Getting Green Off The Grid

It’s too bad I don’t live near an ocean, otherwise I’d be taking advantage of this.
SyncWave Power Resonator

SyncWave is a free-floating, self-reacting point-absorber system that is expected to dramatically improve the economics of wave energy. The energy and climate change dilemma has highlighted the costs and impacts of conventional non-renewable and renewable energies. Ocean waves […]

Not quite on demand heat, but certainly a viable alternative to natural gas and propane. The trick is keeping the water hot all the time. Glad to see that his work is being carried on after his death.
OregonLive.com: NewsFlash - Students carry on professor’s dream of off-the-grid water heater

The turbine is connected to […]

This article is aimed at radio broadcasters. But I imagine of radio antennae, pumping out thousands or tens of thousands of watts of energy, can be powered by this, a typical house can be too.
Energy Special: How You Can Go Off the Grid, by Tom Vernon

I wonder if this will ever have uses in the home. Not that I can fit 10 million kg in my house.
NASA - Electric Ice
It may seem hard to believe that a powerful bolt of lightning, which heats the air in its path three times hotter than the surface of the sun, could spring […]

As long as they can do this without harming the local ecology, I’m all for it.
Duluth News Tribune | 08/21/2006 | Getting off the grid at Pattison Park
Plans to study the feasibility of using the Black River and dam to generate all the parks power got a financial boost today. Lt. Gov. Barb Lawton joined […]

Only 10 percent? That doesn’t seem like much. Not compared with the clean energy it will produce.
Backstory: Cornwall’s battle of the ‘breaks’ | csmonitor.com
The good news is that the “Wave Hub” is predicted to generate 20 megawatts a year - enough to power 7,500 homes, or 3 percent of Cornwall’s overall demand, says […]

Good article about solar water heating systems, their history and design.
7 Solar Water Heating System Designs by Michael Hackleman Issue #65
Solar-water heating systems got a real boost in the 1970s when tax credits were offered by state and federal programs to help folks make the investment. These systems were intended primarily for domestic hot water, […]

I was under the impression there was a lot more of this going on. The town I grew up in did this, and to show how safe it was not only had a demonstration of drinking it, but had a really nice garden in front that was watered directly from the tanks. Is […]

Guide for making a small hydroelectric generator from parts around the house.
FWEE - Foundation for Water and Energy Education

This ought to help ease the minds of those who hate windmills in water. I’d love to see more of this along coastlines.
As some talk wind farms, others want to harness the tides - The Boston Globe
The project would harness ocean currents by using underwater propeller blades 20 to 50 feet in diameter […]