Alternative Energy: Power Via Coastal Wave Motion. 368
lavalamp writes "Scottish company Ocean Power Delivery has developed a sectional-torpedo-looking-thing as a means to transform the raw fury of the sea into electricity! I'm curious to see what happens when another drunk Exxon captain plows into a field of these things. They just secured a 8.6m (usd) in funding to continue research and build a large scale prototype." The company has won a contract to produce a 750kw "plant" off of the scottish coast and has an mou to produce a 2Mw project off of the coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. While this is far from being free energy, it is a pretty interesting way of deriving power from the tides. A side benefit is that surfers will finally be able to rail like their boarding cousins.
Beware! (Score:5, Funny)
puns (Score:2, Funny)
They sure seem energetic about this idea.
Within months the company will be all washed up.
Another source... (Score:5, Funny)
"Many people haven't personally seen the levels of activity that frequently are exerted in the techno-music scene. It's really quite suprisingly frenetic" says one researcher.
And because all night dance clubs are so popular in Euroland, there is a not insignificant untapped potential for power generation. The scientists are especially exited to be developing a prototype system to be deployed in Ibiza, Spain.
"What's especially fitting about this locale, is that a majority of the partiers [or, as we like to call them, acoustically stimulable periodic mass distributors] are in fact foreign tourists; which truly is free energy. They even pay to stay here, and pay for the food they are so efficiently converting into mechanical energy!
refreeze the melting ice, maybe... (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps this would make a good java game (Score:1, Funny)
Re:puns (Score:3, Funny)
They sure seem energetic about this idea.
Within months the company will be all washed up.
Will they have to buy land for this, or do they already own the tidal?
Surfice it to say, this is a good idea.
Wave goodbye to fossil fuels.
Will the public embrace it, Ocean it?
Re:Another source... (Score:2, Funny)
Although really, this could be similar to the kinetic energy used to recharge the batteries of some laptops (via the keyboard).
Re:Another Wave-energy project (Score:3, Funny)
To this end, I have designed a generator which derives all its power from falling apples.