August 26, 2008: Interest in Tidal Power Is Growing
Verdant Power is working on underwater turbines to generate power in New York City’s East River.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Aeronautics Department $300,000 for research into harnessing tidal energy.
Ocean Renewable Power Co. is making slow but steady progress on tidal power development in Maine.
Below is a video demonstrating how tidal power works:
Scientists have developed a technology that may be able to produce hydrogen from nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
A 1.2 megawatt solar energy project is in the works for North Carolina.
Wind turbine producer Vestas Wind Systems is launching a $100 million consumer-oriented ad campaign.
According to founder and managing director of venture capital firm Nth Power Nancy Floyd, 14 percent of venture capital in the U.S. is being invested in energy.
Greentech Media rounds up recent clean energy investments.
Energy Outlook proposes a way to pay for the soon-to-expire renewable energy tax credits.
Whatever the outcome of this year’s Republican and Democratic Conventions’ efforts to be the greenest “ever”, GreenBiz argues that the attempts will leave “a legacy for future convention planners of how to do it better and greener.”
It’s Getting Hot In Here reports on Van Jones’ talk at the Democratic National Convention.
According to Plenty, the League of Conservation Voters has given Senator Joe Biden a lifetime voting score of 84 percent .
–Christopher Greenspan
Tags: Joe Biden, National Science Foundation, Renwable Energy Tax Credits, Tidal Power, Vestas Wind Systems