Thursday, December 3, 2009
Response #7 to "Australia's Biopower Systems to Develop Wave energy Projects with Spain's Elecnor"
like last weeks blog post, I am making an attempt to branch out of just solar and wind, as they aren't the only two sources of alternative energy. This latest article is about Hydro power, and specifically the company BioPower. Biopower is an Australian company that has an idea that could revolutionize the alternative energy business. Wave energy farms are energy farms that are on the bottom of oceans and use the constant ocean current to produce energy. Wave energy has been fraught with mistakes and failed designs, however, due to the sometimes brutal force of the ocean. The BioWAVE devices produced by BioPower are strong enough to withstand the ocean, are low impact on wildlife, and can't be seen from the surface. One thing holding wind energy back is the efforts by individuals to stop the building of wind turbines due to the fact that they block peoples views. (See the blog entry on NIMBY.) BioWAVE solves this problem and does so while having little to no negative impact on the environment.
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