Power Of Marine Energy

Ocean Renewable Power, Nova Scotia

An emerging clean energy technology called marine and hydrokinetic energy -- or ocean power -- uses water to generate electricity in a different way, and has yet to get on many people’s radar. Read more →

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Is There Hope For Hydropower As The Climate Changes?

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As the world gets hotter everywhere, some areas get wetter, more drier, and extreme weather becomes more common, how will the potential of hydropower to generate renewable electricity change? Read more →

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Doing Wave Energy With No Moving Parts

image via Wikimedia Commons

Oscilla Power says its reverse magnetostriction technology showed well in Lake Washington this winter, and will undergo New Hampshire testing this summer. Read more →

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