Why • Offshore energy generators are important because they offer a large source of clean and sustainable energy • Energy density sea water is 832 times denser than air so about 6mph of current has more kinetic energy than 220mph • They don’t take up land which can be used for better reasons
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Why• Offshore energy generators are
important because they offer a large source of clean and sustainable energy
• Energy density sea water is 832 times denser than air so about 6mph of current has more kinetic energy than 220mph
• They don’t take up land which can be used for better reasons
• Tidal power is also free and creates no harmful byproducts that can damage the environment.
Advantages
• Tidal stream energy compared to wave and ocean thermal energy is that it is a simple and based off the simple wind turbine
• Current turbines are a lot more durable , cheaper to build than wave energy systems, andadvances are made faster in this field
Coal; 49.80%
Nuclear; 19.90%Other; 0.20%
Hydroelectric; 6.50%
Petroleum; 3.00%
Other Gases; 0.40%
Natural Gas; 17.90%
Other Renewable Energy; 2.30%
U.S. Wave and Current Potential
SeaGen
Designs
Reference
• Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Dr. Anette Muetze http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~vining/JVining_WaveEnergyConversion.pdf
• Ocean Current’s Energy How to Produce Electricity Thanks to the Marine Currents by Natalia Moreno, Roger Sallent, Alejandro Espi, Dixiao Bao, Yohann Teillet http://www.exergy.se/goran/hig/re/08/ocean.pdf
• Ocean Energy by Marten Grabbe Urban Luadin and Mats Leijon http://www.eusustel.be/public/documents_publ/WP/WP3/WP3%20report%20-%20Marine%20Currents%20and%20Wave.pdf
• Technology White Paper on Ocean Current Energy Potential on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, by Mineral Management Service, Renewable Energy and Alternate Use Program, U.S. Department of the Interior http://