Every time we do a load of laundry, tiny fibers of polyester escape from our clothes and slip down the drain. These ...

But there are other types of hydropower that harness marine currents, tidal energy and wave energy, also referred to as marine current energy. Tidal stream turbines work much like submerged windmills, ...

The vertical rise and fall of the tides — driven by the gravitational forces of the moon and sun acting on the oceans’ waters — also causes motion of water called currents within bays, harbors and ...

A Swedish start-up company is generating electricity from low-velocity tidal currents with a system of underwater kites called "Deep Green." The kites are equipped with turbines tethered to the ocean ...

DOE says the funding opportunity represents the "largest investment in tidal and river current energy technologies in the United States." Over the past few years a number of projects related to tidal ...

Tidal power is a way to generate clean, renewable energy by harnessing the rise and fall of ocean tides. Unlike wind and solar power, tidal power is predictable on a regular basis. There are two ...

If you’re completely landlocked like I am, you may dream of ocean waves lapping at the shore, but you probably don’t think much about the tides. The movement of the ocean tides is actually quite ...