Hydro Energy Articles
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Solar Energy for a Sustainable Future
Because the resources on earth are limited and these resources harm the ecological balance, we should prefer renewable energy sources. It is necessary to prefer sustainable energy sources such as solar energy in order to protect natural resources and reduce the harmful effects on the environment resulting from the consumption of resources. Fossil fuels have been widely used in recent years due to ...
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Project - DCNS Energies
Customer: DCNS Energies Context: DCNS Energies is involved in numerous marine renewable energy technology and project developments especially in the tidal, ocean thermal energy conversion, and floating offshore wind sectors. Challenge: Considering the geographical market widespread for these technologies, DCNS Energies needs to identify and characterize offshore sites of interest around the ...
By Open Ocean
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Project - Menter Mon Cyf
Customer: Menter Môn Cyf Context: Menter Môn Cyf has been appointed as the Managers for the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone by The Crown Estate. The have established Morlais Marine Energy for the purpose of managing this assignment. Challenge: Menter Môn Cyf needed data and statistics about the wave conditions to present to the potential users of the Demonstration Zone. ...
By Open Ocean
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Project - ENGIE-Futures Energies
Customer: ENGIE-Futures Energies Context: ENGIE-Futures Energies is the business unit in charge of developing and managing renewable energy projects. This includes tidal, offshore wind and floating offshore wind energy Challenge: ENGIE-Futures Energies is developing numerous offshore renewable energy projects offshore France for which they need an easy and reliable access to ocean current, wave ...
By Open Ocean
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Project - Sabella
Customer: SABELLA Context: SABELLA is a French company developing the tidal turbine D10. After several years of R&D, the first unit of this turbine has been set up offshore Ushant Island in France in June 2015. Challenge: After this first installation, SABELLA is looking for new markets around the world for its tidal energy solution with a focus on isolated sites and islands. Solution: ...
By Open Ocean
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Project - RTE
Customer: RTE Context: RTE, the French electricity transmission system operator is in charge of the high voltage grid installation, connection and management onshore and offshore. This includes the connecting of all the marine renewable energy farms being developed in France. Challenge: With the growth of marine renewable energy developments in France with numerous offshore wind and floating ...
By Open Ocean
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Project - Hydroquest
Context: Hydroquest is developing an innovative vertical axis tidal turbine that is relevant for many sites around the world. Challenge: Hydroquest needed to obtain the ocean current and wave characteristics of several tidal energy sites of interest around the world for engineering design purposes. Solution: Open Ocean has provided Hydroquest with an access to the Metocean Analytics solution. ...
By Open Ocean
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Project - RES Offshore
Customer: RES Offshore Context: RES-Offshore offers integrated development, engineering, construction and AO&M services for utility-scale renewable energy projects. Challenge: RES Offshore needed a long wave time series for a location offshore northern Scotland. Solution: Open Ocean provided them with the main wave parameters from a proprietary wave numerical simulation covering the ...
By Open Ocean
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Utility Dive - Wind and solar power aren’t enough to combat climate change. We need to incentivize firm renewables, too.
The following is a contributed article by George Sakellaris, president and CEO of Ameresco. In a world that continues to grapple with the unfolding effects of climate change and a global energy crisis that shows no signs of slowing, it’s never been more clear that the time to innovate our national approach to energy development is now. For too long, federal U.S. policy has taken a ...
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Curious facts about the Sun: Sunspots, solar storms and how they affect the Earth
Sunspots are among the many curious and mysterious aspects of the Sun. They are areas that concentrate large amounts of energy and the site of solar storms whose effects reach our planet and can have potentially harmful ...
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Transformation in Telecommunication Infrastructure - ASCO Power Technologies
On February 21 2021, Bablu Kazi held his phone to my face and shared how it had more powerful processing power than the computers NASA used to send Apollo 11 to the moon. It was a strong example of the changes in telecommunications that set the pace for a really interesting conversation. Bablu Kazi is a Senior Electrical Engineer with Morrison Hershfield, a consulting engineering firm that ...
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How Jennette`s Pier and CSI Use Spotters to Enhance Wave Energy Development
Image Above: Dr. Mike Muglia during a test article deployment for the Waves to Water Prize competition at Jennette’s Pier. The Spotter buoy in the background is deployed at one of two MHK test sites at the pier. The Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) is a multi-institutional research and education facility of the University of North Carolina System located on the ECU Outer Banks Campus on ...
By Sofar Ocean
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Sustainable Electricity: One Step Closer to a Green Future
The continuous rise in carbon dioxide emissions for the last 30 years has led to increased atmospheric temperatures today. And the environment is getting more and more polluted due to the rapid industrialization and usage of fossil fuels for energy production. That is why there is a growing global demand for sustainable electricity, ensuring access to clean and affordable energy in order to stop ...
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Project - Several key steps of the renewable project development process
Are you considering developing a solar project on your land, rooftop or lake ? If so, Anliatec is your partner to understand and implement the necessary steps of solar project development. 19 projects complete 32 MWp installed 13 micro-hydro turbines 6 PV plants built ...
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Projects done by our Hammering System
Our engineers developed new type of Cluster RC drilling system for large diameter drilling on the land and sea and our unique RC drilling system successufuly accomplished Jacket installation for Windmill power plant in Jeju island, Korea and tidal power station in Jindo, Korea. We are also first manufacturer of 1200mm drilling Mono type DTH Hammer and it showed excellent performance in ...
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Clarke Energy on the Move with Lonsdale Power Station
Iberdrola Australia have appointed Clarke Energy as the main contractor to oversee and manage the relocation of a 120MW power station and associated plant from Lonsdale, in Adelaide’s south, to an industrial site in Bolivar (north of Adelaide) adjacent to SA Water’s wastewater treatment facility. The relocation of the power station to Bolivar will enable the gas turbines to be ...
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Energy Communities: Energy Saving through Local Production and Consumption
The energy transition, supported by growing public awareness of climate change has led to the emergence of energy communities around the world. What are these Communities and what are their Contributions and Benefits? Based on individual self-consumption, these communities have been formed to generate and benefit from the electricity generated locally by collaborating with companies, local ...
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KOHLER - The Preferred Marine Power Generation
Whether you’re captaining a whale watching tourism vessel or a sportfisher super yacht, no matter the vessel you sail or command, KOHLER keeps you powered and on course. Clarke Energy’s Kohler Marine Channel Partner TransDiesel in Auckland, New Zealand, recently completed the sale and delivery of two Kohler 20.5EFKOZD engines to Whanganui based boat builders Q-West, and has processed ...
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What kinds of wires and cables have good prospects in the market
The wire and cable market is increasingly saturated, and the homogenization of cables is also serious. Some far sighted manufacturers are seeking transformation one after another. What are the cables with the largest demand in the cable market and better development in the futur Wire and cable for modern transportation In order to avoid the economic crisis and expand domestic demand, the ...
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Engineered Products for the Protection of Hydro Dams
Ecocoast is a global leader in engineered products for the protection of coastlines, waterways, and critical marine assets and infrastructure. It provides products and services at every stage of the development lifecycle, from development and infrastructure, to operation and maintenance. Ecocoast is at the forefront of designing, manufacturing and distributing a range of products for protection, ...
By Ecocoast
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