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Elegant floating power plant to crank out 50 gigawatts per year

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 11:29am

Here's an attractive solution to the problem of gathering energy offshore: Harness both wind and wave power at the same time. A company named Floating Power Plant plans to build Poseidon 37, a 754-foot-long floating power generation station that can...

Will Babcock & Wilcox's tiny reactor make nuclear power practical?

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 12:36pm

In the long march toward a green power grid, a lot of eyes are turning toward nuclear power. While the problem of what to do with the waste remains unresolved (waste is typically stored on-site), a new, more compact reactor...

Cool Earth solar balloon is a flying power plant

Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 11:38am

Cool Earth’s inflated solar concentrators may be the lightest power plants around. Looking like a biggie version of those shiny helium balloons you might see at someone's birthday party, the concentrators weigh just 20 pounds and, tethered to lightweight...

Underwater power goes East, sinks deeper

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 12:02pm

While the University of Florida tries to figure out how to harness energy from the Gulf Stream without killing any manatees, a British company plans to drop 300 60-foot tall underwater energy-harvesting turbines into the deep waters off of...

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Elegant floating power plant to crank out 50 gigawatts per year

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Underwater power goes East, sinks deeper

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